NEWS FROM THE GOLD FIELD. (From the "Sydney Morning Herald, "September 11.)

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 570, 1 October 1851, Page 3

NEWS FROM THE GOLD FIELD. (From the "Sydney Morning Herald, " September 11.)

We received by express this morning, an in'orcting letter from our Tuvon correspondent, dated MondayIe will be seen that great success had attended some parties. From the Baihurst Free Pi ess of yesterdpy we take the following: " The Tars'iis.u Diggings Abeucrombie Ilivan. "My dear Sut, — I have much pleasure in congratulating the good people of Baihurst on the f iet of their having an extensive South Western Gold Firld on the Abercrombie ltiver. There are now 40 poisons at work, earning from 7s. to 10s. per day'each, Htul I lmve no doubt when the waters subside the river will prove highly auriferous. The plice has been visited by Mr. Hargravps, the gold discoveier, who named it ' Tarshish 'as you see by the heading of my letter. The diggings are si' uate 20 miles from S.E. from Carcoar, about 1/ miles (mm Mulgimnia, i>o miles froai Bathurst and 70 miles from Goulbouin." On Friday last, the fust Public Dinner was held at the Turon, Mi. G. Smytho in the chair. We understand that there is upwards of three hundied pounds of gold coining down, under escoit. this morning.

TURON. Septtmber 6.— Yesterday aftcnoon, an accident happened at Lucky Point, which might have been attended with fatal consequences. It appears thatapaity woe undermining a bank ahout fourteen feet high, when a large quantity of earth fell down and buiicd iwo boys and a man under it The man, Mr. Gonick, had his shoulder put out, and his son was slightly injured in the foot. The other hoy, a lad named Adnura, about sixteen years of age, had a very narrow escape ; he was> completely coveted by the mass of earth, and it was full i quartet of an hour before he was extricated (mm his perilous situation, although full two hundred picks and shovels were almost instantly at work. When he was got out he was insensible, but Dr. Bayes was immediately sent for, and on his bleedinghim he recovered, and is now lam bappy to stite doing well. A slight cut on the forehead, one over the eye, and a siveie bruising of the cheek appear to be the only injuiirs he has sustained, llsd the accident turned out to be of a moie serious nature the dinner was not to have come off. A similar accident on a minor scale occuned .it our point tcday. A in<m was undermining a low bank when about three hundred weight of eaiih fell down, and a large stone struck him on the inslep, giving him considerable pain although no seveie injury was inflicted. It is to be hoped these accidents will act as a caution to parties undermining to Fecure theii work by props as they go on. Another accident of a singular character occurred at the Golden Point yesterday, in the hole lately occupied by the Messrs Halt, 'ihe bank there has been cut perpendicularly upwards of twenty fert down, and a man wab wovUing underneath, when a sheep diiven by some dogs lan to the brink of the hole, jumped down befoie it could lecover itself, and came down on the man's b'.ck, knocking him down and injuring him so seveiely that he has been confined to his bed ever since. 1 understand that a party on ihe nver has been buying gold, committing in his purchases a fraud which reqiiiies immediate exposuie, and which, it is to he hoped the strong arm of the law will succeed in detecting and putting down. It appears that there is a steel beam attached to his scales, and that by secreting a powerful magnet in his sleeve, he can manage to draw it down on the side in which tho weights aie placed, and thus make the weight of the gold appear to be consulnably less than what it penally is. Septcmhei 7.— To-d iy 1 walked up the inn a few miles, and was plcjsed t-> find the <lii"re!s considct.ib'y moic ouleily than I bavr found thci.i <u come ; -evious Sundays. I only s.nv one nun at ali ihe wjw for liquoi, although I vinted both the Golden Points, wheis U is pretty notorious that consiclci.ible quantities ot giog have been sold. This may be principally .ittnlutcd to the detenn-ned manner in which liiet >ni - missioneis Jiave acted immediately ou discovcung any tent m whiih it has been sold. September 3. — I went o day up !he liyei as f,..r as

the uiou'h of the O,v(-e,v CieeU, and stopped «t Mnmly Point, whcie divings which have rrovtd more prolific than any others Iwe lately been ill c >vered. 'JLheie arc about twelve piities on ihe \onit, uhich is fully occupied, and the success ol some ot them Imb been tuih asnuwdwg. IJ tune's t sriy of seven piociucd 6 lbs."/ ounces of pold on Situ !,.r ; and Blakcfield's paity, who aic woik ".j.; tlic t\ r hole, leahzecl ,£3OO last week These d-ggmgs aic.it the base of n high hill, and after clijf^nig about .seven or e-ght fcrt down you come to the working stuff, a quantity of large stones and cl-y amalgamated together, and fanning a luiid, solid and compact mass, almost impeneliable to the pu-k, and veiy diflicult to get our. The tops of the holes aie hill Unity (cot above the level of the river, dorm to uhiih the working stuff is eoiwcytd in long baik shoots, placed against inclined planes The number ofpco|le congiepa cd at the junction of the Oakcy Cieek with ihe Tuton and lor a considerable distance both up and down istiuly astonishing, and I certainly believe (Vic must he at pi cent full six thousand poisons on the river and tnbutaiy cieeks, WooiVmd's hole, at the Golden Point, is still turning out well ; he obtained thirty-two ounces from it on Saturday ; and on Sund.ty was obliged to watch it iK\i:ly all the tin*' to pi event the boys from stealing the eauii by lwndslul. There are still a gicat number of poisons doing 1 lit le or nothing, running about in ne>y dnection with shovel, pick, and dish, hoping sooner or later to fall into a good sp u t some whero or other. That a great many persons are realising an independency is an undoubted (act, but the number who are slaving for barely sufficient to keep them is very great, and that number is daily swelling. September 9 —The Colonial Secrctaiy reached the Turon on Saturday, and on Sunday walked up the liver beyond Oakey Cieek, accompanied hy the Coumiis* toners, Mcsms. Hardy, Gieen, and Kiivr. It is stated to be his intention to visit the Alaroo River licfoie he leaves the Western districts, Mi. Green visited our Point yestei day evening, inspecting the licenses, and settling borne of those knotty quest'ons respecting disputed boundaues, which aie now becoming of very fiequent occurrence. Mcssis. Colley aiid Waldion have erected a stockyard on the other side of the river, intending im-nedia ely to slaughter cattle. It is their intention fo sell beef bo. h on our Point and on the flat over the range, which will be a veiy considerable advintnge to us, as fiesh beef is a luxury almost unattainable just here. Some hc t y diggings have been discovered at ihe junction of the Ciudino C.eek, which pionvse i" become very prolific. A pait3 r prospected the "Iflop mi Sunday, and were so well satisfied with the mi < . vl il,i 1 , obi Mned tint they immediately shifted bng ,-iT-vi im^ i ( re to .be spot. On Monday morning all the cl,ii us weie fully taken up, and one party obtained an ounce of gold in twelve bueki'tsnill of soil. I hear thdt a lot of Windsor drays have just reached c Turon, accompanied by about one hundred individu a j s#