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NZ Truth, Issue 63, 1 September 1906, Page 7

The Lightning Ridge opal-field has a very interesting identity m "Peggy." The* bearer of this monicker is a miner, over 60 years of age, with only one leg, tha

other having been amputated above th» knee. Working all alone "Peggy" has bottomed' a forty-feet shaft. Descent ami ascent are made by moans of a rope, securely fastened at the top, clown and up vhieli he goes hand over hand. The stuff is brought to the surface m two kerosene tins. Ho fills these, then gets to the top m the manner indicated, hauh them up, and M^'q back again— in the same monkey or nci-iv. batic-like fashion. "Peggy" has net y« sighted the precious metal in' this part : i-w? lar claim. If, grit and determination, he\y« ever, are ever rewarded, he ought to strife* it before longi m particularly 'rich . quaniii titfe