THE NEW GOLD FIELD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3, 18 November 1861, Page 2

THE NEW GOLD FIELD.

CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS; , The accounts from the new gold field are singularly conflicting. We give below* two different versions, as opposed as they*well can-

be. The first is from a man who * has juaLre.r , turned from the crossing-place ati the-; Mbljr.rteux. The < information, he: stated he, has rer ceived from persons who Have been on ttie spot. The- diggings are situated in a gully, the sinking shallow. Some are doing well; one person, our informant says He" sawkwlio got six and a half ounces in a weejk; One great advantage is, that there is plenty of '; timber in the locality. The diggings are ; about fifty miles from the Molyneux^ they/ ; are situated on Mr. Anderson's run^adjoiningr \ Mr. McKenzie's.

The second account is from a gentleman who has just arrived in town from Gabriel's Gully. He informs us that the rusfr to tlie Blue Mountains has / turned out a " shicer," and that those who went there are fast returning to the original ground. Many were quite unable to discover the locality of the rumoured,diggings. None of them succeeded in obtaining even a fair prospect, and after hunting each other about for some; time, in the belief that their neighbours knew more about the place than they themselves did, they are pushing back in great numbers.

Waitahuna. —Great complaints are made that this field suffers injustice, by the storekeepers, brokers, and others, carrying its gold to Tuapeka; from which it comes down as the produce of that field. We presume the establishment of Bank agencies will put an end to the taking of gold from field to field. Some parties are doing very well at Waitahuna. One instance has been told us of a party last week taking 20 ozs. from a day's washing. The contents of a-letter, to town have been communicated to us, in which the writer says he and his mates have struck wash dirt that will yield them an ounce each a day, and the stuff appears to improve. The bed of the Waitahuna river is supposed to be very rich, but its size and volume is such that, it Would not be worth any one's while to undertake the difficult work of turning its course into a new bed, unless a far larger extent of ground were allowed than the 24 feet.square claims at present. Two men have been working under Murray's swing bridge. The river is shallow there; they dip out as much gravel as they can procure with the aid of a long shovel. 3sy this rude process they obtained £1 each a day for two days. Would it not be worth while to allow extended claims in the river bed ? The miners have the remedy in ther own hands by establishing a Mining Board, which the Gold Fields Act provides for on a proper petition" being presented.