THE GOLDFIELDS.
Reported New Rush,
FINDING OF A FOURTEEN OUNCE NUGGET
The intelligence from the Gold fields last night was of more than usual importance. _ A new discovery was reported some six miles from Tuapeka, towards the Waipori. A man came in to Gabriel's with the intelligence, bringing with him 9 oz. which he obtained off the bottom of the first hole he sunk. From another place nearer the Waipori we have intelligence of a nugget being fouud weighing between fourteen and fifteen ounces.
A poor man was killed at Gabriel's by the accidental breaking ofthe windlass. He was being pulled up his shaft by his mate when the windlass gave way, precipitating him to the bottom. The barrel of the windlass fell down the shaft, striking him on the head and killing him on the spot. We are informed that " good" gold has been struck in a shaft at Wetherstone's, at a depth of 160. The bottom is not yet reached, but it is expected to be touched in a day or two.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 63, 28 January 1862, Page 2
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174THE GOLDFIELDS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 63, 28 January 1862, Page 2
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