THE NELSON DIGGINGS AT THE BULLER RIVER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 287, 20 November 1862, Page 10 (Supplement)

THE NELSON DIGGINGS AT THE BULLER RIVER.

"We extract the following irotn the "Nelson Examiner" of 12th November :—-

Tliu M'lHMJucr Gipsy, which iet't the Buller river on Monday Insr, :;fc twelve o'clock, arrived ii! the harbour lasj evouiri<r, havi.'ig made the run i:i file uiiprt'ce- entcdiy shorr. spare of Ivrcptyci^ht liour.^. Slie )>riugs several diners, who, li.ivijig heard news of the Dunstan, at Otago, had d. ti'ii-iiiifd on tryji.g tljieir fortune in Ot'ujjo in ]irtitrence to continuing in a district in which, iii-sul.iiiun to tevere toil, they havo suffered great }>rivjitio:)s ; although, at the same time, we be- v iieve that the diguors do vat complain"" of the fur,mint of gold wliich has rewarded their exert'.on3.

i he Gi-py brings about 1,000 ounces of gold, a d this alone, we should think, would be sufli'ji'.nt to induce the diggers to ponder upon the siiniL-wha'r- daik prospi ct awaiting them if they vi:-it {)u\go at tiit; present time.

The s'eainer Won^a VVouga arrived at the Thaller on the 2nd November, and had no rtifli . ( .v. ather in enterinjj or k-.iving that river, iiv.r. ihc i.>4»sy had, fortunately, preceded her b) T two days, wir,h plenty of provisions. Prior to her urriv.il, about 150 persons had been, for f-i'Vonil d;ivs, living upon four potatoes eacli per i\-.<y, with, tit a chiti»e, a little viamahu. The JM;i.uiis. seeing th< strnit to which the diggers 3i;.t-i become reduced, had very kindly procured several eel , which they shared with the Euro3:«;«n.s. The J.uie arrived somewhat later on the E.u;;e thy as the Gipsy.

A new <:o!d fuld has been discovercl about ll'.iriy-live miles farther up the Bullcr, on the i,:}u!i siik1, tS:e gold from which is very fine but £. id 1.0 ba j-k-iitiful. Neavly all tlie Maoris are, 1.-v v-vcr. at v.-oik at some place on the JJuller rlv";, !mt w)lere is not yet known.

We are jeo/uestcd lo state that the diggers, one j;!id ail, are dt'sirous of expressing their gratitude id liie members ol lhe Chaiuljer of Commerce, A", ii-j l-o kir.dly used, their ellbrLs to induce tiie G<v:.-r:mieuf. to send })i'ovis-iuiis to them in their rii);;*.-.;:.!i;cy; uiid wo bciicve they have also mi- ,:.<:: :ii;(! a yciiUeuiuii, a passenger by the Gipsy, to •.-Mii-.'i-y the exj>rc:S.s!on of their gratitude pub- ]••:;)■ to tise Uhiiuilier,

Tijc J;t!ie had befen cliarterc-fl by some EuropciUis, and liiul started for tlie Karamea, wiiere a vui;' pi()^[)ecfc of gold had been discovered.