VICTORIAN EXTRACTS.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 65, 19 June 1863, Page 3

VICTORIAN EXTRACTS.

Majorca. DigohNGS. — Every day now brings more to lignt the richness of this gold field, much as it has been decried by those parties who have interested motives in keeping dark the actual returns of the various claims. But the truth sometimes oozes out, notwithstanding the care which is taken lo conceal it. There is no longer any doubt but that many "homeward-bounder" claims exist on the rush, and that they are confined to one part, but scattered in various direction. The middle line, which escapes the ironstone, lias hcveral claims which are not only "payable," but from which rich dividends will be received, although, of course, there are several in which the prospect is far from encouraging. A claim was bottomed on this line this morning, not far from M'Kinlay and party, and a prospect of about two ounces to the load obtained. Not from them is a party of Frenchmen, who have bottomed some time in the wet part of this lead, and on Friday picked out a nugget weighing six ounces some odd pennyweights solid gold. This was near to Maryborough Point. Below the prospectors, and nearer Tipperary-hill, one of the claims is yielding (so say the claimholders) an ounce to the tin dish, and the adjoining claim three ounces to the Had. Notwithstanding these finds and yields, the actual sale of gold on the ground is very limited, and can only be accounted for by the small number who are able to wash up during the week. About a dozen or more pudd ling-machines would soon tell a talc on this place, and really they are needed. On the point of the hill, near St. Vincent's, many are waiting their turn, but hitherto the yield of these claims has not been equal to expectations, but the claimholders still pci severe in the hope of coming on better stuff. Two claims on the north-western side of the rush were bottomed 10-day, and both have been declared to be first rate, but the work is tremendously hard, there being plenty of water to contend with. — Cvrrespo7idciit Maryborough Advertiser. The Bendigo Rush A few miles from this good little country town of Sandhurst, fie long looked for is supposed to have been tnet with at last, in the shape of a second .dition of Bendigo. A rush has set in within ;ho past week to a latge flat heading towards She Thunder Plains, and about thirteen miles from this town, which foi extent surpasses inythingof the kind which has taken place in this district for several years. Already .here is one thousand people on the ground ; stores, blacksmiths' shops, and grog shanties, '. ire also there in abundance ; and, so far as appearances go, the rush is likely to turn out if a permanent character. The pro>pects jbtained by the prospectors and others why lave bottomed are. though not very rich, encouraging, especially when the fact is tiken nto consideration that the washdirt runs to a lopth of four or five feet, to say nothing of he cement, which may or may not be found payable. The sinking being only from thirty ;o forty feet, it is to be presumed that the ground will receive a fair trial, and that the niiiers will not too hastily give up so prouising a locality without knowing ibr a cer- ! ;ainty whether it will pay them to work it. ' A.s it is the prospects of tho rush are lavor- > ible. Parties mny and will be disappointed ; jut sufficient encouragement ha? always been ' net with to make others go forward. Should :his rush turn out well, Sandhurst will once igain be able to hold her head high as the netropolis of the gold fields, as the auriferous ground on which the miners are now at work s very extensive, and could support a very lumezous population for 3'ears to come. In .he meantime, we trust that all who wish ivell to Bennigo will visit the ground and ' jncourage the miners by their presence and '< countenance to persevere. Should the ground, ' ifter a fair trial, prove remunerative, steps ' nust be taken to forward an application to ! ;he government for a reward to the disjoverers. This would stimulate others to act is they have done, and would assist in revivng the prosperity of Sandhurst. — Bendigo Wews. A Fruitful Garden.- -A gentleman re- , atcd to us that, the other day, in the garden >f Mr. Parsons, at Elphinscone, he saw a :econd crop of apples, and partook of the •ighth crop of strawberries. — Kyneton (Juar- . lian. Bendigo Tailings. — Speaking of the ihances still offered to miners on the older fold-fields of this colony, a correspc ndent of he Bendigo Evening News says : — " Most of he puddling machine tailings on Bendigo and there aie thousands of tons; will pay on. m average 7s per day, with a first-class [uickeilver cradle, etc. There are heaps hat will pay much more than 7s or 9s a day 1 ' tried the Old Man Gully, and there is not ess than 200 tons just in that small gully ' hat Avill pay two men at the rate of 18s or ' >0s per day. All that is wanted is a good \ juicksilvei cradle with copper plates, etc, - md a good shaking ripple, which can be ixed -very easy. The lot would probably * ;ost about £5 or so ; and with such cradles here is employ ment for hnndreds on tills old-field."