MARLBOROUGH GOLD DIGGINGS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 1, 2 June 1864, Page 3

MARLBOROUGH GOLD DIGGINGS.

y'A-Wh^ESA¥S^ \ 'fA (^rowt.% "sjp^j>2;£!o Ai "1 '^yMaHbMfyhWesSo~-AA^ ; ■'^.ItV'.iaf^tn'Vx^^pr^gre compelled to jW^esalthe large^ number of arrivals which every <3ayipotu* into'tlnp gold^el3.*"^.'l?airiHsttrt;-*ha<l jthc letteri? jby > y pyr .correspondent been by* the diggers', many or th6m. wbuid^ have .paused here on(^^o|a,re^^t3^|iat^lhAve^ and bm'. .phaticiilly stated dn p r re^ibuß pcc'aflio)na— -the Wa,ka;'niariri&' •01Mel_ i %r^t)niy t^*rich' ; '8ks i r^pecta the river 'VM- and' a portion of - r itej banks. It is true that : •Bt{We.' df theiginiios; andTcreekshave been found to : ''c&t'ain edod clalrii3, but' atpresent only tba, limited «stent^-Th.e r no^(|mte:taken..up;^m:near. *its 'source to wh^re^t "^ebo^cKe8 > •into■ mb r ?P^ ' ; Thosp'"-#ho'wrho"-*ii^^ .ffife'air^i^'heroYwfllhave tir look- to otfieFnyers. 'Ip'ul'^fo-U^'i^y^ hut' 4fio v Va*me^iS^ happens •»Mi : rrtftst -bther* goldfiisl'dk Everybody's waitingfor e^prybodyrelsq-toiprdspefiti newr 'ground,' w|ien aU 5 quite* re^y to 'follow' *updh any success r ;,wlnqho^^,--b^^obtaitie*d bjrhpthers^iWhen ithe ; diggers 'tiiM .of v/ fossioHn'giialbng'Jthbi banks' 'a3id;^'"tmferieiir^pyicetf^^^^ •"uriS-' in 'fact 1 coiripelled- by necessity -to - ti^ . ;wjhfcti'' CaUu-tHalt-inkuig rWTU^do"fßr'ltliem— then^-wih' tho ; ..jeaJ-^-Tdlue c. of- .the ,^W^amiarma^ be .ascertained, -^H^^-Sot-^imt-l rifii^B;'* had miich rain .rlatelyYV.Tlib!' nver J has"^ risen -very c|>nißide^ablyj.flftd^many^of.the bpatj-claims are.unjior •jwater." -lii fepfr i^nvflr,^ excefjit in a few favoj-ed \Stm many , are-sldolng iWeU^a^-ijjma^g^yable^n '.Tbe r track is' insbmp, pw^*fjalmpst;rmipMs.abio. ; t .^ ; The ground is imee-cteep^^ nnderiiherbbze" and lsludgp'trip yoii up, .when j an v .unpleasant, imn^erajon-in ; puddle happens^^ iOnce or twice °in every mile of grpurid' wlucli hastb do traversed between Canvas Town and the- Fork. Pro— .ybions^higli^^ f npt?,to.,'be; obtained. .Competition!^ampng^eftpres/.hasihad; the ; effect ,pf V<&i£wiiat ., reducing -prices, : but ..Ttiiecegsaries; of eyei^^scripW ;in». "^ced uiall the Many'pfltho miners,^ Kere,"' arid are preparing themselves for a long sojotun/i * /.Timbpr forrslabs \ can ibe iliaH A ariywherp_ in abundance, as also, pf course, for- fuel* -but I 'can; assure ,ybu it'is' no* r easy tt^Jt' pn^thiese; wet inoraings tp'get a. fire, -kindled.' ':^w'in*^a blaze tfiereis rib difficulty ; v to'keejs 4t ? gbirigi*Y'^^re; nas been One or two. sriiiall; riishes near* th^'*Fbrk,' but Fhave'-nbfc heard with what result.' r ;''' J4 Ve^ sbori^we^sliall liiive 'several gold buyers on .tho ground, but-^tmtil the gentlemen who repre- t 'sent the gokl-buying- interests can secure riibro* comfortable, quarters they will not remain on tho field. • ;. ♦ : !