NEW GOLDFIELD.
IMPORTANT NEWS.
POUR POUNDS WEIGHT OF GOLD BROUGHT TO TO"W£l" LAST; NIGHT!
Yesterday afternoon, a man, named Campbell, went into the shop of Mr. M'Donald, Dee-street, and astonished that gentleman by pulling out of his pocket a bag of gold, containing nuggets to the weight of eighteen ounces. Mr. M'Donald kindly sent for us that we might inspect the gold, and we are free to confess that we have seen no finer specimens exhibited in the colony. There are two nuggets each one inch and three quarters in length, and the remainder of the sample is composed of nuggets about half that size, and all very similar. The gold is of a rich dark color, and presenta the appearance of being much waterworn. Campbell informed us that the remainder of the gold he has brought (amounting in all to 4lbs. weight), is impregnated in quartz; and the whole is just as it was picked out of its bed on his prospecting tour. He has been away for a considerable time. Mr. M'Donald knows the man, and informs us that, about twelve months ago, he was a carter at the Jetty. TTis (M'Donald's) shop was the firat place he had exhibited his treasure ; and, it appears, out of gratitude to him, as Campbell said yesterday, for having been the first man in Ihvercai'gill to trust him. M'Donald had at one time supplied him with saddlery on credit. Like all lucky prospectors, he, for the present, keeps the locale of his precious finds a profoundsecret. All the information which could be. extracted was to the effect that " he had come sixty miles down the country," and that he had found the ground very patchy. He has left three mates behind him, and he intends in a day or two to rejoin them. He presents all the appearance of having had a rough time of it, judging by his dress. We were not able to ascertain whether Otago or Southland is to claim this new gold district. Campbell, on being asked if he intended to claim the bonus, replied that he would not trouble about any bonus, if he could have another six months fossicking on the quiet where he had been.
These are the simple facts of this rather startling discovery. We add no comment of our own for the present.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 32, 13 August 1864, Page 2
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391NEW GOLDFIELD. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 32, 13 August 1864, Page 2
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