SWITZER'S.
A correspondent,^ writing from s S\vifczer'B Diggings, November 19 fcli,'atates :—. It may some of your readers & hear soinettiing "of Mninin'g ;; iifatters 1 arid ''otner m-; telligence'in cbnnection'witK thlsgoldneld, TrMcli I Trill in^fe'turefendeaTbr^to' supply;. I '. ; ;. ' : I believe this "locality is 'almost 'unknown^ aridTrith the exception of the statement by the officer in charge^concerriirig population, 1 A &cJ/ &c, few would be aware that there is sucha place/in Otago. It appears to me that this field deserves more attention - £ frbin" the 'mining community than : it • |has hitherto'hadii-'^l'ibelieve,' accordirig'tb population,that theiyield'of>"gold Trill equal any field in- the ! ProTincev—'^ >■«'••' ; -' <•'- ' • ■■'' - j-" "We have'ino efccortto show- our returns', but it is a -well known fact that at least one hundred ounces leave this place weekly iby a private hand, and a good number of our miners sell only as much of. their gold" as ■ they require ' -for : their -immediate'.wanta, the '■■ cause'? being the "■ low ; price of gold, viz.;;£3 14a. 6dJper ! dunce; y* -^- ' ; - " i i ■
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 3
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159SWITZER'S. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 3
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