OFFICIAL REPORT ON GOLD DISCOVERY AT STEWART'S ISLAND.
The following has been handed to us for publication : — Stewart's Island, Port William, 31st January, 1867. Sergeant Morton reports that he arrived at this place at 8 a.m. on the above date, and he was shown the claim by Mr Cullen and parly which was applied for as a prospecting claim. The sergeant prospected the claim in several places, and found a prospect of übout half a grain to the shovel and about two grains to the dish, which he forwards to the Commissioner. The beach is a small one in the bay, about three hundred and fifty yards long and fifty wide. At low water the stripping is about one foot deep, and there is about six inches of washdirt. There is a good supply of water from the hill above the beach. This beach is all taken up. There has been no gold found in the other small beaches "as yet, but the Sergeant believes there are several parties out prospecting round the Island. ' The Sergeant would not advise any miner to come here at present except those who are intending to prospect, and they would even require a boat and provisions. E. Morton, Sergeant. T. K. "Weldon, Esq., Commissioner of Police, Invercargill.
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Southland Times, Issue 627, 4 February 1867, Page 2
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213OFFICIAL REPORT ON GOLD DISCOVERY AT STEWART'S ISLAND. Southland Times, Issue 627, 4 February 1867, Page 2
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