TEETULPA GOLDFIELD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1531, 30 December 1886, Page 3

TEETULPA GOLDFIELD.

Adkdaidb, Dec. 21. Good finds continue to be made, principally at Brady's gully, on the Teetulps goldfield. Twomsn this mbrniog cot 6oiio three hours, one nugget weightog over sot Two men on Saturday bought a claim for 15s, and bottomed that day. Tbia morning they dry fossicked SoilSdwtof nicegold. Two men washed •n ounce to the load from Goslin's Gully. Tbia morning a man n»med John Grow died from a complicstum of typhoid fever and pneumonia. The doctors report that there are few cases of typhoid on ih* field, bat ss a ru'e the men are fairly healthy; The Bank purchased 1260 m today and 7730« last week. One of the employed at the local newspaper offtV had a lOni "'igget in his hand to-day, which be p" ■ "»d in Brady's Gully Weft. Splendid iptuuwM have been f©und by HcMam and Sullivan in a quarts clam, on the bill dividing Strawbridge's and Goslin's gillies. They intend to form a syndicate at once to work the claim. Mr Clark,, one of tb# prorrietors of the Ballarat Courier has returned from a viait to the Teetulpa goldfields. He expresses his delight with the fie'd, which he considers i» of large extent, and when thoroughly developed will prove one of the richest ever known in Australia. He lays tbkt the present! appliances for washing are primitive, and he believes that fully half the gold is lost. Water also Is scarce. He thinks, however, that these difficulties will soon be remedied. He is also struck with probable prospects ef qnarte mining in the district. The Tictorian diggers be met expressed their Intention to thoroughly test the field.