The New Goldfind in Nelson.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2557, 17 March 1877, Page 2

The New Goldfind in Nelson.

: The following particulars from late Nelson papers aire compiled by the Herald: —George Biggs and his two mates obtained thirty pounds worth of gold in four days* and Parata and company just below making excellent wages. The discovery was made through the Tadmor overflowing during the recent bad weather and stripping a large block of the land owned by .Mr Hodgkinson, thus leaving exposed a lajer of wash dirt upon a clay bottom. The grounds being worked is shallow, but .back in the flat v: will probably run deep. Thirty feet from the claims first; opened a shaft has been put down, and although the party have not bottomed wash containing good prospects has been struck, and Biggs and party, who reside upon the land, have tried their well some distance back in the flat with similar results. The extent of the flat in which this gold has been'found may be approximated at seven miles fa length by 500 yards in breadth, but until it is better tried, of course it is impossible to even guess at -the value of the discovery. A bolt of timber intersects the flat above the,; present and above this nearly a mile further up the river a^ hole has beca sunk and good gold obtained.: White and party have also excellent pros-c pects in thehill on the opposite sides of the stream. There were no stores upon the ground when our informant visited it, but Mr&Hodgkinson'h'as ere this arrived with; g^^plies. Mr. Biggs wishes to obtain a license for a publichouse, but the owner of the ground is averse to its being granted, wishing to achieve an unprecedented feat, viz., the running of a goldfield on Good Templar principles.

Intehioent Sympathy.—An inebriate got into a car and became very, troublesome and annoying to the other passengers, so much that it \vns proposed to eject him, but apciiiai vii.l li d liea f.-.l reverend doctor, who whs r.lspiv.jxissengo^. interposed for him, a.nJ -voviiVil -him. into good behaviour for the ; remain -'or of tlie journey. Before leaving, however, lie; scowled upon the occupants of the cir in: 1 muttered some words of cohtem'p.t, bu< be. sl.ook hands warmly with the doctor and said, " Good day, my friend, I see you know what it is to be drunk."