THE GOLD RUSH.
t 4000 Already oa too Fiold, 3 Estimated yield of Wash, Dirt. k [By Telegraph,] ' (United Press Association.) Sydney, September 23. Large nutabors aro flocking to Peak Hill diggings daily, and it is estimated that there are now lully 1000 on the field. The depth of the sinking is 130 ft ' in the prospectors claim, and lltero is t about six feet oiwashdirt. The width is at presont unknown, hut it is j supposed to bo considerable. j Seven ounces of gold havo been • picked up in tho wasbdirt, in pieces ' averaging from a few pennyweights 1 to threo ounces, It is estimated that | tho washdirt will yield from six to 3 eight ounces per load. , Tho country is pegged out for 1 miles, and as a number of'shafts will i be bottomed during tho week, it is r expected that the value of the field | will soon be settled.!
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3622, 24 September 1890, Page 2
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153THE GOLD RUSH. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3622, 24 September 1890, Page 2
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