NEW GROUND OPENED AT THE CALEDONIAN.
On the old Caledonian Terrace a new rush set in yesterday about one o'clock, not far from Braithwaite's celebrated old claim, which is now nearly worked out, and which paid about =£3o per man per week, for over the twelve months it lasted. This is an entirely distinct lead, and has been struck close to Denovan's and Collins' claims, which just adjoin where the new claims are being pegged out. Over sixty men were on the ground at two o'clock on yesterday, and number was fast increasing at a later hour as our informant left the locality. The length of the new lead is about a quarter of a mile, and will give over twelve months work to a large number of men. It proves our constant assertion that numerous undiscovered leads exist at our very doors, and that the originators of the new prospecting movement were wise indeed. We shall have more full particulars, we trust, by next issue, but may state that the rush has been occasioned by gold being struck in Braithwaite'B old tunnel, the dirt of which gave a prospect of three grains to the diflh.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 389, 29 October 1868, Page 2
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196NEW GROUND OPENED AT THE CALEDONIAN. Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 389, 29 October 1868, Page 2
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