THE NEW GOLDFIELD IN OTAGO.
In speaking of the new goldfield lately discovered at Pomahaka, near Dunedin, the New Zealand Sun says : "No additional information as to the new goldfield, which was reported in our issue of yesterday, has heen received. But we are assured that there is no reason to doubt the information supplied by Mr Green, the prospector, who, it is understood, was very careful to secure ground and water-rights before giving any information as the results of his prospecting. The locality indicated is certainly auriferous ; for, as long since as 1862, when the gullies and creeks only were prospected, information as to goldgetting in them was published, and two years ago a quantity of gold was got lower down the "Waikaka than the locality described by Mr Green. He too, speaks principally of the terraces as being excellently payable ; and it seems that the new field is only one of, no doubt, many spots in the province which may be most profitably worked, but which •■ have remained unworked because they have not been fairly prospected. The account which we published yesterday brought out several stories as to the new field, all of which should, no doubt, be accepted with some reserve. One story was to this effect:—Two men were at work " on the ouiet " in the neighborhood, more than a couple of months ago, and were getting from |oz. to loz. per day. They were discovered and therefore left, . intending to return again ; but whether they have done so, our informant does not know. He says that those two men (one of them his own brother) got for their best week's work, close upon 71b weight of gold. Other stories were to the effect that a number of men were at Pomahaka on Sunday, or were met on their way there; and that recent sales of gold, in town and elsewhere have, puzzled the buyers as to the locality whence it had been brought.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 439, 28 December 1868, Page 2
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327THE NEW GOLDFIELD IN OTAGO. Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 439, 28 December 1868, Page 2
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