THE SUTHERLANDSHIRE GOLDFIELD.
About 300 persons are still working at the Sutherlandshire gold diggings. One man is said to have realised about £lO for his week's work, and others from £5 to £6. The great majority make hardly laborers' wages. The professional miners sent down by the Duke of Sutherland some time ago have not yet seut in their report, but it is believed, from what has transpired, that they will report favorably as to the auriferous nature of the ground which they examined. To show the difference between the rate of mining fees in Scotland and New Zealand we clip the following paragraph from the Arbroath Guide: A nugget weighing between two and three ounces has been found at the Sutherlandshire gold diggings. Licenses, to which detailed conditions are attached, are now issued to miners by the Duke of Sutherland. The license is granted for a month, and the miner pays £1 to the Duke, besides a royalty to the Crown of 10 per cent, on the value of the gold.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 523, 29 June 1869, Page 2
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172THE SUTHERLANDSHIRE GOLDFIELD. Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 523, 29 June 1869, Page 2
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