MINING INCIDENTS.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 555, 16 September 1869, Page 2

MINING INCIDENTS.

GOLD IN TASMANIA. The news from Waterhouse reefs, Tasmania, is of a very cheering character. Gold has also been found at the Scamauder Itiver, near Falmouth, ou tho east coast. A man removed about a quart of earth from a ton of potatoes, and washed out enough fine gold to fill a percussion cap with. Some more specimens of gold have been found on the farm of a magig. fcrate at Falmouth. Mr G-oodall is exbibiting some rich specimens from Tower Hill, where twelve meu are engaged under contract to sink shafts. COPPER IX OTAGO. A specimen of malachite lately reported to have been discovered iu the Mount Benger district is stated by the Tuapeka Times to have been sent to Melbourne for analysis, and to have been found to yield 75 per cent of copper. The discoverer keeps the precise locality where he fouud the' ore a secret, until proper arrrangotuents can be entered into for preserving his claim to a share in "the benefit of his discovery. THE SUTHERLAND GOLDFIELDS. Of the Sutherlaadshire goldfields, in tho mouth of July, tho John 0' Groat Journal reports : The diggers still continue to prefer the Suisgill burn, where the gold is rougher and more plentiful, and several old claims in that locality are now being worked again. The number of licenses issued tor the month of Juno was 185. The start for the mouth of July is expected to show a slight diminution, but it is possible that the numbers of new hands who may come from distaut quarters, attracted by the fine weather and the prospect of paying their holiday expenses in native gold, may more than counterbalance the decrease arising from the departure of the old hands at the month's end. The survey by the Royal Engineers is still going on, and the reports that they have found the whole district to be auriferous, even to the summits of the highest hills, have been amply confirmed. As yet there is no authentic information of the discovery of auriferous quartz in situ. The small fragments of goldbeariug quartz that have been found in the burns hitherto have all been rounded and waterworn, as if they had come from a distance ; and though quartz veins are numerous, the keenest eye has hitherto failed.to detect in them the minutest speck of gold. The influx of tourists and visitors to the diggings is now a steady stream, \ and the coaches and provision business are thriving amazingly.

An experienced old gentleman says that all that is necessary in the enjoyment of love or sausages, is confidence. Why is kissing your sweetheart likfl eating soup with a fork ? Because it takes a long time to get enough of it.