THE LATEST NUGGET STORY.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1235, 8 December 1874, Page 4

THE LATEST NUGGET STORY.

The following curious story is given by the Laudator mgh correspondent of tbo P.ea.iant Prcck News :—Some little excitomeftt has beeu occasioned

during the last week by a man named Hector Einlayson exhibiting a specimen of gold and quartz about the size of a pint pot, and containing to all appearance about ten ounces of gold. Einlayson says he found it on the ranges, near Darling Fiat about three months since, and although he has made several searches he cannot find any golden reefs. He has just formed a party to prospect the vcinity of the place where he,f o und the specimen; they will commence operations next week. The strangest part of the story is that an old shepheard, at present in the employ of Mr Andrew Andersou, of Totlinghatn station declares that he found this identical specimen ten years ago ; that he picked it up when out with his sheep, and, believing that a lot more nuggets must be lying around, he at once put the treasure down and searched about for hours. His labors were not rewards, so he went to pick up his valuable stone, and make tracks for his sheepfold, but he cotild not find the former. He had wandered round and round in a circle and found that he had not faintest idea where he started from. Darkness now began to set in, and discontinuing he sought his hut. Daybreak, next morning, fouud him on his hands and kness carefully searching through the rocks and scrub of the ranges, but without success. Day after day week after week, month after month saw him on the hill side, but no glistening mass met his anxious gaze, and at last he gave the search up, believing that the specimen had been spirited away. The matter had almost passed away from his memory until Einlayson came to the station one day to leave the golden stone in the charge of Mr Anderson. The old shepherd saw the prize, and identified his long-lost nugget."