TWO LUCKY MEN.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8793, 14 May 1894, Page 3

TWO LUCKY MEN.

MELBOURNE, April 24. A wonderfully rich patch of gold has been itrnck by two miners at Daylesford. The two men, named White and Jackson, have been prospecting for a quartz lode in a place called Welcome Gully, and so it has proved to them. On the 9th of February last one of Jackson's sons buried his pick iv a small quartz vein, and a second blow brought down a solid mas 3of gold. Though the quartz held together by the m,etal weighed only 159 ounces, and came from a crevice 12in long by 4in in width, it was worth over £600, This encouraged them to follow the vein, and the drive was extended another 70ft or 80ft. Stone and casings wortfe *, an; onuqe: ton weie met ail the way, but nothing senBational was alighted upon until about ten days ago. The owners then decided to come back to where the rich pocket was discovered and sink a winze. Thpy had only gone a couple of fcefc on the underlie when they struck another pocket of 2520z erf stone, which gave 216cz of gold. Four days after a third pocket of 401b weight of Btone returned 5200z; next day 121b gave 13Qoz, and on Thursday <?63az of quartz carried the magnificent yield of 400uz of gold. ' The total amount of gold won since February 9:h is 1218oz, valued at £4872, from about of stone.