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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 45, 23 February 1867, Page 2

Very favourable accounts, says the West Coast Times, are to hand from the " Big Paddock," where between two and three thousand diggers are located, of whom the majority are making fair wages, those claims on gold paying from £4 to £10 per week to each shareholder, and as the workings are not confined to one lead, but appear to be scattered throughout the paddock, the number of payable claims is something considerable. We (Grey River Argus) have been shown a magnificent sample of plumbago, brought by Mr. D. Johnston, jun., from Collingwood. It was taken from a vein, or rather seam, no less than sixteen feet in thickness, which has been traced to extend for a considerable distance. The mine was takeu up some time ago by a party of adventurers, but the want of the necessary capital to develope it compelled them to abandon the enterprise. The plumbago is of great purity, and must eventually become a valuable and extensive export.