The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1867.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 216, 14 September 1867, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1867.

NEW GOLD-FIELD AT COLLINGWOOD.

Intelligence arrived yesterday evening by the Lady Barkly, that very considerable excitement prevailed at Collingwood, in consequence of the discovery of a goldfield of great richness in that district. It appears that the fact was elicited in the following manner :— A miner, named Thomas M'G-rane, met his death last week whilst sinking a shaft at a place known as Doctor's Creek, near Washbourne's Flat, about seven miles from Collingwood, by the earth falling in upon him. An inquest having been held upon the body, and a verdict of 'Accidental Death* returned, it was buried on Tuesday last. Some curiosity however having -been' excited by the circumstances of H'Grane's death, seveiti persons visited the scene of the accident, and to their surprise found that the ground was exceedingly rich. The news quickly spread, /-and in two days more than half a mile ■was taken rip of ground, and a large number cf miners in the district had given up their old claims, and repaired to the new diggings- The gold is described as being coarse, but found at a depth of 70 feet and of marvellous richness: Already two public-houses and a store have been erected on the ground, and diggers are flocking (hither in large numbers. Since writing the above we learn from a gentleman from Colliogwood that there is ho doubt that gold has been found in payable quantities near Washbourne's Flat, but-that no additional information can be obtained with reference to it under less than a fortnight's time, since the sinking

is, as we have already stated, in very deep ground. Beyond this, our informant assures us that nothing was known at Collingwood to justify the account given this mor-niug in the Examiner of the richness of the returns from the alleged gold field, and he also distinctly contradicts the statement that the Supply, which is hourly expected to arrive from Collingwood, and which left before the Lady Barkly, had any of the gold pu board. "