THE NORTHERN GOLD FIELDS,
YIELD OF GOLD TROM COll'jil'lXDEli.
Tiie s.s. Wonga Wor.ga, arrived in "WVlli'igton Harbour on Tuesday, from Manukau, iur,iuaki, Nebon, and Picton, and brings us our usual files to July 31st. There h no general nows of importance from Auckland exeopt tlie gradu.'il tle\eht])ine it of the {Jorouiaad^l gold lield, relative to which we make the following extracts from (.lie Sonthem Cros* : —
A huge number of hpjoiniens of gold and q-iartx were brui'^hi; tj to.vn yt^teiil.'i" from C'>r.n:i i'nlr>l Mr. Wafcon and his party cami 1 up, iotchiny the entire ol iheir spcimsus, v.hii'h ih.-j crushf'l on -h-. (Jof'aancS [>rc:niiij&. 'Iho >-p ciiuens v, eiulicd about 171bs iv all, n.id th-j jieM of gold when cle.nied and diied, w.'.s five aud-i-liaif Ui .
'Itm a:a.ili,iun<ite'l p<nty of *MKt -en met, (liniusr tiu four weeks they wore un«vr>;cd in the Drains Cr n ' k, obt lined quart/, >pi i oliii.'n-' 1 wcicrliina: in all 31 lbi. Amon-r these w.u tiie " Wplcouio Ku^pl,'' wuhhisi 1 S)lb->. 5 oz . which w,i* purchijcrl by .Mr. Samuel Occlirane. Altosit-ther the iir^t lot of si;ccirue.i-, sold by Mr. WaSu: 1 , on accuiint of his party, ibtc'icd Lli'2 ss. The aon! ulcn from tiio sj>"cim i i;s cru-'.ijd ye-it^idiy i>>aluo[ tt L1..-.J, ,akini> it at IA an ounce. Tliis a onlu ah c*i total of L'W> ss.
A bag oont lininu 1 i6\ oz of sjjhl dust was al-o depo>itid in this o.hcj fur Mr. Yja Tempsky, win is at present on a visit iv tin* nei^hbourhooii.— Wellington Independent, Auciu&l 7.
The Ooi'omaudcl Diiiiiin;s Inve not as yet atttactel that population which Mr. (ir.ihaia anticipated. The new, to our thinking, is not very promising, but there i.s au e\Hmtt disposition on tho part of the whole of th" Auckland p'\ .s to make the most of it. The AucJdandcr of the '2Jth ult. tavs • —
" We havo had eomiuuiiic t.ons from s,ev'eral persons interested in the G)ld Qu.utz Reef wines of Cj!vman.lel, whose statement-, are en<iUed to credit, und the accounts are mitbrnily eneor •.•aging; all parties emjaned lia^etlu fullest confidence in the uUimnte success of their labours, and look forward to rapid fortunes when the nece^ary machinery is on^e put in motion. Several soe'-'imc-iKs of various rei '(•> have been obtained, which, coni/iin gol.i visible to the naked eye. and a gentleman expe-ienced in quartz mining in California, iiiform-jd us that he Is of opinion they are the richest reef-> e^i-Uisi-overe 1. Sooie very rich nuggets have lately boon iouud, and we have seen a gentleman vho knows the person who found tho &oIM gold nutlet weighing 6 lbs. Asthiswai fouu i by a person prospecting iv a new place, referred to i \ one of our contemporaries, the exact locality is kept a secret. From what has alre.id" been found, v,e think there is every prospect of rich alluvial diggings being dibcovero I whoti tlie weather w ill permit a thorough prospecting of the country round."
THE NORTHERN GOLD FIELDS,
Otago Witness, Issue 559, 16 August 1862, Page 8
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