HARTLEY TOWNSHIP.

Southland Times, Volume 1, Issue 8, 5 December 1862, Page 2

HARTLEY TOWNSHIP.

25th November, 1862. The accounts from the . Cardrona Creek and Fox's rush are <of a. more encouraging character . Few persons' are returning from either of them. The prospectors on the Cardrona are stated to be " nuggetting" it out. The creek it very high, except upon the land slips which tLe prospectors discovered. The prospects otherwise obtained by a large number induced them to hold on, and many creek claims are being shepherded. Some places in the immediate neighborhood are turning oat very well. It is, however, a certain Jact that the failure of the Cardrona Creek, ■ so energetically promulgated both here and on the spot, is only another example of. that re-actionary feeling which each of the gold-fields of this Province have expo, rienced. 28th November. From Fox's rush very favorable accounts have come in, and the adjaceut streams, gullies* and country are, said to be turning out well.. That indefatigable officer, Sergeant-Major Bracken, started early this morning with two of the mounted force to the scene of operations, for the purpose o\ settling disputes and- making an official report upon the value of this newly-opened auriferoui tract of country. The streams are very high and unworkable at present, but the utmost confidence is stated to be felt in their value. The Shotovcr Creek is represented to be in high favour, and though the banks are flooded, good gold is being freely obtained about it and the adjacent gullies. One good test of this district is, that moat important one, vjz., that though thousands have gone in that direction, not as many hundreds have returned as yet. Many must, however, soon return from Fox's rush, as- provisions are not procurable, and supplii-s cannot be available for so large a . population as proceeded there, for some time to come. To travel twentv-five miles for flour, and over some rough country, and then get only a limited supply at 3s per lb, are difficulties that many will never overcome. Numbers having started ill-provided with tools and. equipments, expecting to obtain gold at once and in large quantities. A reaction must undoubtedly ensue. P.S. — 11 a.m., 29th Novembet. Coach just starting. Sergeant Major Bracken's brother has just come in for a prospecting claim from the Lake district. Largest sizu 2| ots. coarse gold; describes it as sown as " thick as peat ! !"