THE BALLARAT GOLD FIELD.

Taranaki Herald, Volume 1, Issue 34, 23 March 1853, Page 3

THE BALLARAT GOLD FIELD.

We copy the following fiom the Sydney Empire, of tho 15th ult. : WONDERS OF BALLARAT I Tha following was potted up in the Exchange Rooms yesterday, and causad considerable excitement. MORE MONSTER NUGGETS I " Melbourne, Feb. 8, 1853. " P<"nr Sir,— Within forty ytrds of the hojo in the Canadian Gully, at Bnllnnit, where the monster nugget was found Ine other d ,y, a lucky party have come down upon a mint) of gold. List night's post brought the news of the discovery of thicc more large masses No. I—77lbs1 — 77lbs S cz actual weight „ 2— Gillbs G oz ditto „ 3 — 12211w, weight not correctly as> ctviumedt They are all nearly pure. There will bo an awful rush to thia place non. It appears the deeper they 140 tlic more they get, and the deeper diggings will be tho rage. " My advices yesterday trom the Ovens quoto gold (79s GJ to 70s. I eec there was not so much gold as w«i expected fonvuidcd to Sydney by your escort, only 9000 t.e. Gold is with us at Mi o'd tv 7is 9d. Isold a parcel to-day at 755. The two last days we huve had numerous arrivals irotn all quartois, including a French ship with six hundred barrels of brandy, and a largo quantity of thr laratt from England— nlio beer. You "ill see by Kuull'h tables that he does not allow you to havo had any gold by private hands from the mines. I aa>, dt'nr sir, Yours sincerely, W. H. Cnori'Kß.

}to 1 o'clock. lam just told that the nugqel* are considerably underfilled— the large one weighs 17ulbs. sume ozs.