THE POSEIDON RUSH.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12061, 4 January 1907, Page 6

THE POSEIDON RUSH.

SI'IfIKINCI IT KICH

Ontlyiiifr Ilio mil in I'iAoMoii iiihli. jiiiil nllnnH, on Ilio ciwlorn oiitnkii'ln of (lie IK'tj^rt (l-in ground in Hituiilcd tlio oliiitn in which tlio ttOOofc. nilggott Wn« iiuonrtbod mi Tiicidny nfl.ornoo|i. wilhln 21 1 of Iho mirfitcv. '1 ho Hlury Of tho nci|nin<nK<nl ol fie loiiho by the I'our piii'tnom Ik oho ol roiiiiiino (wiilM » tipm-inl rej'fo»"iil(ilivo ol tho Ar)(im). Hcnrcoly live WooltH ngo two Nowbiiilffo iniiiorA, John Co>nlri>n nnd Hnmtii'l Woodall, wnlkcd to I'ooicdon. They pegged out ndjiicvnt clninio on tho onslorly litiiitn of tlio nmli, nnd thi-n decided to iwnuligii Kid In I heir liiU'ioMh. (Jooi'gc llrooko. who hnd provlinwly worked fl«( ii mtilo with Cdiidfon, |oiiK'd tlio pitrly. but ('I ill UH KIICOCA^ WitM Mr I will), About Hi no woekn ago Unbelt Wooda, ii \Vo<idti 1 rifle rrHidonl, who i'ollow» mining nt M'-fi-difyr>, |iun'!i:i4(Hl ii oii(--flixtli Hlinro in Hie (liiim from Cnndron nnd HrooUn for 4! ft. but nllvr Ihrco dnv«' Wotk ho «nid ho would r.ither go biick to a logul.ir |ob. mid ho wold his h)iui'(> |o a new-comer, Frederick K,vn, lor 4iiJ U\\ 'llml whiire is now woilli JJfidO. ColiAroM rtlid pnrly coiiiinnod work, and they Mont, nbont 17 loiido to the puddling miieliino, for the ivhmi of 28dWt. ol gold. Then the lucky day iiriivod. At linlf-tMHt :i on TuOmljiy tiftoidooii, when all iittoiitlon was contfed In the diwovory of a '.171)07,. nugget by >Villifim«"n and Ktov<-nMon, in an (idjoining cliviin. Woodall rturtod to nick from (lie mirfnoe. At a doutli of 15in. \i\m nick hl molt a hard milif.talicr, «?id he beckoned to Condron. "'t'lioroVi eoniolliiiig Hero, Jack.' 1 lie •oxdnitned. "Stand behind m-." Condron did rt'», and wlion Woodall iduoed tho point of Ihh pick nndernciitli Ibe snrfao" the nugget rolled «mt on to the bottom al (heir foot, ('ondroii. uh ho lil'wl the gold, exclaimed, "Oh, hori-'n a beauty!" but Woodall flinii Iv Klirod at the troimure spccclilcHFi. Then the crowd g.iilioroil. The iintftrei Wd« omiieddl'd in d;rrt dry clrty. and nn it fell from ilw bod \V weighed 071 b MVolrdiiDoiH. It nieHftlir'd l r »in. in longth'. ibont 7in. iffnM-), nnd hnd n Ihicktiffw of from 4in. to sin. Acordin'r to i t« nize, it Hiiniilrt liav- vvsbul more tlrtn it did. and it wus pvjd-iil (hut it cmitninod « fair tu'oportion of f|iiail/..