THE FEW RUSH IN" NEW SOUTH WALES.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, 20 September 1880, Page 2

THE FEW RUSH IN" NEW SOUTH WALES.

Mr Ernest A L. Shnrpe, "Warden at Temora, has sent in his official report of the Temora goldfield. The population of the goldfield he now I (August 28tli) estimates atpbout 8000 | or 9000, and are a most orderly class of men. Speaking of the lead, Mr Bharpe says that only one has been "discovered, and that is '' patchy," and extends over a distance of three miles,. ! including a break of about half a mile. lln Ma!oney ? .-4 claim the wash i.-? eati* | rnrittd to yield about half an ounco to j the load, and the s.inie mav be said of j Murray's, Tyman's, and Parker's pros* peeting claims. Tb.3 depth of wiish varies from Ift to 3ft. I^ine hundred and sixty loads "surfacing" have been puddled, and gave a return of •sd\vt to the lond. -"Want of wnfep causes ths larse quantity of 00,003 loads at gr.i^a fo wait treatment. One j cla : m has 1500 loads at the surface and another 500. Mr Sharpe states as a fact that snm? of the claims ar? rich, I and has little doubt that there will i always be a large population settled at j Totnora. The soil is rich in the neigh* J borbood, and suitable for cultivation if water could be procured, and this, he says, could be supplied by dam*. Of j the future prn?peeis of Temora as a I goldfield, Mr Sharpe says it is Impos* I siWle to form any r?linble opinion at 1 the present time. Fifty claims may ibe ;! ckoied as payable, and these : should, if water could be procured, afford employment to a large number of men for a considerable period. Some of these claims are, apparently, rich; nuggets of a large size (one weighing sixtysseven ounces) having been picked out of the wnsbdirt. Many fxper;en;'ed miners think that Temora will be more valuab'e as a reefing country, and Mr Sharpa concludes by pointing out that from personal observation there is nothing to justify the extensive rush that has taken place, and advises miners to wait for some more definite reports.