THE BERMAGUI GOLDFIELD.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 3 November 1880, Page 2

THE BERMAGUI GOLDFIELD.

— ■ — ■*■ Mention has been made in our tele* gram lately of a new goklfield which has come into notice In New South Wales, aod we therefore append an ncoount of it given by the correspondent of tbe Bega Standard, who visited it on Oct. 2- : warden has computed that there are 700 men on the grouud. The strip of beach pegged out is ovjr three mile?. The richest wash is found at (He immediate foot of the cliff*, the prospects giving from loz to 4dwt to ib_- dish. ' The botton consiatrf of broken slate with sea-woru boulders.

Mead's claim, a mile south of the prospectors', is very rich, the bottom on the line of the sand tone, and the prospect 30dwt to the dish. Fully two miles of the beach claims are payable. No discoveries have yet been- made inland- The colour can be got in every place. The general impression derived from conversation with West Coast miners is that valuable discoveries will be made inland in the direction of the Dromedary, where valuable reefs are know to exist. With the arrivals by sea and land I am sure that on Saturnday there were over a thonsand there, and nosy many are, reported to be com"* ing. I should strongly advise diggers to wait till further intelligence is available. The ground is all taken up and for new arrivals the only chance is prospecting. There is a'large coast, 30 miles in extent, which tray prove rich, as the rush has developed nothing \ outside the three miles pegged out. i This view is confirmed by the reporters of tbe Sydney Morning Heifald^a^i| papers, who* all advise the diggers at a distance not to think of coming till a further extent is proved to be auri* Ferous. Meat, beef, and bacon are plentifuil and cheap. The three stores were nearly stripped of flour, tea' and sugar on Saturday, and £3 was offered for a shovel on Fiiiay. ?npplies are close at hand, but the weather has prevented the landing of cargo. Several parties are prospecting on the beach at South Bermagui, but the result-is not kaowfi. Payable gold is reported to have been found at the mouth of the Wapengo Lake, 13 miles south ; also at Corunaa^ 12 miles norf b of the prospectors* claias at Bermagui. The gold is flaky and nrxed with black sand ; very hard and fine gold. There is not a washing plant or cradle on tbe diggings. Mr Roberts, engineer, is erecting Chilian tables at Walluga Lake, close to the prospectors/ which will be ready to work next week. Tbe payable claims are busy stripping and paddooking the dirt, and in a fortuight the permanency of tbe field may be pronounced, but at present it is considerably over-rushed.