NEW SOUTH WALES.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 23 February 1881, Page 2

NEW SOUTH WALES.

The Perseverance claim at the Temora struck a good vien of washdirt in driving towards Kink Maori's claim, and in the Try-Again Crown and party seem at last to have found the right guc f er iv their new shaft, halfway between the former ones. They are now dnVog alone the wash both ways, and can see gold in the dirt all the way. In the King Maori's claim Temora, tbe party are now working eight inches of wash-dirt, from which coarse specks from 1 to 3|dwt are frequently picked out, says the Star' of January A bucketful of washdirt gave 3dwt 18grsgold. Tbe following are the washings for tbe week ending 15tb January, of some of the principal claims at the Temora :— The Frenchmen, •on the ' Squatter's' completed washing 250 loads, which gave within a fraction of loz per load. The Q-olden Gate 300 loads which averaged a little over 18dwt per load; one machine of 25 loWTjaVe SBoz. This cffirtT-BlB 3 14 feet of washdirt. The Party in No, 3 on Deurscber's have at last reaped the reward of their perseverance in coming on good wash, wnile exploring one of their old shafts, when the agreeable discovery Bupneed them that the washdirt lay upon a false bottom about Bft from the bed rock From the first few buckets they picked an ounce bit and they have since bad a 15oz, 12oz,and 2oz nugget. In consequences of thia discovery the value of both No. 2 as well as Cook's spare ground between Nos 3 and 4is considerably enhanced, and in both these claims shafts are now going down to catch the lead, — Town and Country Journal.