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THE GOLD FIELDS OF NEW SOUTH

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I. Respecting the gi)lFd
,mhiing districts there is little to
'be said in addition- iewhat was contained in our last
summary. From various causes the excitement preva-
lent in the early part of last month has much subsided.
Some of those who have left this city have returned dis-
appointed, and the accounts they gave of the fields which
they had visited were such as to dishearten others. Most
of these disappointed men, however, it is well known,
started without sufficient, capital to enable them to give
the diggings a fair trial, 'and becatise their anticipa-
' tions were not realised within the time they prescribed,
and with the labour they felt disposed to bestow, they
abandoned their claims and sought for au excuse in any
other bat the true source. That such was the case is
also proved-by the fact that at Rocky River the holes in
several of the deserted claims are not bottomed ; and at
the western districts those who, though unsuccessful at
first, gave other fields a trial have met with sufficient en-
couragement to it them to remain. The postpone-
ment of the amendment of the gold fields regulations in
consequence of the present Ministerial changes has also
had an effect in causing many quondam diggers to delay
resuming. their former pursuits. There is also compara-
tively little prospecting carried on, owing to the unsatis-
factory encouragement given under the present regula-
tion'. Further, the quantity of gold that was expected
by this time has not been received, particularly from
Rocky River ; but this is to be attributed to the wantof an
escort and to the fact that the diggers there keep posses.
sion of what gold they find except se much as they are
compelled. to di: pose of in order to meet the cost of
living. All these circumstances combined have some-
what damped the feeling that existed in the city at the
beginning tf...„.ti.fmsL. this, it is•
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ceivelfriimthose;l;o Cave cont'nued atTirileldTa
satisfctory and in some cases highly encouraging.;
Certainly, Stoney-creek has not been found so extensive'
'a field as it was thought to be, but this znaj be owing
.to the Avant of prospecting, seeing that the gold in that
quarter was found to be deposited in patches{: Te a great
extent this'is also the case at Rocky River. It has been
ascertained that thegeld there does not run in a lead as
at Ballarat i and the diggers from Victoria feel aot ts little
anndyed by this' circumstance. On the ,Ucli.of last
month 2,019 ounces were received in the city from.the
Rocky. River. Nhad'been purchased by one person in
the course of Anil: wieks. Several other smell ,quanti,
tie's have bhen rlaceived, and the latest accounts are that,
most of the holes pay. In some great quadtitie's'are
found ; and a feVe days ago a letter was received bt! a
Vict'oria digger in this city which stated that a.partyi of.
his friends took 6,000 ounces cut of a hole 160 feet.deep.
This statement, however, has not yet been donfirmid.
The latest accounts state that generally from thKee to
four ounces were found in a tin dish full of staff.' At
S:oney-creek there have been some very good finds,'
though not so great as those mentioned in our last sum-
mary.•. The field, however, has a generally Fosperous
appearance, and some new spots have been discovered: At
several of the ether diggings there have been seine re-•
•marliable instances of good fortune. In the neighbour.
hood of Braidwood a party of four found a nuhet of
upwards of 103 oz. A t Tuena one party took lout 160
, oz. in eight days. At Meroo one person purchased
2,0001. worth of gold, and, if he had had the means,
could have purchased about double that amount. Some
old ground has been reopened at Major's-creek, and is
turning out weal), between 60 and 70 oz. havine•
obtained from 1 cwt. of earth. The quantity of ,old
brought down by the escort from the southern and,welste
ern districts pn the 23d ult. was little short of 4,000 oz.,
or double the'amhunt usually brought from the two dis•
tricts.—Sydney Herald of Sept. 1.