CHARLESTON
Occasionally, as in other parts of the district, garnets were found in the deposits. Several of the streams around Charleston contained what was known as “ruby sand.” This mine is still working.
LIST OF GOLDFIELDS.
The dates of the main South-West Goldfields were: Westland Province, in Teremakau River, by —. Day, 1st January, 1863. Nelson Province, at Collingwood, October, 1856. Motueka—1856. “The Old Diggings,” later known as “Berlin’s,” by F. Millington, an employee of John Rochfort, 8th August, 1859. Waimangaroa—1862. Havelock—1862. Lyell—November, 1863. Wakamarina—April, 1864. Hokitika—end of 1864 or early in 1865. Greymouth—1865. Okarito—November, 1865. Westport (Buller)—1866. Charleston—August, 1866. Fox River (Brighton), 1866. Welshman’s Terrace (Brighton)—November, 1866. Inangahua River, originally called Thackeray River, about 1866. Addison’s Flat—May, 1867. Caledonian Creek—June, 1867. Mokihinui—September, 1867. Howard—1874. Kumara—1875-1876. Croninville, 1878. Barrytown—1878.
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