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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr James Edwards

Mr James Edwards Is One Of The Old Diggers, Who Has Been Associated With The Goldfields Since The Early Days. He Was Born At Blackwater, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, In 1837, And Went With His Father To South Australia In 1849, And Two Years Later, To Victoria, Where He Had Ten Years' Experience In Gold Mining. Mr Edwards Was One Of The Early Diggers At Gabriel's Gully In 1861. In His Early Experiences, He Worked Almost Entirely On His Own Account, And Had Claims, That Were More Or Less Successful, At Waitati, Woolshed, Blue Spur, Wetherstones, Waipori, Dunstan, Fox's And The Carrick Range. While In Victoria He Visited Blackwood, Castlemaine, Ovens, Prior's Creek, And Forest Creek, And Knew Lucky Diggers, Who, For Safety, Kept Pounds Weight Of Gold In A Chaff Bag, On Which The Watch Dog Slept. Mr Edwards Has Gone Through Many Rough Experiences As A Miner. In 1874, He Settled At Arrow, And Has Since Then Resided Continuously In The District, With The Exception Of A Short Time In Nelson. Mr Edwards Qualified As A Mine Manager, And Took A First-Class Certificate On The 21St Of May, 1887, And Has Had Many Important Appointments As Manager Of Mines, Both
Mr. J. Edwards.

Mr. J. Edwards.

at Blackwood and the Blue Mountains, and at Daylsford in Australia, and in the Lake district, under Mr Evans at the Achilles Mine, Bullendale; and he was also for some time manager of the Lady Fayre Mine at Macetown. Mr Edwards was married, in 1876, to a daughter of the late Mr Buckham, of Chines, Victoria, and has three sons and three daughters.