When did eight gold miners get attacked ?
In January 1861 , the report was quite different : " The population at the new diggings ( Mountain Creek ) is yet daily increasing , and from the fact of payable ground having already been found extending over a large area , together with new discoveries of frequent occurrence , ... Lamplough , and all the other sections of my division ( in consequence of this rush ) , are now quite denuded of their European alluvial mining population " .