IN THE MURCHISON DISTRICT.

(Nelson Mail.)

One who is acquainted with the Miuchison district, sends us the following -information in regard to gold mining in the locality: — Three auriferous rivers and five auriferous creeks run into the Buller river within a. few miles of Murchison. Tiie first coming down the Buller, is Nuggetty Creek, about six miles above Murchison ; and 1 then the Mangles River, two ' miles from Muarchison. Both these contain rough gold, but they hare no terraces _£-uii;able for sliucing. The Matakitiki River joins the Buller at Murchison. It has been vorkedj for 30 years, and payable go?d won in ' it for 20 miles up. Some very lich patches have been struck, and worked in the primitive style. The river hag payable terraces each i side for a distanco of 12" miles, mostly on Crown lands. The Glenroy, a tributary of the Mat akitaki. and has similar auriferous terraces on each sitle for that distance. Further down the Buller is Doughboy Creek, which was payable. Ihe Lyoll is an important creek, although quatz mining is quiet there now. The reason is want of capital— it takes' a gold mine to work .af gold mine. New Creek, is also auriferous. The Maruia River is the last auriferous river joining' the Buller till reaching the Inangahua, at the junction <,f the Reefton and Westport roadsThe Matakitaki was declared a sludge- chanmel some years ago, so there will be no trouble in running , the tailings into it. The best mining speculation in the districti. at present (that ist alluvial mining) is a race on the Glenroy. About 100 heads :f water are available, the intake to be bight miles above its junction with the Matakitaki. There is at present a company which intends to bring a large race out of the Matakitaki. distant six or seven miles above its junction with tha Glenroy. Both races would pay good interect on the outlay if the oompani'es would not work a yard of ground, but simply let the water, to parties oil miners. Otherwise they j will not pay. There are no engineering difficulties whatever to contend with, and on the Glenroy very little blasting or fluiming will be. necessary. With reference to the Glenroy water race, there is twenty feet, of "a fall !o the mile in the Glenroy river, and it would on v be ,. far from the in take before it -would be high enough foil biuicing. The company could then ?et it as the "work proceed, and the ~ent or the' water would •go far to pay for the const/uction of the race.