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The Prospector's Claim
The latest news from Tairua says that the prospectors have got their shaft down 20 feet. The horse or hard bar still continues to separate the reef into two parts. Both contain gold, but there is not so much loose gold about. It is believed that the reef will come together again. Prospecting. More prospecting is now being carried on about Pnriri with very good results, but want of road is a great drawback. As the new field is gradually extending towards Puriri, a good road will have to be mad c* Miner 3 complain loudly of the apathy of the Provincial Government, and contrast the present policy with the past. A Bush. A small rush set in on Monday to the Golden Gate claim, and several areas have been pegged off. In the Eureka claim men who started to put in a drive struck 2cwt of gum, and the report got abroad that a heavy patch had been found. Several men pegged out, but they soon found they had been sold.
Scarcity of Provisions. In the Upper Township there has been no meat since Sunday, and no bread for several days, men being compelled to live on biscuits. When bread is to be obtained, it is Is 6d the four-pound loaf. A small expenditure would make it a fairly passable road.
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1639, 20 May 1875, Page 3
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