GOLD FIND AT ROTOKUHU.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN COBRESIWDBNT.]
Tb Aboha, this day. A special reporter was sent out by the "Te Aroha News" to inspect the locality of. the npw find at Rotokuhu. His report la as follows:----atthe north fnd of the Rotokuh.i gorgeandL » about three-quarters of a mile back from tnc hiißh A cood deal of prosnocting has been doneatTaS times in fee rieigbourhood, and Sfd workings are pie ntlful. Hunt's claim is on too creek immediately above these. The tekdS?frS£ which the gold »8 being obtained is a. soft mullocky vein varying from 6 to 7 Inohes in width, and Is Intermixed with rubbly quartz and nieces of quartz rock. Pair prospects of foMecSshgold arc got and erioura arp occasionally visiSlo in the ruble, but the vein la not yet weUdeflned. What minera term the country £ a nice soft sandstone moat favourable for cold but when penetrated to a depth, w Rets mi oh broken, Tba vein la now in this broken • Sountry and is consequently not well denned. I?c? toft estimate of the value of the discover/ "Vb« formed until more solid ground is h Morten the road to Karangafiako several pule*
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 4326, 28 March 1884, Page 3
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