SCOTTY'S HAURAKI.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 22, 27 January 1897, Page 5

SCOTTY'S HAURAKI.

IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.

A £300 SPECIMEN,

(WIBeeBAPH— OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Coeomandel, this day,

1 I Save just) returned from a visit bo Cipialn Hodge, the widely-known manager tf tteie and many other prooainennt Ingluh companies on this peninsula, rThe captain courteously received your repreientativs. , . "I suppoße you are aware of the object rimy Visits this time, Captain Hodge? It> ii, of coarse, in connection with the discovery to-day in Scotby's. I ahould be Tory glad of some particulars concerning tiit tame." "Well," laid the captain, "I can candidly Bay that 1 am more than pleased at wba&bae taken place. The discovery is unquestionably one of the most important! tbat ha« taken place in this or any other 'local mine for Borne considerable time paat, tod ibis impossible to define ita limits or say exactly whab ifc may develop into. As jcacan'see for yourself by examining the (tone lodged at the bank, it does nob bear the appearance of being a mere pocket), for the mjiii. astrong body five feet wide, ; sad tie stonee obtained are of large dimen'eobb, carrying the go!d strongly and tight into the etonc. Of course, mining is at any time uncertain, but from the show in the face at present, one would not be surprised to discover that it is the beginning of a run of gold which might riral lome of the most famous yet made. I must say this, that the eboua we obtained to-day ia equal in appearance to anything I have seen in the Hauraki. One of these pieces, I may Bay, ia no less than 50!b veighti, arid as it stands I would take £300 for it."

"This is from tbe lowest level in the nine is ib not ?'

"Yes, it is over 50ffc below the lowest level in tb9 abaft, what might be called the 355 ft level. You must know, we cue this reef sb the 300 ft level in the shaft and then proceeded aba certain point to eink a winze npooifc. Afi a depth of 5516 I decided to open oub on the lode which looked promising with the result that in 12ft of driving this ran of gold was encountered. Only list week some of the London cHrectors inipecfod the mine, and in view of the large amount of money spent in prospecting it, I was sorry we bad nothing of direct importance to show them at the time. However, ib has come at last and by no means too late, such are the uncertainties of mining."

"Thia discovery should exert a very powerful influence on mining in this locality, and generally speaking on the Whole peninsula, don't you think ?" "Yes, it it turns out half as well as mighb be expected from the present outlook it will have a far-reaching and beneficial effect, but later developments will more fully demonstrate this. 1501b Btono isn't bad for one breaking down, and the fireb, is it?"

" No, ib is not, and I am sure you are to be congratulated, Captain Hodge." ' Again thanking the captain for his kind--1888, your representative withdrew. *