KAURI GUM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 631, 7 October 1909, Page 7

KAURI GUM.

.;-'./. ♦ - ■L-:/.....-.'' (By Toletraph.-Hiioclal, CtirfoSDoiidenl.l ar j . , . Aiicictandj October fi. .Good finds of ktoin gum in tho northern I mJW 2 tt t°i. to bo "ported. Ten years .-go about . 60ra pe< 1 was worth ff, fh approximates. ,£2O. Last woek at Potarariia, from one pockot there was taken a pieoe weighing, 901b., and another 701b., )f?l gh smaller pieces to fill a sack. In w ° r ! £l Pß s tliero aro frequently fonnd stumps containing heart Veins, of the resin.' ar . u h l°wn open with dynamite, and surprising bags have, been obtained. Such gum T 1 " 6 '-' is erent'y sought after. Iree-clinibing is not noiv practised in tho district, but it understood that a privatelyowned bush at tho head'of the Kaihu Valley will ho thrown open for'such exploitation in fw C ?{ U Ju° i. another rear. It is maintained that if the kauri is felled and nulled within a rousonable penwl of its having been "bled" tho umber retains its strength and durability put if a few years elapse its durability become* impaired, and an inferior .class , of building material becomes placed on the market. At Hoanga a llaorr unearthed a nugget of kauri film w l . l ' o ' l weighed 2c\vt;, valued at .£l2, on this ; field, which years ago was regarded is worked out. Surprising returns arc being socured by diggers,'and "paddookers" aro. turnitie their attention to the wide expanse of f ern land vhioh hitherto returned unsatisfaotorr results, and now, curiously enough, are found to contain valuable resin deposits, s