GOLD ON THE WAIKATO.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2237, 21 September 1864, Page 4

GOLD ON THE WAIKATO.

Ir hit, on se\eral occasions, been currently reported tli.it gold li.ul been discovered lomewheie between the Ile.ids and K.mgiiiii. These leports have either not been coiifitmcd by subsequent iuve*tigators, or Use they were not ongin illy founded on fact. "Wo aie now credibly informed tint E. \V. Collett, Esq., the Chief Supeiintendent for lloatls and Bridges, iv his lestaiches foi load inetjl has discovered gold in seveml localities, but uioie p.u ticul&rly near Whanganianuo in the gullies leading fioui the Koheroa Heights to the n\ei. A laige dnft of quaitz pebble* is to ba found m the township of H.ivelock, behind the Bluft", winch contains gold of a diffeient character fiom that of the Whaugam.irmo. -Again, yold is found in the cieek near Pap.iraU. In no mstauce as yet has any payable goldfield been discoveied , butthii is not to bo wondeied at, as no pioper trials have been made. A p.uty, howevei, undei the scientific snpenntendence of Lieutenant Blown, are now sinking a shaft in the llaveloclc swamp, aud have met with fan. prospects before bottoming, which piobibly they will not achieve in tha present season, without slabbing and C.ilifomian pumping. The gold is totally' distinct from Coiomandsl gold. Whence it came fiom it is difficult to define, but in the Pokeno Eangcs in my sudden geological transitions and upheavals oc^ur, bounded, as they *ra hy trachjtic breccia on the one side, and by tho prim*ry clay slate formation on the other. There is not tho le.ist opening at piesent, \\» are informed, for a ruih but we shall keep our resuleis informed n« matters progress, and give them such authentic and reliable . data ns will guide them, at least, to the exact spots wheie the piecioua metal las been already discovoied.

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