RICH DISCOVERY AT OHINEMURI.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5700, 20 December 1875, Page 3

RICH DISCOVERY AT OHINEMURI.

TilK mining iepoii.er of the Tim nut Jitiiiw) St(tr nupphes the following, under d.ite,Maokay town, Satin ilny, 8 .1.111. :— " Tliy now* fiuin the late tiiul ih inoMt uucouragiug, and all who h.i\o been on the giound havo oxpretwed uu<iuahhed Hiitinfaction. In tho protipcctoi »' claim, which they havo legUterod as tho Sniilo ot l-'oitune, Uiimo uro four woll-defined and oolid ii'ofn, the Lucent of which, as far as can ho scon .it pnHunt, is nomo 10ft. in width. All the loofs aninnningtoadegroeor HonoithandHonth, o> puialIol with the spur. The clip of tho largest, or No. 1 icof, in towards the went ; but the other tin i-u dip to tho east, and couvcigc upon tlie main icef. In tho No. 1 a httlo gold in to bo much itt tho iitono,but tilt) No. t in ndnuttcd to be tho boat. Tho prospects obtained fioin it, both from cniHhing tho stone and panning oil' tho looso diit, me voiy good. A shovelful of thiit diit w.is washed in jny pretence, and yielded fully half-a-ponny-woiaht of gold. Thw o in about '2ft. of a body of utono in thin reef, which will yield, on a uiodcnito estimate, 5o<5. to the ton. Tho other two reef h ai'e both good payable oneu. Thu claim ii fiivourably lituateil in eveiy respect, and immodiateaccess cm bi'obt.iined to.ul the IoiU'r- -in fact, jf a jimehint' was at piesent available on the ground, ciuslung opfi.it ions could beciuiied on at once, 'i'lie 1'iospoctois have taken up a machine «t«, and have .ipplu-d foi a waterlace. They Lonteiupl.ite biinguni in the water fiom tlie Te.iri cioek, winch enteia into the Oluiu-muii at the back of the Hpur, on iti •ouUrtii bank. This can be done without any dilhculty, and will bo advantageous to the whole of tha clnimi taken up around tho Froipecton. Offem foi th« erection of a battery hare been made ; but I do not know what tho piopo.saln me. I believe that both \Y. A. HiuitnmlMr. Dai iow aie willing to put up a battory conditional to Loitiun arrangemMitw being arrived at. They mid other Thamea notibilitiet have vmiteil the nuncH, and have expresicd ft high opinion of the country. Of course, with a i c^uiai ity which in getting rather too monotonous plaiutu continue to be laid. As soon as the l'lospcotors* claim was registered, appli-

Lit'nii u.is undo t<M ,u |i lus .mil a |ll I ■( I ll<l (ci olil llll ]l<> ( WOll <lf !l sll 110 Ihiium' it u i, i,'_i iii .1 ni'ili i one of the .il> stia< tod i »!iK Tin pulilii' fi'i ' na is in favour i.f tin- I'losju'itois in iln> in ltd i, and lightly, loo. Thoy Ii.im' )., i ii tin (In- last ftmi months iiuloi.il iliu'-ig tin- wlmli 1 <>f the \ ntoi — jiiosjiocf -ig ,i ut w itis(» ct, and liavo ilono ft- 'y .V >ft. of t\nnic n ing, tionchiijjj, anil sin 1 " »g. trnd yet, just as tlicy ,vi o :»l»nit to iMijoy tho fi ait of their labor", they .n c subjected to litigation on nlmont cvoiy concoiv.vblo yiouinl, .»nd have to run the gauntlet of a legal lolibci/. Of tho claims that have been pegged oft", thcio ai - c th'-ce to tho noi tli of the piosjtcctois, two to the cast, and four on tho other b.ink of the Ohinerauu, or to the Houth. Thoioare about 100 men on tho ground, nml fresh claims aro taken wp eveiy day. Tho Pi ospectors' and ono or two of tho claims aro in J. A. Miller's agricultural selection, and other (elections have been pegged into. The distance from Mackaytown to the locality of the rush is about three miles. Tho road is being rapid'y pushed on, and when some portions of it aio levelled ono may ride on to the ola"ns."