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Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 413, 5 September 1868, Page 2

Tlie principal formation of the Thame ranges is dark Jasparold slate aud Gran waske sandstone, with pockets and irregu-. lar small veins or leaders of quartz. From Tapn, or Hastings as it is called now, iip to Shortland, the coast line, shows, the same broken, disturbed, and apparently unstratined formation, and for miles up the gullies and creeks the same confusion prevails. Most of the quartz leaders commence at the thicknesa. of a penny, belly out to six or eight inches, or sometimes more, and disappear in the same way as they came. If all these leaders or pockets were gold-bearing, or continued to yield gold when first found rich, the broken nature of the ground would not be such a great draw* back, as every drive shows more or less quartz. But this, unfortunately, is not the case, and tip to the present moment only very few small leaders have turned out more than a few rich specimens. The celebrated Hunt's claim is nothing but a cluster of fabulously rich leaders ; in fact the 10,000 ounces were crushed from specimens collected during the last twelve months. The Manukau claim, between the Moanataiari and Waiotahi Creeks, crushed 1,000 ounces out of 01 •; and a-half-tons of specimens, and as a matter of course the shares command a fabulous price.