MINING NOTES.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 194, 19 August 1896, Page 2

MINING NOTES.

Though the Prospecting Association has as yet made no practical move in the way of sending prospectors out matters are iu train for this being done in the course of the next few days. Applica-

ticus from competent men are in the hands of the secretary and these will be dealt with at the meeting called for Saturday night, a notification of which appears in another column. There is no doubt that prospecting throughout the district generally has received an impetus since the formation of the Association. Several parcels of likely looking stone have been shown us and in some instances sent away for assay pur poses. The result of the analysis will be made known in due course. In the neighborhood of Taupo prospecting has been active for some time and tangible results may be looked for shortly . At the Maugorewa fiorgo there have been some prospectors at work lately, and two who returned on Monday night expressed themselves satisfied with the result of their inspection of s " show ' in that direction. They went on to Auckland on the following morning. Beyond Mangorewa, at Te Rerenga, and nearer Otawa, men have also been at work prospecting. Writing from Paeroa a former resident of Rotorna states that survey and kindred work is going on "under high pressure and other harassing conditions, not met with generally in New Zealand and is fast bringing us all with sorrow to premature graves. It will be a different field for us, however, if your Association succeed in unearthing reefs over or under the Kaingaroa Plains or even the pumice downs of Paeroa and Horohoro. So you may expect, n. large influx of our profession in the CTent of pegging out becoming an active institution in the Thermal District." The same correspondent, alluding to Paeroa says: —" There is still much new ground being taken up all around here, and the boom shows no abatement in that respect, although it cannot last much longer —jumping unoccupied or unworked claims will, it is said, be the next phase of activity following the pegging out and surveying named—and the lawyers will then probably have their big innings. Very few of the new companies have started work on their numerous properties all over Hauraki yet. The present terrible state of the roads is enough to prevent any real work being commenced, and unless this work- is attended to as soon as the winter is over —disaster and disappointment will possibly ensue. The Government, however, seem partially alive to the position, but the £200,000 they propose to borrow for this purpose is totally insufficient forallthogoldfield roads required in both Islands. Hauraki alone and down to the Puke could profitably absorb twice that sum, and, properly expended would largely enrich the Colony. Much adverse comment is being expressed by Homo investors and companies at the BoEH-like attitude of New Zealand in respect to the absence cf roads, tramways, and light railways, &c, necessary to give proper access to the mineral treasures of Hauraki. Ohinemuri County I see is to have a member for itself this next Parliament. Mr Edwin Edwards is likely to be the favorite local candidate. " Our William " will likely go in for his old district now that this populous end is cut off. Colonel Burton is a big mining man and, it is said, will oppose Edwards. These are about all the electioneering items I know of here."