MINING.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 314, 25 September 1888, Page 3

MINING.

THE WAIKAKAHO KUSH. GREAT EXCITEMENT AT HAVELOCK. „(From our Havelock Correspondent). There is great excitement here this morning over the new rush to Waikakaho. .200 men arc already on the ground, and said to bo obtaining much better gold than in Mahakipawa, tho sinking being only .2ft Gin deep, and consequently but little work required. The Kahuna sawmills are deserted, all the hands having cleared out to the diggings. News has just arrived that Messrs Wratt and party have found a 320 x nugget, and Mr Scaife another weighing 450 z. The source of my information seems reliable, but knowing from experience how quickly these kernels grow into large nuts, I must warn peoplo from being led away by the gold fever. Of course they are nice little “specs” to handle, but as a rulo they do not yield a crop often enough, consequently there is always a lot of that back-time, or “ dead horse ” .as we call it, to pay for. On Friday a man named Filey, who was blasting away some rock out of bis claim in Cullen’s Creek, Mahakipawa, 'had evidently not calculated tbe proper length of fuse, and after lighting the end, before he had time to get out of the way, the charge exploded, and one piece of the rock striking him under the chin shattered the jaw very badly. Under the circumstances it is a miracle that ho escaped with his life, Peoplo cannot be too careful when handling explosive materials.

A serious accident occurred yesterday up the right-hand branch of Cullen’s creek at Mulmkipawa. It appears that Mr John Ingles, one of a party, was bard at work in tho claim trying to remove a large boulder stone with a lover when it slipped, and falling over his leg became jammed between two rocks, breaking his leg just above tbe ankle Tho practical sympathy of the miners •was immediately shown, a stretcher constructed and tho poor follow brought down the best way they could. Anyone •who has ever visited tho creek can fancy what a task it -was to bring a helpless man down such a place without any track being cut, in fact, no one but our largehearted diggers could have managed it in the time with such rough travelling, and great symyathy is felt for Mr Ingles, who is about 60 years old and had been working in the district nearly 20 years. Tho ■want of a docent track is a standing disgrace to tho powers “ that be,”

The news of the finds at Waikakaho caused a substantial rush yesterday. A gentleman who visited tho locality yesterday informs us that there were nearly 300 inen on tho ground. Hart and party are reported to have obtained H pound weight of gold, and that a number of Maoris were doing well. So. far as is known at present, the ground is rather limited, but the prospects are very satisfactory. , , Twenty-three minors, en route for the Mahakipawa, arrived at Picton yesterday by tho Rotorua from Woffington. No other large finds are reported from the Mahakipawa, but the evidence is that most of the miners are doing well, and, in the language of a visitor, “there isn’t a long faco to bo seen on tko field.” The agitation for tracks, postal and telegraphic accommodation continues. Th Felorus Foad Board and miners held a meeting yesterday at Cullensville to copaider these matters. The Warden proceeded to Waikakaho yesterday to enquire and arrange as to applications for claims, k c. There is some doubt ns to whether the locality U within tho proclaimed goldfield, and if that doubt is confirmed, it will be Mr Allen’s duty to represent the matter to Government with a view to having tb p area included ritbin the goldfiEd as soon as possible.

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