THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT TE ARAI.
We understand that Mr. Shepherd has forwarded to Auckland a small specimen of quartz, with gold, visible in it, though not particularly rich. The quartz was picked up on. the surface of the soil close by '!'e Arai Point. Prospecting has been carried on for some time at the Wairoa, by settlers residing in tlio neighbourhood, and well defined quartz reefs believed to be auriferous have been discovered. The prospecting is being vigorously pursued and may lead to important results ; indeed, from what we hear, we believe that a gold-field second only to the Thames in richness and extent will be opened at no distant &ite in the Kaipara district. Unfortunately the bulk of the land said to be auriferous is in the hands of the natives, though some portion is, we believe, waste land of the province, as yet unpurchased.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1400, 13 May 1868, Page 3
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