THE HOROHORO FIND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9001, 14 March 1888, Page 5

THE HOROHORO FIND.

VISIT OF A "HERALD" CORRESPONDENT. HIS REPORT. GOOD PROSPECTS OBTAINED. GOLD IN PUMICE FORMATION. NOT IN PAYABLE QUANTITIES. SEARCHING FOR A QUARTZ REEF. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Rotorua, Tuesday. I have just returned from a thorough inspecj tion of what is known as the Horohoro Goldfield. Mr. Karl wa3 engaged in tracing up the lead some two or three miles round the mountain in search of the roof, so I missed him. Howevor, I made straight for his original workings, which are situated in a blind fern-clad gully, a mile and a-half below the mountain and settlement. I panned off several dishes, taking the stuff promiscuously from various places, in nearly all of which minute specs of fine floury gold wero discernable with the naked eye, but nothing approaching coarse or nuggety gold. In several Tittle watercourses the same prospect was obtained, and those all appeared to be coming from the same direction. No quartz was visible in any of these, and strange to say, the ground all round this quarter is of loose pumice formation, the very last place where anyone would ever dream of looking for gold. It is a familiar saying amongst diggers, "Get into a pumice country and farewell to the gold and yet it is, sure enough, right in the middle of a pumice formation. However, I do not think there is any probability of finding it in payable quantity, and the only hope rests in the future discovery of a quartz reef from which Mr. Karl cannot be far off, and which must undoubtedly exist in this great mountain. There is a wide field here open for prospectors, and thousands could tie employed with advantage. Wo trust to see before long a thorough system of prospecting organised in this district, where such good indications of many metals abound, and are only waiting to be unearthed. A hundredweight parcel of Karl's stuff was sent this morning by rail to Auckland. The result is anxiously looked for.