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NZ Truth, Issue 936, 3 November 1923, Page 6

PICKINGS FOR PICTON. ■■♦• ; . . .. Possibilities Of King Solomon's Mine. Is There Gold In The Mountains? Mahakipawa! Who nowadays remembers that Mahakipawa ever had any glories that^ could depart? And where is this 'pawa anyway? Here goes for a lesson m geography. Mahakipawa la at the very extreme top- of Queen Charlotte Sound — and then some. When you get to the end of a perfect Sound you strike inland some five miles. And what then? Why, gold! Tes, there is an impression that there are again to be pretty pickings for Picton, m the prospects of another gold rush to Mahakipawa. Again? A"h, the present generation, even the residents of either Charlotte or Pelorus Sounds, do not know of the exciting times of the fevered rushes along the ridges that divide the two Sounds. But get together with /the old stagers who take the sun on Picton's waterfront, talk gold, and then there will be told some tales of the track. Hear old Ben Bolt— no one knows just whence the bolt — tell of those days. When was it, Ben? Oh, way. back was it, thurty or thurty-five year agone? How many people were here then, Ben? In Picton — lots. But you shudda seen the crowds up m the hills at Mahakipawa. At one time,- when ■King Solomon'js Mine was agoin\ at full blast, there was a population of 3000 at 'pawa. Strewth! Where's •that pop now? Gone pop. Why? Because Solly's Mine got top sloppy and too expensive to work. Eut, say, chapq — that 'was some humdinger of a nugget yielder. A eoUd million pounds worth of gold from Solly and some more from tha day pits m the neighborhood. ■ ' " ■ That was what Ben said, and he was strictly accurate. King Solomon's Mine was well named. What hap-/ pened was that the gold was found m wet pockets or puddles, the hills thereabouts being full of springs. The . pug was scooped up by the bucket and, when sluiced, there were the beautiful nuggets sticking out like 1 plums m mother's puddings. But the 1 hole m the wall became far too sloppy — and so Mahakipawa'a glory and population departed. , ' That was many years ago. But the impression has prevailed down through ttfe years that there was still gold m those mountains. Strange to say. it is a woman once more who la , determined to become acquainted with King Solomon. She applied for a '< miner's right to re-open the mine. But the application was opposed by the ■ owner of the land. right, replied the Qoldfields Warden. Case adjourned for six months, but m the meantime you (the owner) must work the ,mine, or the lady gets her right to do , ea at the next sitting of the Court. And to-day Picton 'is getting a little bit excited m spots, because a ( gang is actually opening up the hole that may yet again yield treasure trove ■ from King Solomon's Mine. If so, ; what pickings for Picton, which sadly needs a good pick-'em-up. ! Since the above appeared m "Truth" ■ (April 14 last) «some of the plums above referred to . have been obtained and are now en exhibition m the window of Stewart Dawson and Co., Ltd., corner High and Cashel Streets. Chrißtchurch.* ■'

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