THE WAIKAIA RUSH.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 296, 5 April 1877, Page 3

THE WAIKAIA RUSH.

e This uistrieC lias been visifed by the special of the Twtprbt. Tlttie*, who says tiit-re arn now stsVfii claims ;u work, tFie total uuuiber of men (Cainese and Kuropcan) oi; th.e -pound oe.ng forty. The worl-.'tng* ar«; on section 7, block IX., rhatton. 'i'h'.' pro ; .p;.'ctois r.r.: a party of seven Ce,iiu--e, who worked i'ora c.msidcPable time ou the adjotntug .'tectioit (Logan's Freehold), making fi'"iu i/» t-> LI-a man pip week. Uying prevented by «i:e proprietor from eouuiuuug t:-.eir opjratioiis, t.iey the spur uti wtiich they aru now v.urking witit sph ndid ivsultK. Tueir claim v< b-tvvcL'!» OUft. an i 70:*t. dt'ep. and not having ar.y wah r to \va»h their i.t.ill'ui..U at pieaunt, tiuy hr.v> collected an iiunicns.: pdo of wa.didirt, whici is (,"st.i;uatjd to !>• wopt.i at. t.ie catuelatioit —li-viiO. Teid U thj estimate of ts,p. neiiC'd mine;';;. wi.e» have tried a proopeet of tae stutf. and who pur. it uovvu as worth from Is. to is. id. a bucketful. In th« next I'laiui (!ioh..'it-ouV> tin- lead wa.-j nniy struck on iHou.L •,}'. vvu.i goo i pp- ptcts. Tiie t did parv-y—C.diuj.-..'and r.urop.-ans, working t'.gMiivv -are t;uppo~s.'d to have struck oa'.'ai.L' gold, Uuc ;u-'e very p.-ticuic aboiu t;:i':p d"'u.s. A uutul'.. r«»f •*tiinter»" h..->e 'o'... a '■ o -ivnu'd i.t rlui'nvnc part* of t:u: liui. and >ome. of t'w p.tv't V. A have got dUgiroted and U ft. Utiurs are wait.ug uui'd some of tan etatms. now working strike g'old. Tio prospectors will not allow auvoiic* to go »lo'.\ u tueir so t tat a'thougli r:\ey i;ou> live men working underground, it it* u.»t known v.hicii way tiiev are *;riving. It s.ivms strange that t \h p;ir"y ahou Id strike su.'h vie.t stuli", and so inaiij. eiaiuis on the same li'iil prove ••diui'ps." ft may be, only a ric'.i patch, bur, ttiu- gctiurat impivj-siou is that taere is a narrow had, ami it is rich. The gror.it,l o.v Mr. L *gan'» run c!»>j l>y has been proved to be payaidy atrctferous. A party »>c wanted to make arrangements to w>»rk it, but t'.w ppopiiftor would not eon. .-ut v\c-"'pt on wh,.;.t ar-- considered exorbitant i;oud;;t(>i>s. W'v fully bvdivve? tivat some of the claims now ;.,t work will strike- payahlt? gold, imt i»rt to. a r,' ;s 'i iieing- tiie result, it e.mnoc bu of any great *,stent, co:tii;icd to one Sfjciiou.