THE WAIPORI.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 45, 7 January 1862, Page 2

THE WAIPORI.

The following, from the Waipori, by Mounted Trooper Gurvey, despatched for the purpose of ,'■ reporting on that gold iield, was published yester-. day in the form of an extra : —■ j Head of the Lamhierlaw Creek,'* 1. ■ 4th January, 1802. Mounted Constable Edward John Gai'vejr reports, for the information of the Commissioner of Police, tiiiit ho'arrived at Mr. Yukon's" station on Thursday evening, where he was hospitably entertained. On the following morning lie proceeded to the accommodation house, at the Waipori,'which lie inspected, lie may "here, state j ; that-every digger lie had met with on his way, complained of the accommodation at the abovenamed hotel, which wight bs better conducted, "lie herewith annexes-a description of the house, and iilifil of the provisions therein. Several, complained of thejir not being able to obtain refresh-* lusuts there. . The house is licensed in the name of Ml: Kortoa, (sic) who is proprietor of the Albion Hotel, Dimedin. The house is conducted by a Mr. Moxhani—the proprietor never resides on the premises. Mounted Constable Garvey crossed the Waipori in a boat, and swum his hor/io for the purpose of inspecting the diggings on the Waipori lUvoi" at ifs> junction with the i-ammerhi/iV Greek, about' twelve miles. from the accommodation hou.-;e. lie u'u,-; necessitated" to swim the river, which was very high, owing to the late rains. There arc a'o»>iil. iiiVy persons at the juuetion of the .liaimiierlaw. Oreuk, iu.tiie bud of the river; prospect obt-jiiied; .-from one to two puuny.v/tiijchts; About two miles ."higher up. the river", twen'.y ]>ersons are camped, and it.is reported that t'licv prospected the river and found or.v p'.'iiuywdg'ht to the dish. Kight Maories are ■working higher vp1 the river, and, report saya, are doing well." About two miles from the river, on the Lammerlaw Creole, in a blind gully, christened by Constable Garvey, at the request of the miners." Johnson's gully, who was the first to prospect "the place,' Hugh Johnson, Archibald Cameron, and fierce Lamma sunk a hole each,: and obtained from li- to 2 ounces, .which Consta-4! hie Garvey saw washed —depth of sinking, 2 feet; length of guily, abpnt 2 miles ; forty feet wide. 'Came to- a small, creek, tributary to the. liamnierlaAv*, about a iiuai-ter i of : a mile from

the last-named guiiy, where payable gold has been found for about a quarter of a mile, prospect half-a-peimyweight to the dish. Constable Garvcy bought a nugget, which was found in tills creel;, 2i dwts. The miners have piled their wash-stuff"for want of long-toms. Peter Johnson stated that he obtained 1 oz. in half a. day's work. Gilbert Koss obtained' 3 ozs. in two .days. The Larnmerlaw Creek is being turned for a distance of four or five miles, prospect from 1 to 5 dwts. to the dish. Kichard Kirkpatrick obtained 12 oy.s. in two days. i'itorekespers report that claims in the Creek yielded from two to four lbs. Several nuggets have been found from 1 to 15 dwts. The majority of those at work report the Creek payable. The weather being so bad during the past week, hut little has been done. There is another crack about two miles from here where there are about 50 persons. Constable Garvey purposes visiting it to-day. E. Christie, storekeeper, reports that about SO miners arc sluicing in a guliy four miles from Kere, and doing well; and report is current that 500 are at wovk in a gully about live miles from here, in the direction of the Snowy IJauges. In fact persons, are prospecting for. :t radius of at least fifteen miles. ■There are a few stores of a temporary character sslong "the: Creek" 3No bread, iiour, or'meat of sny description could bo had last "night or to-day, j Some of the miner's are starving for the want of I the necessaries of lift). They have implored, of ■me to represent the fact to the Government. Constable Garvey lias penned this report in a moment of hurry, the bearer being on his way to Dunedin. E. Gauvisy, Mtd. Constable.