WEST COAST.

Otago Witness, Issue 1323, 7 April 1877, Page 4

WEST COAST.

. The Kumara. Times publishes the following. Mining. Report; :-r- " On the; old} pleads. .the paddocks are..;full andwaitingj ( Vater, the r prospeota indicate fair! wages. j , One. parjy cradling ayerageel £5 per <■ man! laitweek. it "appears, to be ithe general! .opinion that, although :&o very .large re-l turns will Jje. obtained, ..there' i will. be a: steady; production, of gold for years. With; !t|e Wroducjtionjof anything like a copious ! 'supply, of ' water^ the.returns of gold would j be; largely increased. .Theipurchase of the; JPiUniar^.Race ( „by the ' Government will' j>rgbably . lead\to an .early, increase in the . ,water.supply^and,.tne winter will ahow! .the,[prpductiyene,ss. i jof r , the. -£eld -.better than its past experience, couUL do. - . At the . other -aide of-the.-Tefemakau, the claims on the flat oppoaite Didman's are being s^Jilyi^oiKed.wi^Dl^ttierage returns ; at the latest rush there has been no excitement. A 'pane, whose claim- iB near 1 the' "'Walia^Cgot; haif an b^ice off the bottom". >y iAlfofher' claim showed a prospect of 12£ grains from two aishfuls. The sinking.waa 17- feet-.,; Anoth'efc gave ijnx%p pieces, of .rough gold.to a-dish.) The Jthree weighed -8 grains./; Several' parties have " duffered out,?' pthejss abandoned the.place without ibottomingl ■■ < ■rhe.Becorid bottpmhaa been tried,, but we haveiinot yefc heard: with. (What .anioont -,of - success, j Racea have been vf ormed , to .collect' -the drainage i from; ,the., high., ground:, and,. to catch the. rain.; but these t can give no adtfgiiate wpply of water. ,j,On the= whole the j Kumara goldfield is being steadilyworked, wi^h '.an. entire abaenccot anything like feverish ,v , ,- •' , ; ,- > ] The, Ross .Gttardianjßayp:-^" That iinprospe.eJ»r, Mr -Edwardi:Dernfott, has b^en oti^fQr., the7lafet;fouc daya scouring the ranges dnvtUeineighbourhooa qi , JBlapk.'sj : artdi,Redman'si Creekd, 'mrhere. w.e recently ( repoxted,he!had discovered a quartz-reef, n;;fl^ <haa. Tip? thei line pfvreef,Tand,'tfchr^e. miles ifurther - onji iq. -a -north,,- eaaterljf direction,', foundanothe]c*out<?rop,iwhich contains the most promising looking stone • yet seen in. the district..:. He.. burned and tested a portion of. the §tpne", -which gave a.good proapect, and brought a sarople.of it into town on Thursday; The ;qua^tz^.is of a raddiahs colour, and seem* to ,be impregnated with qilyer. .In thej creeks . adjoining, heavy, nuggets .and coarse gold have been found. Twp of ihfi nuggeta are.iiow.inMr.Dermott's posaeasioni .whiqh weighreapectively . aa^ .Sdwta., 1 the, larger, >one;.being> tbiijklyj, impregnated; with ./quartz!. . He ; alflo 1 states that as much. as. 1000. ounces of gold has been taken out of one, paddock." ..Th©/ W^atport,Tinwß has .received relkble intelligence .that ,-any anticipations as.to, the Tadmore yalley supporting mor0 L than a few miners lis, likely to lead to disappointment. . .Neither the extent. of grpuQdijUor the prospecta yet obtained, is sufiicieijt to warrant any general rush in; that direction. ! : - • ■ /The ; "West Coast i Times / hasi received news of another quattz ; reef having ..been sjxuck'iatthe' Taipo. district, near to the original prospectora' claim in the same locality. •' , '„"'•?• • u'T . ; Specimens taken from the Boatman's Creek mine compare favourably (says the local. Times) with any ■ golden atone t seen from that; district.