Notes from Nonthorn. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1957, 23 May 1889, Page 12

Notes from Nonthorn. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

A meeting of olaimholcters and others interested in the development of the field was' to take place at Mr vforgensori's restaurant, Nen« thorn, on Thursday evening, the 16th iiist., to consider what support would be given to'Mt It. A ;> Norman in the matter of erecfcklg an vileetrio quartz crushing battery oft the field, ffor come unaccountable reason tho meeting did rao^. iflome ofE, and this is all the more to be rdjgvstted as some final understanding might have iteen arrived at between Mr Norman and the ulaimholders. As this gentleman is ' expected on the field souae day this -week, I trust that some defiuifee arraugement will be the outcome of his visit, as a public battery of some mode «£ construction is much needed on the field. We have had exceptionally cold weather hfere <ilruting the past week, and the hills have quite a •wintry appearance with their snow-clad summit?. Prospecting is stiH going ' on here, and many miners are confident that atother rich r?ef will be discovered in the vicinity of the Eureka. « >, What is 'reported a<» a valuable discovery of gold-bearing quartz has been made in the neighbourhood of Macraes. The lode is from &ft to 7ft in thickness, and from what I can learn thtore is a little gold all through it. Th<s Golden Quarry reef on Horse Flat is being prospected, and some stooia is being taken o»fc to send somewhere fat a test crushing. ' The'Ddke of Edinburgh reef is also being prospected, and I hyat that a very fair shoot of gold has been sftiwk in one particular part of, the lode. Witb many valuable mining properties in its o.'eighbourhood Macraes Bhouid be a flourishing township at no distant date* '