WAIFORI.

Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 30

WAIFORI.

APEii 25)'— The weather. Here fa lotting ub know winter fa coming near; as the frost has- set rk very fceavy The school- is having* a touch- up> with naintr, greatly inipnotinff. the- pUosi I should think it far better If thft work were done early in. the season, as hard' frost and wet paint do not very Well agree MINIM* Thisinduttry, is rtall on the-move, slow but sure. There is ». great difference to what it was £0 yours ago. A< thut time t here were eight hot«li, besides a number of dancing. Kalla, evidences of gold- being - got in quantHieß. A dWnfc cloud set w, andi year after year got worse. People cleared out, the ■ hotttls were* reduced' one by one. until only two were left, and for the past 16 'yearn it seems as if people's hope* have been blignt«d. However, the sun has once more-bermt to'thin*, and- the people see looking, brigh h «^ now-.. Travelling over the ridge*. one ran se&> pegs., all ovsc the place,, with S»pev tied around them. T&iß shows that a number of new dWinurhsre been marked off, and 1 think Mr Lwwson will bless the' day thut he pegged out the claim known aa the Cotton reef, which averages about 2ft wide and carries an ounce per ton. Some yea is ago a number of Chinese sank 400 ft, and according to a late survey they were within Iflft of the reef, lhey lost Ireart, however, and' gwve \xy prospecting, I hear SfrLaweon intends pumping out the water and putting in a drive to-c*t«i the reof, and I am sure, everjonc winheei hiav success foe his- pluek. Piuck Is. certainly wanted here. A good} reef withj* fivehead battery, has beeu lying. Idle for tome time, though them is plenty of wtter power. This >tate. at affuirs is anything but creditable, especially ■' With plenty of men wantfng work. . ' T 'heaw«nave'tne0 > PMsreef. M*Cotton holds the right of.a number of acres whire this reef is Situated. T&e valne of the reef ia well known 1 thittuehout the* length and breadth- of New Zealand, and' ai present a number of gsnUemen. in - Jpur. citj? aro awkiog nrrswi. emeots' with Mr Cotton to start, the- reef once, mote This can be done at very lfttfe cbut, as .the «haft is su&k and the pixmj> all ready for a start, and the- battery. Pluck, with* the »ccornp«nmetrt of at little CRsh, could wprlf wpndera hero, apd ; ifthey were brought, tobew on some' of our dormant miaiw, shortly the Cankers in K'unedin wpuld be crying, "Hip, hip, boorayl Here v come the cak«s from Waipori •gjun!" A trarty of men are working a portion of this; O) II 11I 1 Q wefi, anti thay started msfc week to c. ush. ThHy donot expect anything rich th». first crushing, as they are only crushing what they have ee*n cleaning up in the drive. *-,