A LUCKY FIND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2244, 4 March 1897, Page 17

A LUCKY FIND.

H. Scberp, sen., one of our oldest residents (writes the Patearoa correspondent of the Mount Ida Chronicle), has been rather lucky lately. Borne time ago, while fossicking about some old workings, he entered a drive that had been abandoned a short time previously, and noticing a

small bench or ledge that had been left, he instantly, with that strong desire to try a prospect which is characteristic of the true fossicker, wade a dive for it with his pick and hooked out a dishful. Not liking the look of the wash, which was of a sandy nature, he proceeded to pan it off in rather a hurried manner — a manner that a glance into th» wet dish quickly altered. The result— 7 or Bdwt — he naturally considered good enough to peg off upon, which he at once did, and I believe took out a few ounces in a very short time. Since then he has had varied fortune, sometimes doing well and at others getting very little. Now, however, there is every probability that the gold will be more continuous, a« I am informed by an old mate of Mr Scherp's, who visited the tunnel the other day, that the washditt, which has hitherto been streaky and shallow, is widening and deepening as it gets driven upon, while a prospect of 2gr to Jdwt can be got throughout. 'J he wash in the face is 3ft or 4ft deep, and at present of unknown width, so that Harry is apparently justified in the hope he entertains of getting something handsome.