THE "OLD MAN" ROCK.

Otago Witness, Issue 2858, 23 December 1908, Page 39 (Supplement)

THE "OLD MAN" ROCK.

U.i- engaged miivo.mii'.; 50.000 atle- on the Ol'l Man 15 m;e 'I e\ lot .-mii\c\ Distiiit. Ottiyo. The Imd \\a-- to be mt up into lame niii/m; aie.i^. ,uid Mr Muriavs insti uction-- li<>m the (!o\e unit tit wee to i<uiL;e h s \\e>t boundaty line diie south tiom a tun to be u\ed o:i the summit ot tlie Old M in JJoek The m k mis at the noithem end ot the Obilisk llaiue - lieiyht. o\ ci 5300 leet .-b-ixe e,i le\el The iol!< is ,i solid pillai. omethinu, o.ei CO ttet liij,li.

with -ti.nght -ide.s. about 25 feet alonn the b i-e and 9 I tot in diameter .muss the top Mr .Miniiiy. in t^i\ 1 nu; an at(ount in the Ot.iyo Witness ot how I.c managed to place the iion lod on the -umiii t ot the rock, uiote : '"Tlie fi.\mi; ot a tri^ station on tlie n«k h.id been tried, by a survey paity some \eais betoie I went theie. Ijnt the\ tailed; and iesi(lent> in the dihtiut piednted toi m\ attempt .i similar fate. Of coulee the onh ua\ of ascendinu i'r 101 k w a.> b\ means of ropes.

On pat^e 21 ot tin- number appear- a -tnkin^ pic tine ot a -tiikmt; natural feature, the "Old .Man" l!o< k. known ofh< iall\ as the Obelisk. A few paitkular- addition. il to tho-e ,i\hi at the toot of the picture may be of interest. In .lanuaix 1879. Mi \\ I). \\. Murray, now chief draught-man in the Wellington Land- Ofiu c.