Mining.
OREPUKI AND THE WAIAU.
(From Our Orepuki Correspondent,) Mining matters are, I am happy to say, very brisk just now, and I hear that a good many are making pretty fair wages. In the olden days it was an accepted axiom that mining in Orepuki could only be carried on by sluicing, but necessity compelled men to try other means, and now a good many have taken to tunnelling, with very fair results, while quite recently others have sunk shafts on very good prospects, and intend raising the wash to the surface in the old style. Should these claims pan out wellj no doubt others will follow.
Very little is heard now of West Waiau, unless in the Warden’s Court, in which place Orepuki and Waiau are far too much in evidence. It seems the height of absurdity to hold a Warden’s Court iu Riverton in these days, when in the olden time it was held in Orepuki, when there were neither railways nor accommodation, while every convenience exists to-day. Besides, travelling so far for law is a heavy drain on the resources of those compelled to attend the court.
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Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 45, 12 February 1898, Page 12
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191Mining. Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 45, 12 February 1898, Page 12
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