Ohinemuri.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1985, 15 May 1875, Page 2

Ohinemuri.

(MOM A COREESPONDENT.)

Waitekauri;

This is a locality there, is very little notice taken of—either by the general public or speculators—but, sooner or later, it will open the eyes of many, jand more especially the latter class. The men that are holding interests' there are hard working men —I may say with very little money, but the prospects they have seen, and, out of such a large body of stone, hare made them perserere up to the present time, - under a . great many difficulties, such as wet clothe*, bad rations, and often very scanty. At the present time, the road made by Mr McCartie, surveyor, is creditable, and nearly any person can walk there with 1 ease and see for themselves the fair prospects that are to be obtained out of I such well defined reefs. Dan Leahy's claim, which is situated on top of the spur, from which you can see several"townships and harbors alone: j the East Coast, is about 800 feet above the level of the flat, and. in this claim they ! have cut not less than five well-defined reefs, all gold-bearing, and also several i leaders carrying gold. la the next claim, which belongs to Quin, Bain and party, have also cut the same reefs and leaders with the same success as in Leahy's claim, and so on down the spur they have all met with the same results until we come to Folcy'3 claim, which is the lowest down the spur and.is working on the lowest level yet obtained, with splendid gold visible in the same reefs already cut on the upper levels. On the flat'under this spur there are two or three parties sluicing, and I am informed they are making wages, or sufficient to satisfy them, with the expectation of coming on something good. They are in hopes of finding some of the leaders out of which the specimens (which are nearly all gold) came, which they find occasionally in sluicing the different terraces and creeks along the foot of this ■ spur. It is the easiest place of nil to take machinery, as it can be taken in bullock drays from the East Coast to tha creek at the bottom of the spar; and, as for timber, there is as fine a lot of kauri trees in this locality as ever I saw in any part of New Zealand. I saw five men start this morning, and one - man- told me that he was shown a specimen taken from one of the reefs which, he said, was very good, but not what he would call a rich specimen. There is occasionally butcher's meat - there, but in most cases the men have to carry their provisions from Paeroa or Mackaytown. My advice to the different shareholders dn this spur would be to, amalgamate, their different claims and form the lot into one good company, and, I believe, then they would get the assistance of capitalists ; but, as it is, there is no man with common sense who womld invest in mines where their interest is held under miners' rights, as it would break the strongest firm in Auckland in the course of time. It is not like alluvial country— that can be worked with very little outlay after they are once on gold—and, I believe, if it was not for the promising aspect of Ohinemuri and every one speaking of its richness such a length of ■ time (that made people think a small piece of such ground would do there) it would be opened under the leasing system ; if it was, it would be better for all concerned. As witness the capital already laid out at Tairua.