THE INANGAHUA REEFS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 275, 8 May 1873, Page 7

THE INANGAHUA REEFS.

" {Herald," April. 19.)

As Boatman's bids fair to eclipse all other portions of the Inangahua by the richness of the reefs, as at present indicated by the Just-in-Time and Fiery Cross claims, and also by the amount of alluvial workings carried on throughout the district, it would not be out of place to give a short sketch of its chief township. It is situated on the only available piece of flat land at a gorge in the Boatman's Creek, about 5| miles from the Landing road, and from which it derives the name of Georgetown. A bakery and a butchery, two stores and a large untenanted public-house, lately erected by Mr. Bruun, together with a few scattered residences, at present mark the site which I have no doubt at no distant date is destined to be the centre of an important mining industry. Although the number of business places are but few, I would in nowise advocate any increase in that line until the reefs are more developed, for the place is still very short of what the Yankee terms "the indispensable dollar," and many of the inhabitants have been afflicted with overdoses of quartz as might be naturally supposed. However there is every prospect of a speedy recovery and of things taking a more favorable turn. At the time of your correspondent's visit there was quite a stir in the little township, occasioned by the rich stone which had been brought to grass that day at the Fiery Cross claim. Some of the stone bad been taken up promiscuously from the heap and carried into the township, and crushed.