MAHAKIPAWA AND WAIKAKAHO GOLDFIELDS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11342, 2 October 1888, Page 2

MAHAKIPAWA AND WAIKAKAHO GOLDFIELDS.

(Marlborough Times; Septembw 2§tji.) .'%% Men are still flocking into this field, 'gi'i js"i formation to hand last nigSt is to tno'effiwt'fK^i that there are some 600 miners on the : fieldr7'' ? \j r The evidence regarding the prospects- bi itb\&v 1 field are extremely copflictingr As ikftea'/,.' . the actual results •• arV concerned,- no^hing^T^E has been discovered to warrant-such a rush,'; .'>' r E except the prospectors' findi They2Jai«6-J „ obtained about 20ozs, but-pnarj to/gettinft> „ ! on gold thoy had. some five weekV hard/'. work. A gentleman wl(Tylsltei| the^field: ~ L yesterday, in whose testimony - we~.haye- — 2 every confidence, states. tthW he saw the } prospeotors take between th'ree i. and four '' ■' , ounces of coarse gold out of, a few dishes" 6f~;<~ < 2 wash, one of the pieces > weighing 'over. oh_ii;<-i ounce. He states that Waikakaho islike-i3\ , beehive.. Bushes 'have set in to tb^right" s^j, and left hand, branches of the main creek.. * ''l; 1 -: Yesterday a lady successfully essayed the ;> task— & difficult one-^jf ascending Rf the V.] 2 top of the range. . c "..•-■ ±\ .7 -»' ..*?* There is quite a-canyas.township at Sut- ;.': 3 tonvrtlo, as ■ the new township has bean-" ' i called, and there are four stores; butchers'! .• . and blacksmiths' shopi.&o. ,"' ;■■-;.''.:' \ . The Maoris are reported to have obtained ./■■ I the colour. : \'_ "''' • .J" ' .v.:,! .' _v 3 : A party have sunk; a shaft, on thS flat to f ■* -. ■ the depth of. about 30, feet, at which depth , , they had obtained traoes of gold, „ but ap-*. '■'' 1 parently they were some distance from th«r -. *•■ bottom and were troubled with, water.' •; ji „ 2 Jfoity diggers arrived at Bioton.last night by the Takapuna, and fourteen by the river^-. . j, ,boat Nepluno. " „"■ ,i '*> *! -, * -p's^ 1 ' ; Waikakaho is only, two and a half hours,'.':*' _. drive from Blenheim," the nearest, point. ofOs - doparlius'-'being'the Tua; Maririii';railwfly/X . Btuctod." : V: .'..",!. ■ '. . „'• .. " T.l' We have been shown some very fine quartz ■. J? L specimens'fro'm tlio dividing''rarige between ;. '" j the ilahakipawa and Waikakaho, and whalSs,- f j ever nmyj;be' .said of the alluvml diggingsV^V 5 , there isjjsb' gainsaying the importance of the".^' quartz';,ctisi!6vei;ies. ' Those shown us 'are.'v'; } undoubtedly rich, gold ; being plainly visible '-,-. throughout the stone. 1 In .'consequence, './-•, L mineral applications aremultiplyingrapidly...'., j ; We have been very careful about exaggefa*-' .' ( " j tiiig' thd' importance of the field, knowing:^'. ■ that' many -very erfon'eoujVrurnours haye^ F, " / been set afloat, as to Jthe vdile of ithe^finds.S:'.' 1 . £ v .Pursuing that course; wehav&b'e&i requested 'fel '- j by,, several of those best Informed dh;th«- vtfj- subject; to thatjthe highly^sensatipn^l ./< . rpgorts famished 'b^'the fiaVelock corres- *k%. p'ondent i of ihV'^Wellingtpnjiostrhave "as '.'9-\ , much fbimdation'as the-" : ba3 r eless-fabrio'of : <~j ::: l 3 a vision..'-' r >f ..' •'• \ <\ '■ :;-V /, •' /t >T --. \f. Messril Jatnes Dalton'* a.ndl john ; Couplr' -^ have ,I)De'n :pr6speoting' ill] Spnje of! "'i|ie ".?*; large creeks up the Pelorus-:salley during " .. thejlas^^day?. .^Th'ey.3coiold; obtain ■/.■? jgoqd colours^lnindst places/ and ; in one- ''§■'& , instfthde ■ found -some good ■•cpafflo,; specs.,-^ t Tney are'- now- away again, rifid 'intend *'*^ t giving each Greet' a trial as they|gd • up: the - , ii\, > Polorus IHver. There .can' '■■?'■>s i that we ;have good gold in th^fl^ioinify", ■ 'vA ; as small quantities nave beonfobiftiried at :; ' different intervals .during the "pastTiwenty ; :' j years, but not sufficient to induce; thabbarty - ' ■: to set in, but it; will be found eyentuaffic as more people derate time to prospßbtin^?-,lt has long been tae' .'opinion of experienced . miners that th^ffakamarina could; not be A tlio dnly, river in; this large district whiqK vi was auriforous. All the Bai, Ordiigo, arid *i Opure valley^aro just as likely to b*e rich' in „$ golden treaaurcs.a'nd should they prove' so, V a large tract of laud will be opened .out for .^ the ruining industry. -, ";-\ ?■«. ' i September 2t>. % - . • We havo no fresh developments to, re-*' ' . port regarding either the';Mahakipawa or,^ Waikakalio. Miners contimie to pour in trf . ' the latter field, and at- tho present time n is estimated there a-^a no fewer than 600 incn on the ground.. . During the past day ■''■ or two several parties haye 1 bottomed on thfc . l main crook at Mahakipawa, the results say fur being indifferent. The . specimens ' 6rS gold-bearing quartz which continue to bev r '• • brought down arc of the most promising^.character, and indicate that this branch ofP ■ mining will bo a permanent success. - T' I1 '-' •'' i We are informed that no, one has yet-£^ bottomed at Waik'ikaho, e'xcbpt the pr6s- |' -'■•'- --pectors, and that there is nothing to justify ■ any more people going there at present.