TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1323, 21 December 1880, Page 2

TE AROH A. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

No change of any importance in the working of the tniues has occurred since my last letter, and I do not expect to have much news to send you till after the holidays. Most of the claims which are getting out trial crushing will suspend work as soon as their parcels of stone are shipped to the Thames, and the result will be known to you by telegrams from tiie Thames before it reaches us on the ground. I have made careful enquiries about the various parcels that are now being shipped for crushing, and in all cases I have found that the men are anxious to get a fair test, and are takihg the quartz as it comes, and as the mines from which it is being taken are situated at various parts of the field, the result will afford a good indication of the success, or otherwise which may be anticipated when a further expenditure of capital and labor shall have more fully developed the rescouraes of the ground. An opinion is gaining ground amongst practical men that it will not be what is called a rich field that is the gold will not be found in such quantities as was the case in the Shotover, Caledonian, Moanatairi, &c, but that the quartz will be of a lower grade and more uniform in its nature and spread over such a large area of country that it will afford permenent employment for capital aad labor for many years to come. If this is the correct view, there is indeed a grand future for the Thamss Valley with its hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land:*, which will be rapidly brought into cultivation under the impetus which will be given to the district by a large mining population flourishing in its midst, forming a ready market for all the produce which can be grown One of the principal wants felt here is a bridge over the Waihou, and no time bhouid should be lost in setting about its erection. Whether the Goldfields prosper or not, it is a necessity of the district, it i« a work thatthtt Thames, Piako, and T.mr.mga Counties are all interested in, and should be undertaken jointly by them. Another work which is much wanted is a wharf for landing passengers and discharging cargo at the Township. This lim glad to say ia likely aoon to be accomplished. Mr Veale with his accustomed prompti: tude having taken the matter in hand ana started a subscription list which is being rapidly filled up by the business people and others interested in the matter, in my last I mentioned that the All Nations had met with very likely looking stone and on a subsequent visit to the mine I was highly pleased with the indications. I saw they have struck a vein of blue quartz heavily charged with minerals, and their further operations are being watched with interest. The Magnet, Purvis and party, also came across some loose btone in their drive in which gold can occasionally be seen, and are pushing ou to find the reef, for which however they expect to have to go some distance.