THE KUAOTUNU GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 26, 28 June 1890, Page 8

THE KUAOTUNU GOLDFIELDS.

r, MONGST tho illiiHtrntioiiH of our proHont niimbor wo publinli mi I.lilh page n hnxty xkoti’h of the now Kimotiinu Gnlrllield in J'IWmSL W tho hope thnt it limy ho of hoi vloo to thoxn : ™ intmextod in thnt i|imrtor. It lloh upon n T'wTWkJ promontory projecting from the enxt xido of tho ('momnndid conxt, nt n dixtniieo of -■ v” “ Hoiiin forty mih’H duo north of the Thmimx, nnd twiinty-xix enxt from <'ormnmidol, looking out over Mercury Huy mi the xmilh, nnd on tho north townrdx Mercury Ixlmul. Itix, in fact, n Intern! xpur of tho (loro mrnidel rnngo, tho ridge of which runx iilmoxt oipii dixtiiiit down tho eontroof tlio (lorommiihd pimiiixiilii. Eor ninny yourx, although gold wuh known to oxlxt pretty goimrnlly tlirmighmit the whole of Llilh dixtrict, the ax plum tionx of proximctorx luul Imon conllnod to the woxtorn xido iidjiieciit to Griilmmxlown. Hut xmne two yourx ngo tho hope of dixeovorhig another payable goldllold tompto I n Mr White and hix party to Matmaiigi, xmuo live milox from Kuilotllllll, wliern they worn rewm’ded by unearthing ore yielding Homi'thiiip like buz. to tho ton. Lnxt year n Mr Pouhh'x nnd lilh iixxiiemtcx cmitiniiod tho Invoxtl giilimix of their pioilui'cnxiirn, following an oiiHlerly dlrimtion

until they xtruek the proxont xlto of Klinotlillll. Hero tho yield of gold linn boemim ho Hiitixfnotory dining the hint twelve montlix that from Homo two to throe hundred minerx nro now nt work holding thoir own in xpito of the objoetioiiH of the Knurl Timber Company, tho lino of wlinxo property eonmx within 40 chiiinx of komitillill liold, mid who premr n claim over n portion of tho coming el ilonuhi. The lino of nrgiilitiformix roof oxtondx duo north nnd Honth for n dixtmicu of more thnn twenty milox, proxorvlng n breadth of not Ihxh thnn live or xix, until it rniichox n place mimed Mnknrmi, where the xoil xtlll continimx to exhibit n xtrongly mirifmoux ohmnetor. Ho fur nx they linvo gone tho iixniiyx of uro oxtnmtod over thia mon, mid more parlicu hirly nt Kunotunii, nll'ord tlio liveliextHiitlxfiictioii to tho ox imrtx who predict more thnn n revlvnl of the good old iliiyn of twenty yonix ngo. In nocnxo,Hny they, do tlmxonxxiiyx xhow n rutu'rii fulling below hull' nn ounce to tho ton, while in Home cnxox they nctiiiilly roiieli live milieux, mid tuny bo renHonnldy iwtimntod to lueliido n general iivornge of nut lohh thnn lour oniioox to tlio ton for tho roof which in juxt being tupped nt Kunotunii. Ileio on every Hide along the bordorx of tho crook, which rilliH up from nt tho foot of tho Lilin in which the minei'H nro oxeiivnting, limy bo xium Inonklng forth the HymptoiiiH of u coming tow nxli 11 1, A hi'inly thorn nro tliroo Imtolx, three xtorox, n bonrding lioiiho, blnekHmitli'x, Hhoiiimikor'H, n bnkory, I'rom which liohli brend Ih Hiipplied. Two huge hiittnrioH nro nlrend y in courxo of erection the Try li'luko nnd Cook'x Ijumlz Hodiietimi Workn.•