PROSPECTING ADVENTUIRES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1817, 17 April 1888, Page 2

PROSPECTING ADVENTUIRES.

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Inviseqakciill. April IG. Harry Hubber, ouo of Ptiuliu'a prospecting parly lv the country ea3t from Jackson's Bay, hoa returaorl overland via Mattlu'a Bay and Lake Wakatipu. The party arrived at Jackeon'a Bay ia September luet, ami after making their bago of operations thoro. penetrated to the Cascades, near Mount Aspiring. Here farther progross whb barred by the buow. Prospecting wna carried oa vigorously, and nickel waa found, but no gold In Bufiloionfc quantity to warrant tho party aoUliog, Rain foil incooaautly slnca the year o*mo In, and this, togothor with tho extremely rough oountry, made the work of brin^iog up provlalona very arduous. Hubber etit^a that rain fell on twentythree daya of January, twenty-five of February, and twenty-eight of March, at the end of which month they returned to Big Biy, the wca'her showing no sign of oloaring. The? found v few diggers beaches mbing at Jaokson'u Bay, making about Id wt a day. Hubber Ba.vß great Credit is due to Paulin for his porsistcnb cfF.H'ta m proßpactlog tho unknown inaccaaaible country round P/louut ABpi?lnsj. He lotendi to fjtit onfc another prjrty m tho spring 10 operate m the samo locality.

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