NEW GOLD FIND.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1851, 26 May 1888, Page 3

NEW GOLD FIND.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Blenheim, May 25. A discovery of gold is reported abou j tnidwiy between Blenheim and Pic'on, li a gully leading from Mahakipawa to Speed's Valley. Tha ia noggnty am of splendid quality. Auriferous Jndica •lam ftro said to huva been tr»o *ii for i distanoe of aevon mllos. T>e Wnrder tu-diy granted a spt'oial claim of 3 ici'lo In length along the Wakam-rfna river tc Mr J. S. M.icaliasor o minion .1 y on si compiuy beinij formed with »i cupiul no! le«s than £20,000, at'd that £3000 w;.rU, of plant; be placed »n th« grouid, and 40 I men employed within nine m >nr.be. It i» believed tbat (hji U the largest special claim yet granted m the colony. It ia proposed to dredge the river. Blenheim, May 26. Where gold wan found by Paterson and party Is ia Cutler's golly, three miles from Mahakipawa. The spot is difficult of aoceas except by boat or going through private property. F<-ora reliable aonroan ifc Is learned that all the rangaa oho* strong auriferoua Indications. The boundaries of Wakamariua (joldfhld do not extend so far, and It will he vrall to extend them or p^oolalm another gold field embracing, most of the ranges m Poloras 3ot»nd, which aro proved m various directions to be anriferoua. The reunite obtained from some atone 'forwarded Home from the Kndeavor Inlet antimony mine Bhnnld make Government very chary of aelli >g any land at all m the ranges or ru'llea In the Sunuda. Patterson and parly havr takan up five men's ground, and 40 or 50 men are now out proapco ing. There la nothing whatever to warrant artuh. The na&geta found are grand aamplea of the preoious metal.