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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 95, 5 September 1871, Page 4

Has any attempt been yet made to test the' fact of the existence or non-existence of deep leads of gold in this district 1 We should be glad indeed were an effort, and a united effort, to be made to solve the problem, and set the matter at rest once and for ever. No one will, we think, deny the fact that the discovery of a deep lead or deep leads in this locality would contribute in no small degree, not only to the present benefit and advantage of this town and district, but would, at the same time, have the effect of giving it a permanence i which no purely alluvial wbrkings can be ! supposed to lay claim to. The question affects the business people of this town more, perhaps, than ftny other portion of the community, and it behoves them to take steps to bring the matter to an issue. The cost of an experiment in the direction to which we have alluded would, at | the worst, be but little, while its success would confer incalculable benefits. The boring rods can be had for the mere asking, and a subscription of a few shillings per I week for some few months would deterItaine the matter in Ihe negative or in the

affirmative. We commend the subject to the consideration of the business men of the town and district, and to such others of our readers as have a real interest in the future of the Cromwell district. The prospecting for deep leads is as necessary as prospecting for quartz reefs.