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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 230, 7 April 1874, Page 5

A destructive fire took place at Nelson on April Ist, in Bridge-street. It broke out in Pliilips's soap -works, and destroyed them, Thornton's saddler's shop on one' side, Wyniond's draper's shop on the other ; also the billiard room and stables'belonging to the Trafalgar hotel. Thornton is uninsured, and Wyinond loss is far in excess of insurance. The flames secured a c unplete hold of the building before the alarm was given. The Saddle Hill quartz reef sholvs very good prospects. The shaft sunk is about 130 feet deep, and the quantity of stone brought to the surface and crushed was 80 tons, yielding HVlwts to the ton. The reef, which is of considerable thickness, exhibits ,the quality of quartz which promises remunerative returns. It is reported that an auriferous quartz reef has been met with at the Chain Hills Tunnel. Should this prove to be true, there is reason to believe that quartz reefs pervade the whole of the Chain Hills, as other localitee are pointed out where reefc crop out.— £>-t>j T'W.te.