THE OREPUKI RUSH.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 566, 22 July 1909, Page 6

THE OREPUKI RUSH.

■ GOOD PROSPECTING RESULTS. I (By Tc!effraph.-Prcss Association.) i ' ■ invercarglll, July 21. i in© rush excitement at Orepuki continues I and riders are going out daily in search of 1 prospects. . * ' i Mr'. John-Moffett, solicitor, who was an -actor in/the 1880 rush to the Longwoods. has I/eon to see,the scene of the excitement and returned with samples which he considers good, and ho 'is having them analysed Asked whether ho thought tho rush would fizzle out," Mr. Moffett replied that he did not think so, the prospecting results havinc been'so good. The claims have been pegged i oit tor miles along the supposed line of reef each appucant being allowed an areas of 100 acres, add- Messrs. Love and party having an area of 150 acres. Tho Quality of tho gold from the Oropuki and Longwood district is of to best,, and worth the'full value, of £4;per ounce, and the sarae'thing may bo said of the platinum, whioh has been increasing in ,valuo as tho demand for tho substance for electric lighting purposes had improvod. In 1872 this mineral waa worth only some £1 Bb. per oz., but in 1882 it had increased to' £1 155., to £2 in 1889, £4 in !H\)Z, and it had gone on increasing until today it was worth anything from £8 to £10 per ounce, more than twice tho valuo of gold. Should the test como up to expectations, the chances aro that the 1909 boom will bo moro pronounced than that of 1880 bi" though that ono was. He remembered it well, too well.-* '