TREASURE HILL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1515, 10 August 1912, Page 14

TREASURE HILL.

GREENSTONE ON THE WEST COAST. Tiro miles from a West Coast road trodden by many a thousand pairs of ieet, sixteen miles out of Kuraara, what is stated to bo a mountain of hidden treasure has stood secure from discovery until a. few months ago. Tlio discoverer was Mr. Ernest AYheelor, who was out Kea. shooting one day, when ho came upon | what is described as the mountain of gre3nstone. Hβ had to use Ins slasher ireely to carve a way to the valuable eminence, and when he got there he found that the cliff face too the dull brown appearance that most cliffs bear. However, ho wave-'the face of the hill a whack; with the slasher-and out foil a lump of material, tho inner side ol which was greenstone. He dug in deeper, and extracted greenstone of a much hotter quality. Mt. Wheeler carried the news to Air. T. Moynihan, of Eotomana, who had had some 'experience in finding and selling greenstone. Mr. Moynihan, who is at present in Wellington, at once rode to the scene. He says that it is owing to the rugged nature of the country that the treasure had been overlooked for so long. . Messrs.- Wheeler and Moynihan foi'med a syndicate of a dozen, and secured lease" of the land from the Crown. Thty have a lease of 4297 acres for G3 years; with the right of renewal. As a result'of-'a - 'visit-'by Mr. Moynihan to Sydney, a company, called "New 'Zealand Greenstone, Limited," was floated. The capital of tho company is £60,000 (.El shares), and the directors are Sir George Clifford, Christchurch; Mr. M. Hannan, solicitor, Grcymoiith; Mr. W. Staerker, merchant, Sydney; and Mr. H. C. !fcnt, F.1U.8.A., architect, Sydney. Tho Hon. B. Henton Ehod&s and Mr. Elworthy, of Timarii, are interested in tho company, which has already commenced operations.

It is stated that the prices rulin? for jewellery stone are from Cd. per lb. to 6s. per lb., which is equivalent to from ,£>G to .£672 per ton. Ono of the engineers who reported on the deposits was Mr. G. A. Julius, B.Sc, M.E., of Sydney. Mr. Julius set up ennip on Gxiffen'e Range, and after an examination reported: "I am quite satisfied that enormous quantities of stone suitable for ornamental building purposes are available, this stone varying in colour from very light green to very dark green." Regarding the greenstone on M'Arthur's Crags, Mr. Julius wrote: "The deposit is very much larger than that on Mount Griffin, and tho stono is.generally of u harder nature and darker in colour. I'ho deposit is located about 4600 ft. above sea level, and the quantity available is enormous, being practically unlimited from, a commercial aspect." He says that there is also an outcrop on Mount Brown which is apparently of very large oxtent, but is inaccessible, and not likelv to be worked whilst those on Griffin's Range and M'Arthur's Crags are available. With regard to the quarrying of the stone, Mr. Julius said that at present he could see no insuperable difficulties. It would, of course, be necessary to use cutting machinery of some form, aj tho use of explosives was entirely out of the question in the quarrying of stone which was to be used for ornamental purposes. He stated, also, that he had made approximate estimates, which went to show that the polished greenstone slabs could b: supplied and fixed in Sydney at rates at least as low as those charged for ninrMe. Mr. Julius suggested the erection oi aerial ropeways for the working of tho deposits, and preparation is now being made to enrry this scheme into effect.

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