THE OHINEMURI GOLDFIELDS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 674, 19 March 1875, Page 3

THE OHINEMURI GOLDFIELDS.

—o—(Auckland Evening Star.) Tire reticence of diggers is giving way somewhat, and various reports are afloat on the finds of prospecting parties through the Gorge Ranges. One ol! minor, well pleased with t he aspect of the field, and the particular show resulting from his own labor, has written for a number of his old companions. Many parties of miners who are shepher ling ground in the ranees find their exchequer getting low, and feel the stern ncccessity of raising the wind as soon as possible. One digger in charge of tv tent, mentioned on Saturday the fact of himself and three mates coining from Hokitika to secure a piece of ground they had discovered to ho gold-bearing four years ago, but that they were barely able to keep themselves in tucker another month without in some way increasing their funds, having waited at the Thames for the opening of the field, and fooled away most of their money before going up. A prospector wdio came up on Saturday from a tour to the boundary line this side the Aroha mountain, states that a great pait of the best ground he met with was in the vicinity of the gorge, hut was of such a precipitous character that in some places there was no footing, and ho had to iisc hand over hand up roots of trees. Tho indications of gold ivc.fi most satisfactory, and the remit of panning off from many of the reef-washes was exceedingly good. His opinion w»s that mining during the winter would l>o found a very difficult matter, and In some of the best-looking spots an impossibility. Tho soil on tho hack ranges was of a very rich nature ; diggers would ho able to keep their tables easily supplied with vegetables, and os an old Australian digger, constitutionally weakened by toil in

unhealthy districts, ho believed the.Chinemnri district was destined to prove a haven of rest to Australian, Palmer lUver, and other fagged miners who could pursue their usual avocation, and at the same time to resuscitate their failing energies, amid tire natural paradise of a country, with its abundant supply of fresh water, rich soil, a mild congenial climate, which has not its equal in the colonies, Situated at so short a distance from Auckland, that in spite of its winding river, a good steamer could make the passage in eight hours. The old minor's earnest expression of opinion will ho borne out by any tourist who has the good fortune to travel through the fair district of Ohinomuri.