THE REEFS.

Evening Star, Issue 4259, 20 October 1876, Page 4

THE REEFS.

~ 3Jhere.4s every appearanqe. of. a revival of ' fnite mining this season. This branch of ■ ~ mlaing is at present receiving, considerable "* attention in the Tnapeka district, and from the Lakes'we liave intelligence of i rospect- ;; . ing parties whose, labors promise well. At->--'j' by.the Cromwell ' Argus' .:i;.'ttiaj week:*-to the .operations of the All •■'»•.; Nations, reef at Macetown, whence stone ex-

•ceding in richness any hitherto brought, from »jiothert:has.;}>eeh sent down. The quartz is : ? :" viairly studded with the precious metal, and '"!. V> ?we J&re~ assured that the samples shown. •; : : were'not by any means exceptional in their -•* • ,^a^y,'jnany,other pieces from the same •' even more valuable. The stone was taken from the claim some sixty feet in .. r . f ttje,Jj4!l, and the reef presents splendid gold- '. -,•/ .ipeaiing' ,pqints throughout. Previous to " bringing maohinery on tbe claim, it is the • Hi/w,intension, of. .the proprietors (seven in number) to thoroughly test the reef. Commenting on the Superjntendental telegrams to the Secretary of State for the ' ',Ool»nies, the Cromwell' Argu s' saj;s :—"lt . "' _ & passing Strange that our Superintendent ' ymL ntyfc let the scales fall from his eyes and " naiitie that Otago is anything but unanimeus „.....,,.,.inthjsjiewjie advocates; that, in fact, if a " plebiscite were taken to-morrow it would be if sound he had,.but a very bare majority (if 'airy) siding with him. Nowhere but in the ■-' ...■■.; ? Alodocratic regions around the capital has an :■• .©pmibn adverse to Abolition been publicly <•■'■■ * ' expressed; and even in those places there is that iuterested and party motives have prompted the show of •lad «i^?S°' S >^ on Trfl *>• more creditable to ' an( * much more beneficial to l. n/? .^ine^' Province he loves so well, were he to ." follow tlie example of ]V?tf Reid and endeavor id secure for Otago the best terms he can • ••.:.;.-. Uttderi tbej icircUmstances, rather than adopt of Sir George Grey in ad"*'=t) dressing sensational and exaggerated de- ' flpatefies ? to the Home Government."