THE WAITAHUNA RUSH.

Evening Star, Issue 4275, 8 November 1876, Page 1

THE WAITAHUNA RUSH.

: V* 1 r . v l ' /V-. ; -7xdvi ; u t SSm^jfc* fc*TOfcilMiw goldfields, slightly overdrawn. -'Thatindld ousted' id the; 6emeiit f at W«iUbg*^M yeatfSgo a expeoso : in u ?^J, f k^|qg 0 M ih, payable qnantitiantu safts f y the miners ih thoM* <%6 witln Thd shaft W£&' : ecdM ty/r dbßti? 250 ft but since that time yem* Thompson aitiTM; Norwegian Party, brought ifi iflfe ihrtßS race to Jtpmtiwi with watec nb&ined; from: thtf iNTrha^a^^ race. Both-these daims'ardlsadWiavb been’ feticent r as-to the actual clai& that has caused, the ment is ffiSw&a.y near-'to the, ,oJd Waitekliuna claim to? Messrs Quiver and Andembn, tfbojare said to have their MsiuseasiaitombdL ISOozaof gold.j" ThisyiddfWaeobkfchrtdin about seven months, when their water supply gave out. Anderson then sold out for L9O to HrMiscal, ind the cl&lm Is nolß known as Quilter and Miscall,-who hav& about four acres of ground on the point of Richmond Hill. ‘ The dperatiohim this olaim were feldici&g ground that had been driven out in the early davs, and which xskaid td beyety rich! J To ! ehaWe®b ground to be washed wafer-race was brought on a tail-race cut'frOm the mam golly. In bringingmip WLracehartb blup, r cement* was; : encountered,;, jpjportauoe attaihedJkothe months the work, of old, ground on the point of the spur was prooeedea wjiL. with excdMt;resulfe, the owners.of this daimhave of the existence of gold iri-the Si payable quantities fortiomte time * \bnf ; dhtihib‘e t 26th October pnbHc'attdhtmn TOji'not called to the fact; It .*appears that: a/ge&tMmafc f ' who takeS great inkiest in xrnnmg , ks6dtß ; was Miscal. in then'’ &ibrace solhe' waSt* #gp#.* when he picked upA,'piece of cement. vX>n examination ()( Jie found it.to/ cpntaip a large sprinkling of :the precious metal, and immediately -< called thei.atteiitiari ;bfthe daimholders- to the. fact. This discovery evidently led the owners of the claim to make furi&erl search/-j&dehortly afterwards very; rich’ cenhent, taken £ttm.Mewm : Qpil&i; claim, were exhibited in WmtkhuhS; ' uSls exhibition .of-rich specimens led to inquiry, an<i thefirst to take advantage ;${ the, discovery outside the prospectors’ clajm cTOCff Messrs Mark-Barr, -and party, who were alluded to M .oyn'iwjt-<»rajiii ™. the **• Waitahuna Blue Spur.” %-iJhese ■ , applied for a miningleasej and pegged ? dff/ai claim alongside theprodpectors. These proceedings 'caused a inijh/aadhiahh aftg r claim’wkkratpidly m&kftd : bff,-tail and gullies in the vicinity soon reriSmjt&Th forest of dead timber., ~The. miners on, the Wmtahohk thp: time heing,. and; 20ozs to the ton in a , j l liß | v-jh^tlo °f .%® quickly. allocated, ahdl such ...was., the .ran on timber that srewoqd and quarterums has become scarce in the distract. The *x<jfcjl mentis; now somewhat abated. The proa* claim; ii .clos6‘ t6 'the road,.and a lew hundred yarm from ml visited the claim bn Thursday, the t janoto prietors were kind enough to-fernmh withyall ; 'fa# r time they were employed pulling down tail-rack,'and thfifSample of g(dn, Whiokinl thickly spread over the -head of the ditch, was worth looking 'at. In appfearancef -it exactly tesomblds : Bl&e Sp|r gold, being course and watfcbwortil It has since been ground simced’ by Petda and party, who worked off the false bottom,' and obtained splendid yields. If gold exists on the main bottodi, and results are analogous, Cairns and, party will haye a igbqd claim. That other deposits; of,auriferous nature exist in .the neighborhepd of the cement there is not a doubt. Hot many months ago a digger obtainedld,ooo worthof gold on the Bound-ranges in one season,-and it is said the ground in the locality of the find was similar to that now. described. Coombe’s and party’s' claim is also on the same line of country, and a few back quartz reefs have been discovered* and nuggety gold, has been, often, r qb T tained, hence the' : .inference ‘ that tihe cement has been washed from that direction. With regard to' th6 f present discovery, it would be inadvisable for people to rush to Waitahuna, although we believe that thousands of diggers have previously gone to places where poorervprospecte are to be found. Should the cement prove pavahletor'crashihgr^ immense basin, it will take both time and money tp r open out the claims. In the meahtime we can only say there is a .granfl'meW. | for prospecting in a highly attriferons locality. ;•