THE MOHAKA GOLD DISCOVERY.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1967, 14 June 1880, Page 3

THE MOHAKA GOLD DISCOVERY.

Reference was made in our telegrams on Saturday to the discovery of gold in Hawke’* Bay. The following letter received from Napier by a gentleman here speak* hopefully of the prospect:—“ As I have frequently mentioned to you, T. and O. have been out since before last Christmas doing prospecting. Well, I thought nothing of it all along, but at last have the somewhat pleasing task of telling you that they have gold without fail. I went up there last week, and directly I saw the country I was satisfied. It is the most likely looking place I have ever seen. Though some of the stone was crushed fully two months ago, and all who saw it pronounced it gold bearing, I was dubious myself, and the people supposed that C. had got the stone elsowtiere, but I knew of course where it came from, but could not depend upon its being gold. However, to-day (June 4th), I have seen a splendid specimen from a prospecting claim—no sham. The locality is upon the Mohaka River, about fortyfive miles from this towards Taupo way, and near the reefs ; the country is very rough and bald, like Coromandel. Upon going the road I found that they really had to put up with a lot of hardships, always half starved, &0., and everyone and the papers against them. T. has a claim of 400 yards by 200 yards on the Mohaka, about nine miles from O.’a claim, of the same area; but the latter’s claim is silver, or what every one says is so, and T.’s is gold. It is at T.’s they and some shareholders have been driving. They were so hard up that they wore glad to get someone in with them for almost nothing, though I think T. has four full shares out of six left, and 0. three full shares. It is really wonderful—so near, &c., ,but the country being rough no one cared or thought of going that way, I put in pegs for a claim adjoining T.’s, but of course don’t know how it will go. The lead can bo traced for miles, and singularly to say, runs almost parallel with the river and in the bed in some places. There was a regular organised company of monied men, who were only waiting for specimens from the fellows that T. has in with him, to buy the ground altogether, but I gob wind of it and spoilt the game by telegraphing to ho Government, and getting them to withdrew it from sale.”