THE BULLER.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 164, 31 January 1867, Page 2

THE BULLER.

(From, the TVesipZrt Times, Jan: OG.) Though ' accounts are still indefinite hi some degree, and we cannot record the discovery; of; any- new gold field in/ the district, we are glad to say that a vast change for the better has come uver iho mining prospects of the Buller. 'Along: the 'whole coast, from- Wc&parfc to the liaramoa northwards, parties ;ue setting in. on the beaches, ami in many instances '■■ are getting gold more or less. The diffi-* culty m many payable beaches is getting water, .but this is easily.- remedied, ; and before long races will be/brpiight in that will meet all requirement^ /Down south ; a ftw parties are at workf but not nearly sufficient to give evoirthe' 'faintest idea of the valueof the ground. Waite's pakihi,/ though known to be auriferous, has not been properly tried, arid for what we know to the contrary/ a great gold field may exist within a mile or two of -tlie ■ town. The character- of the qouutry is\, exactly similar to the Pakiiii, out of which thousands 'of ounces, of gold %ave beeiv "' extracted already, and persons qualified, to judge have often declared their belief ..'that they are, auriferous, 'No notice has / been taken of them, however, and we ■/ mjty-slumber on for another .century if we wait for. Westport energy., '/-/:"- From the Kara.mea iio further accounta- - have. Qoino to hand, but- all dearth of •"> stores is at an end,, and provisions, thanks-.; to recent" arrivals, are mpsi moderate in/ ' .price. The pvosijectors^spoken of in our last issue had not ' returned to tlio date of V. 'ho.'.J %s'' advices,' and notliiiig, \y;is kriowii of their riiovemeuts, Goldwas being got - up the river at a little distance, but whether it was on a patchy ;or whether -A there is roam for miners, we are unablq ; '-'' to say-" At the same time, we liave heard'encouraging reports of the beaches and' i the country round, and as soon as we are 4 able- to. state anytliins definite we shall hasten. to do so, for the benefit of buy readers.: . . At the Mokihinui many are still busy,, and good gold in one or iiivo instances li"aa--' : * been got. At tlie sauieftitne, the same : " may be said of tip plage as,ilie Earamea. At present nothing like :; eiaougfc peoplehave tried it to be able tb ' j'ndge of ita, valu e, and wheth er there i is sor is not roonf : for anynuniber of people ; remaius unde-5 cided. ">' '■(.'■ : ; ■'■;. " ' ■; ' •. " ■ .'/ Up the Buller several parties have recoritly. gone, and some nio-i parcels of gold/ h;ivu h^ciisuitt down, SLe; unfortunate^ man Niuliolls, who was receiiily stuck up^ was /bringing gold from Uu •--.litsvhgiiliu^sfi when robbod, and he reports favorably off tim district. .There is npjdonbt that the" '•■ Ly.ol and qphcr^pa^s (gjacent will" bo :H again worked, and probably with success;^ A ;rnnior has got abroad that a liighl™ auriferous .quartz reef has: been struck, : but we are afraid this istoo ge>6d to bo true. We only hope that the report inayUi be substantiated. -A reef iiorth, that wtfS mentioned some weeks t^ -has' been/ •abandoned as not payable^^and, we haver \ great.fears that no reefe of aperinahently remunerative nature will be found on tlus. or any other part of the West Coast. ; ; ■ ' "From the Waimangaroa some veiy iiice-- . nuggetty gold has been broy^ht, and thereis every reason to beliey^ tliat/tliis ol^t - Tfield will before long be repo^ulatecl,' and): what is niqro, will prove payable/ It was* said a few" (tays'ago.that a party fronvithii : locality. had come in in order -to .apply for- o a prospecting claim, but 'that' findin^Mi- / Kymiersley was at Fox's, they went down to him to get it granted. This has"/" proved to be incorrect, but that good- gold/ has- been cfofc in the neighborhood- we / know most positively, aiid tliat, to, qiu'W recently, "":.'■. / - - :•.;■/ ■ '■< -■■ „.■-■., :; ; ; ;■ "'/: Some men have been work about . three miles north;, on a b^ach on the^blheF ■ side of the OrawaiteV-''an|l-i^ve.'"ieen'^et-.'----ting fair wages. Several/smaii 'parcels.' were sold in town last week,^oine o| them of six and seye i^ ojivojs esfeh. / Tlie^lTnibiv Bauk bought a portion, and the vendors/ made no ; scruple in r saying:where it came from. In reference to the Moidhinui, we oniitted-to say that -niany whbihavc been there believe the {coiuitiy: rouixd it- to be ■'lugldy : .aurijEeirousi--'btit : ''llie'(iifficulties'of getting tiicker up it any distance area!-. ,inostr*i.iis\i'perable, and p'roapectnig is .'checked if not. stopped. altogether ill consequiice. If a track was cut, these obstacles would vanish, and a good gold ■field very probably be opened. During the time Mr Kynnersley is here it is^to be hoped that, he will pay this part a' visits / and if he. thinks it advisable/ have a track./ cut as desired without loss of tilne. ! : ' '■ The -Pakihi news wUI be fouiid , iia ou^; . correspondent's letter, bufctheyiareinot of any special interest, beyond the unwoiited shipping importance that Constant :^ay v ; thanks to the recent fine we^therj/hasi/ come to, ; . : .'.'.- •;:://,: l*-?-/'Vv/// From Fox's mining news is 'quieter^ Wq learn from our Brighton contemporary that some new ground has been;;<)pened// and that a large water race'Zh^/jSefen: brought into Emerald Hill and clinst|ii^/ last Sunday with the ufual honors// v/Sibree's rush is at an end, the: parties i ii£est- : : ing the ground in the vicinrt| ; ; tif*v the;/ " prospecting" claim having/gbt nothing ' to reward their labor./ Yankee Gharijey himself,; it seems, ,has^ been cooling//his heels for a fortnight in 'tlie/ lbck-u|/ at Brighton, charged with obtaming "goipds ou false pretences. It appears that on the stre'rigth of his ■■.." discovery " M^ent to Sweeney^and there ran np ;^jount ifor tools, <fee; , promising to return;; fortha accommodation to lay- Sweeney^ pic iia friends ;on^ In . adclition to tlusj Svveeney £ took, out several" miner!s riglits foi?iiiin^ and v p&ty;;Zinciuding one for a: iiia^i t^ ; ' represent him (Sweeney) in the-claiidv As all know now, ; the thing was a dufM l^/ and Sweeney very^prbperly^^y^ibbic^ Charley into custody. Uitmate^ry^liwvr--ever, soine legal flaw or btlier allowed gentleman to escape, but the past may ■possibly be a warning to, hint; and "pthers not to .mislead others- by priifcrageoiis ami inexplicable lyings : ]^'- : ?s^^'^:\^- :