THE LYELL REEFS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 662, 16 April 1870, Page 4

THE LYELL REEFS.

[WESTPORT TIMES, APRIL 9.] On Thursday last, the doubts with regard to flying rumors must have been fully removed by the prospectors bringing to town four bags of specimens, containing several hundred different pieces of quartz from various leaders in their claim, all of which contain more or less gold, visible to the naked eye. As early as the month of July last, Antonio Zala ,and his mates went prospecting in the direction of Irishman's Creek, and first put in a drive of 325 ft without success. Not daunted by their futile'attempt to reach the reef , they commenced a drive about half a mile higher up the hill, where they struck a tlun leader. They then proceeded to put in cross drives from south to north, when theyi struck various leaders, varying in thickness from. a few inches to a foot, and not only discovered a few specimens of gold, but began to see that the specimens improved as they went further along the drive. After cross-driving in one direction 120 ft, they drove 50ft eastward, when they struck a leader of 2ft Gin in thickness, with a slate casing, and gold quite visible throughout the casing. Shortly afterwards, but in a westerly direction, they found on the surface what ; they believed to be the main reef, which is from six to eight feet thick. The prospectors during the past few weeks have had several visits from miners and others, curious, of course, to know if their prospects were such as were whispered about, but, not desiring to "puff" their claim, they in few instances revealed anything.