PROGRESS OF COROMANDEL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1143, 3 April 1872, Page 2

PROGRESS OF COROMANDEL.

A correspondent senda the following respecting mining at Coromandel : — " At no period since Coromandel was prospected for gold by the early pioneers has its success been more apparent than the present. Keven's land, ten years ago, was worked under advantages which should have led to results that would have placed the province of Auckland in the same position as that of Otago ; but, unfortunately, the miner was not so experienced'then as he has become since the Thames field has been developed. Gold has been traced from the Tokatea range through the Kapanga hill, down to Keven's Point, and it is at the latter place where the richest deposits will be found. With the perseverance- of working men only has this 1 long-neglected, district proved to contain gold in quantity, averaging that of the older quartz-reefing lands of Victoria. It now behoves the moneyed men of the Province to assist the miners. Such claims as the Green Harp, Golconda, Neptune, John Bull, Pacific, and Sea View must ensure success, but with the present high rate of carriage aud want of machinery their resources are not known except to those .who work in the mines. Litigation is taking place every day between the working men and parties who state they are proprietors of the country known as Wynyardton. This locality has been in a measure abandoned, and were it not for the miner, it would be a barren waste now. The declaration of MrKeven that this particular part of Coromandel was auriferous is now being verified, and in a few months or weeks it will produce results that may induce a larger share of the confidence of capitalists than is now shown. The Green Harp claim has yielded llozper ton from a crushing -of '■ 12 tons. .The Golconda is crushing for lOoz. The Golden Pah is showing well as a surface claim, and the Neptune and Sea View yield l|oz of gold from a reef 3ft thick. All these claims are. situate on the beach, and afford ample room for machinery, and would provide quartz for forty head of stampers. The New Zealand Company are erecting a battery of fifteen head on the Green Harp claim, which will be constantly employed ; but the Goldeu Pah, Sea View, and Neptune will have to paddock the quartz until such time as the shareholders can make arrangements with persons who may. see that it is to their advantage to place machinery on that portion of the ground. Until then the miner must either yield possession, or be satisfied to send the quartz to Grahamstown, at a coßt of L 2 sterling per ton."