GOLD IN UPPER WAIKATO.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1159, 16 April 1872, Page 3

GOLD IN UPPER WAIKATO.

The Cambridge correspondent of the Auckland Herald telegraphed a few days ago that gold had been discovered at T»hu»,jon the Wapganui River,. and that ItewiManiapoto had gone thither. Since doing so, he has written that the King had received a bag of alluvial gold and quartz. From information which has since come to hand the Herald has no doub,t .whatever, of the truth .of these reports; Tne Wanganui River, however, to which reference is made, is not the gieat river of that name, which rises near lake: Taitpfo,tatid discharges its waters into the ocean on the West Coast. It is a considerable stream which rises in the rangps .an^.-falls ;into.-Lake Taupo, about ten miles from the point where the Waikato issues from the Lake. The gold disco^rj is, therefore, all the more important "to Auckland, as it promises the ultimate development of a gold field in the heart of the Taupo district, which must obtain ita supplies from the Waikato and feay of Plenty settlements. Fifteen years ago one of the Marigere settlers 6^ispovered gold when crossing the country' near' the place where the discovery has recently been made ; and about

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four years ago an old chief brought sa auriferous specimen from his land in tie same district, and gave it to an influent: al Auckland settler. At that time tie natives were not indisposed to* open tie country to prospectors, but Te Koot 's troubles .breaking put, the country, wjis closed. What may be the result of Re wi's? visit'^o'Tuhua 1 remains' to be seen 1 , n all likelihood he Will turn the; Europea is off the land ; but at all events good im] st come of the discovery/ The fact thit gold, in payable quantity, exists on tle confines of Lake Taujio, convenient' to t te Ujiper Waikato andt Bay ol Plenty, me it tend to the location ,o| .population, ai d the extension oLLs&ttlement in the adj Icent;country..; and when, the «goldfield is opened, the early pioneers pS coloniiati< v will reap the reward. ' . With regard ttfthis discovery ; we may ' mention that : the specimen which tl te native chief brought to the settler .refern id to was of a peculiar chawter. s The metal had been subjected to^ intense'' heat, the gold having evidently bedn melted. The Government at that ; time were communicated, with ; but ,Dr Sector having toveiled over the country and reported that it was non- auriferous, rioT attempt"~was made to acquire the goldfield, or to o>_ tain permission to work it. A gentlem? a u acquainted with the district in questio 1, in whose word the Herald has every co Ifidence, anticipates that alluvial diggings will be developed there. 'f 1 1 i