THE OKARITO DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1470, 21 April 1873, Page 4

THE OKARITO DISTRICT.

\ [west coast times."! Mining intelligence from the southern parts of the County continues tOiße of an encouraging description. The prospectors at the Waiho are still getting good gold, and it is believed that there is a considerable extent of payable ground in the locality, but want of water for sluicing purposes causes it to remain un worked. -Oii ler partis are^ettinjki^neai the f ]$%>, T7BI |ors, anS th«i^s s&hc T|alk of a race bro*hjjiiir|.to .^sSfF the groundf tlfe forks of thj| runs ivw 1 the sea at a point a few miles to the south of the Waiho, and there appears to be every chance of permanent workings being established. The diggings are situate about eight or nine miles up the river, and a number of miners have already commenced work. We have not yet heard what prospects have been obtained, but believe that the claims on gold will yield good wages. There are about 25 men working on the beaches up the Waitaki river, and all of them are getting a little gold. At the Five-Mile, the miners % ar r e s w,orking tp -advantage, as^they hav|. a constant IstfppUp^of watef fjpr !^uisin§. ThelbillerV throughout the entire district appear at length to recognise the fact that the future of the place depends upon the gold deposits which are known to exist in the back country, and are doing more prospecting this year than has been done for a long time past. That extensive gold fields exist in the back country, no one in the district doubts, but the want of tracks* hassalwajs proved a serious drawbacjk*t& prospecting. %is • to be hoped thaksome of Iheffe difficulties' will shortly be removed, and that diggings, more extensive than any of those along the beaches, will reward the energy of the pioneers who are now making an attempt to develop the resources oi maiiy portions of the southern part of the County.