NEWS FROM THE HAAST.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1637, 3 November 1873, Page 2

NEWS FROM THE HAAST.

-The following items of ! newsfrbm the Haast are furnished by the Okarito cbrtespondent of the Wesilmid Register :— ' • Intelligence , arrived frojn - the ... Haast rush; during the' week to the 'effect that several of the parties who had been, prosReetjrig in jthe main creek have been rewardjed for; jthe^r perseverance /by? theii ground proving payable, ajjbhojigh' not extraordinarily, rich.*'. ! The b/est sajw ; js 'said to be that of Jamieson and par-ty, known uTjthe districts the ''Fardowrieps,'' four in 'number, who, it is Baid, are making 6oz per week, that is l^oz per man. The other partiesivamongSt'whbm are, Dee and party and M 'Bain,, and ; par,ty,-*are. not doing so well, thbugii their ground is considered favorable. These are certainly rather puny results 'so far, 1 from a place about which;, such a furore was created, but with, such a sample of gold as that

obtainable ;. in the locality, there is the hope of -iheeting with some heavy dabs to stimulate the miner to perseverance so long as he can get sufficient to clear expenses, which, in my opinion, there will be no great djfficultyjj^gej^g^and^^ iti'this-'wa ; yT'h J aW%lF'3Mbt'"the - Tdwtriot will henceforth maintaina scattered population, even^if rib extensive deposits should one. 'But'whaT'time- ( m'ay;brin^'W ; %Eß^ it is impossible tP'sayT-Fbx and party who had been out prospecting, had returned to the Hakat, arid were about . starting on another expedi|ion.