MURCHISON GOLDFIELD

Hokitika Guardian, 21 August 1923, Page 4

MURCHISON GOLDFIELD

NKIAOX. Anu. V>. Tin' pillowing :>]’l *' -a ' ••Muir’: According in private it!lnnmit inn received from a ie-ul.-iit uf >.Jat ;t!- 11 .!i;i ( .'! lll'cllison (li itricl. , gold-mining •' hunming ili thill locality. Ttvu ctilt's are operating, ami. according to iui'nrtiiiition. one would taney that the t..|,i I,.i,mi of I Oil* had returned. An Auckland .syndicate, il is staled, lots itik .tt tip a property tin the (- [i'llrev. Mr Mnitait being in charge <>l' the operations. 'J in' syndicate is__ prepawl to spend CIO,00!) in proving t he ground jiiid, if satisfactory. trill he prepared to spend aunt her Clll.tMHl. At present only two or three men are ; mployed. and tl’.*‘ engineer Void the informant that things would not he ready lor a couple o, months, when there would he plenty of work in the cutting of races, do. | The second scheme is said to he in | the hamN ,-f Jack Whi’.noll and Pert i Spiers, who have, it is understood, taken ;i:i option over properties trom Wheeler's Creek to the mouth of the Olenroy. and have designed tv scheme to sluice all the terrace away. They propose 'to open tip a mammoth waterrace, and bring in 1“>0 heads oi water, in addition to another IDA heads liom the (detiroy. Half a dozen faces will then he opened tin to "blow the terrace into the Pac-ilic Ocean.' A dredge will also he employed to open a ent from below Reid’s to make a good channel in the Matakitaki. and to work the Hat land adjoining. A lock will he built in Hunter's Oorge, above M<Nie’s. jo sluice all the tailings down to the Hnller River.

The letter in which the above information was given concludes: —“1 thought it wa< all moonshine, bni there is an English engineer and a couple of wealthy company promoters coining here in a day or two. They have already sent along CWIO to get the affair going, and pay ns cookies a small deposit on nnr properties. They reckon to spend no to g.d00.000, so I hope it is soon 'tailed, as they have offered me £-100 cash for my place.”