KAWARAU CLAIMS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1927, Page 4

KAWARAU CLAIMS

HOPES FOR SUCCESS OF SCII EM -v. DUNEDIN, July SI. Since the thaw on ’i uesdap- last t veatlier has continued mild. '1 he Ixa varan river is again (ailing, but i -till considerably above the low levi ,1 a week ago.

Tin* Vogel’s Vision Company is still actively engaged near “Gum Trees, and is meeting with marked success. Four men are working and are engaged cleaning down a. reef in the fr.ee, ■md treating wash in the sluice b x. On one day 3oz of rough gold were won. and the latest report is tliat yesterday -lok were obtained in half a. day. pieces up to odwt and tklvvt were nicked up, in some cases a lew but ihove the water level. The manager, Mr Cunningham, has just come in

vith a week’s return of l-loz, easily a ■•ecord for tho river ta date. For tva days two men were employed, and I lithe rest of the week four men. The gold is a very heavy sample and the manager reports that excellent pi.-s----peets still continue. The Natural Bridge Company, who:-:: only tho manager has been work in* ', lias also secured additional gold. U't the amount is not available, ’ll:-

suit of the work by these two companies serves to prove that in sections free of later obstructions by slips and mining, virgin ground lias been hud bare, and also that where it exists it is remarkably rich. It scents a P“y that some with favourable areas have not been more active, especially in the rocky gorges. There is no doubt now that witli tin* Rhotover river held, the scheme could 1.-? made a big success, and a move to that end is being freely discussed. The weather to-day .is settled and the river wifi fall in eon soquerico.