The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878.

Kumara Times, Issue 514, 21 May 1878, Page 2

The Kumara Times. Published Every Evening. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878.

We are desirous of calling special attention to a auliject which it will he admitted closely interests the miners and business people of this district, and we think the present time most suitable for doing so. No reasonable man will deny iliat there has for some time past been a very considerable- de-

pression in trade generally, and it is no difficult matter to discover n variety 0 f causes, which have tended to brim, ft

about the present very undesirable stagnation in the local money market. To discover a remedy may not be an easy task, but it is by no means a hopeless one. While in other places the most vigorous efforts are being made to establish Prospecting Associations, no single step in that direction has as yet been taken in the Kumara district, although it is a fact patent to everyone that Igreater facilities for prospecting, and greater probabilities of making new gold discoveries, exist here than in other places. Few, if any, parties of miners are now engaged in this locality in the search for new leads, although thousands of acres of ground remain untested. The fact of a large portion of the town of Kumara being included in a reserve has undoubtedly restricted prospecting within that area, although payable gold is kuown to exist in more than one section ! but why should that large tract of country lying to the west of Main street remain untouched by the pick and shovel I It is true that the limits of the Borough extend in that direction, but no public body would adopt such a " dog in the manger" policy as to lock up against mining land which would, without the labor of the digger, remain unproductive and useless. Some of the old residents in iy remember that payable gold was found by persons engaged in excavating cellars on hotel sites in Main street, and every man experienced in mining matters must know that the chances are very much in favor of that gold forming a part of a distinct " run" as it is called. We venture to suggest that it is desirable to rail a public meeting at an early date, to consider

the advisability of faking immediate steps to carry on prospecting in a systematic manner. Where many share in contributing funds, the expense individually would be a m.-re trifle, while at the same time, the bi-in-nis arising from any new gold discovered, could hardly be over estim;- ted. If a few earnest men would take the mafter in hand, sufficient mouey could leadilv

be raised to commence active operations, and if due caution be exercised

in engaging experienced miners, and in choosing the scene of labor, there is no doubt but that successful results will follow. At all events, it is well worth a trial, and we trust to see the initiative taken with as little delay as possible.