PROSPEOTING IN SOUTH WESTLAND.

Kumara Times, Issue 3048, 10 August 1886, Page 3

PROSPEOTING IN SOUTH WESTLAND.

The Minister of Mines a few days ago laid before the House an interesting account of the prospecting expedition of Timothy Carey and Robert Hyndbam in the Big Bay and Red Hill districts. They cut 28 miles of tracks from Big Bay to the Red Hills. The first 11 miles was over flat country, through which several large creeks run, and in all these creeks there is gold in plenty, which the floods bring down from a range where the creeks rise, about one mile from the track. The flat is about eight miles long and about four miles wide. They also found gold on the south of the Awarua, but it looked as if it had been broken away from the reef. At the Kaipa one man is reported to be getting gold and rubies. North of the Gorge River three men are reported to be at work at the junction of the Gorge and Jerry Rivers, about eight miles from the mouth. In twelve days, with a common sluice-box, they obtained 6oa. of gold and 501 b. of nickel. Mr Carey states that there is a large tract of likely-looking country, over which the prospectors travelled, which has never been prospected. The report concludes thus;—“ln my opinion, and that of the rest of the party, this is one of tlje richest districts in the Australasian Colonies, and only requires to be systematically prospected. If this is done, I am perfectly confident that before long there will be a bigger rush to it than there is now to the Kimberley goldfields.” Mr Hyndraan concurs in this opinion.