THE NEW GOLD FIELDS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 28, 7 December 1880, Page 2

THE NEW GOLD FIELDS.

" ♦- THE TE AROHA FIELD. A telegram from Graharnstown, dateclDecember 3, says :— M'Sweeney one of the prospectors, has just arrived from Te Aroha, having ridden down in little over four horns. He reports the reef in the prospectors' claim lias been stripped twelve feet, showing gold the whole distance. In' the Morning Light claim the s drive is iii 30 feet, and the reef has ; been cut, which shows gold plainly. Stewart's island. From Invercargill we learn that the recent discovery of an apparently rich gold-bearing reef at Port William, Stewart's Island, is already attracting considerable attention. Already a number of miners and Bluff and Invercnrgill residents aie on the spot, and the screw steamer Kakanui will convey thither several more. The information yet to hand is somewhat meagre, but there appears to be no doubt that a gold-beaiing reef has been found. The discoverer, however, is keeping the matter as quiet - as possible. Those who have seen - ; the specimens in his possession distinctly say that gold is plainly perceptible. • '• PROSPECTORS AT FITZHEBBERT. The Manawatu Times of Saturday says :— Mr Nathan Holt has called at our office and shown to us the result of" the official analysis made by Mr Skey. The document is by no means a lengthy -although it is a decidadJyv'' satisfactory— one, merely stating that 4 the stone forwarded was composed of "mixed stuff, quartz ore, slate, and sandstone, and whon crushed yielded Odwts 18grs to the ton." Mr Holt further informs us that the position of the reef from which the &tone was

taken is most faroraMy situated and could be worked by water power with very little expense. He asserts that the quartz sentto Mr Skey was merely taken from the cap of the reef, and feels confident that when a drive is put in, the yield will be iniineasureably greater. He speaks in the most glowing terms of the prospect, and feels convinced that there is a great future in store for Pahnerston. —Mr Gillet and party also returned a day or two ago, but although they are particularly reticent as to the results of then.' search, the prevailing opinion is that their errand was not a fruitless one.