GOLD AT WELLINCVJW.

Manawatu Herald, 29 March 1889, Page 3

GOLD AT WELLINCVJW.

Sensational "Discoviby. t T . h m. Wa , irara P'<» Standard says:L " fc Thursday Evening a mee<tn/ «a» called to receive t^ ereßO rt of prospectors sent to the Tar* fua range. It spoke in the most encor^^ term9 of the Ve..ult Of their vis.^ A "phial was shown contaming c; j4TSe pieceg of go , d of a f? , n Jeat aa p e> very ]\n\ e worn> proving " iat .they had not travelled far. The , * <*ree genileraen referred i:o also showed • phial each, containing some good colors, which they had themselves .j cashed, Out from stuff taken out by their own hands. It was resolved to get sluice boxes made and go to work in a systematic manner, and the ivtle company, we hope, will rea» the reward that 'heir pluck deserves. It seems rather suv* < uprising that a few persons in Greyfrown . ;shoald be found minitig for gold about ] T two miles, from Wellington and with «uch good results. Wiile iht» Wellingtott(people have beeo bi.ing their nails «ver the ToriwhJ'i ri«sco, ihe Grey town Association have hc?-"# prospecting auri* tferous fci'ouod under heir noses and foave secui-ed the leasehold of 37 acreM'of JJand upoQ winch (<» cir-y out tlieir work ifor years to come. Mr D*an, who is well-kuown in Wei lington as an old •• West (Joaster " and ] a miner of 80 years expe'ience, has written lo the Wellington Weekly Herald an account of a visit, he mude to the spot. He tt.iys :• -Oat of two dishes of wash, from ihe p'ace, two penny, weigb'ts, and one end a half penny- ] weiglits were obtained respectively— t he t gvea'fer quanlity ;Yom ihe botiom of the ( wa?h-dirf, which was about three and a ha'if feet thick, and the lesser from the headings. The gold is heavy and is not 'water worn, therefore it has not travelled far. It is ttie only genuine find we hava seen in this district." The Herald is of opinion that the Gceytowo Prospecting Association bare '" struck a good payable "old field, within two miles of the Post Office of Wellington city."