Gold Discovery in Wanganul.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 67, 21 February 1885, Page 3

Gold Discovery m Wanganul.

of the vater from an adjacent hill, ns it i* evidently deep ground, the reef bein^ bare on the left hand side, exposed by a slip; consequently the quartz found would be floating quartz, I and as it is not waterworn it could not. possibly have come fur from the main matrix.

' (Herald)' i Tor the benefit of sundry enquirers we ms>v state that Mr McDonald, Jr-oin Whom we received a letter yesterday re the, gold at Tokomaru, is a man whose general character is above suspicion. Traders who have had business transactions with him, as 1-7611 as friends' who know him intimately, all speak m the highest terms of his uprightness and general worth. Mr Gilmomy Foreman of. "Works, knows tlie ground, and when he was on it some timo hack, Mr McDonald mentioned that the ground waV. very rough and rocky, and that as he was bard up for » water supply, he ; intended to go down m the, place now indicated aa having been the locality of the find. ; There is no doubt as to there being gold m the samples (which are now at Mr Drew's) experienced judges .having given it as their opinion that there is gold.

The Wanganm Chronicle appears to think that the discovery, is genuine. Mr'ttcfoohalu', the. owner of the land, offers no objection to having, the land thoi oughly , prospected. The aped men found was about the size of a hen's e gg. The pieces infa which it was broken have been examined hy seve-ral^ell-qualified gentlemen, who pronounce them to contain rich gold. Tfoa hole where the specimen was found was* alx>ut three feet deep, and hhdbeen sunk m order to find water, gome deeper sinking" was made, but no more quartz was found. The day contains heavy black sand. It is surmised that the piece of quartz found had been brought by the action