The Pohangina Reefs.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1482, 16 October 1885, Page 2

The Pohangina Reefs.

■;•: / [Wangahui Herald.] ' The discovery of auriferous and argeniferouft quartz reefn m the country east irFeilding, bids fair to open up a new leld to the mining population of the ;olony. The stone, so far as we can judge from the specimens brought m from the locality, bears every outward indication of containing both gold and silver m payable quantities. Those who htive^fexkgu, up,^^r,..rather.-.4nad6>applica--' fioli^torinining leases there, seem m Blined^.to depredate aoy sanguin^ expectations being* formed "until a sufficiency of Dhe-stbne-ha>4iß«n 4 testedramd^^^ suits are known.. This.jn.itsejfeis.a good sign, as ityh%\v4 tnsit^tne 'diicbve'rers of the field are m no wise anxious to get up Miat f is known, as " rush, V 4nd ate- desjrbus 'iof Svaitin^fiinfi? ')&%_ nalf*ton of stone sent to Victoria is tested and , proved before^ committing themselves to any definite statement as tb the value and extent of their tliscovery. Their moiileity |nd?ca%tibTi *i| to^be com- \ mended, but we thinlc sufficient has been« shewn tn warrant a careful and syste-" inatic prqspeoting. pf they country about Pohanginri, a5 it W ''liiglily pYbbaDle4he best stone has not yet: been laid bare, and that there are other reels m tli§.neighbourhoort < quite as likeiy*io p^dve payable as the one from which the stone sent to VictoyalwW prdcured. f F;rjjpi l^ah&'t.tvft can leWii'the' 6l'der)rock^ iiH ' mbd.iv.itbi there, and every indic.tion of the existence of both gold and silver, particularly the latter metal. Silver- -is, of course, not so valuable asgold; lyqlt where it occurs m large quantiiies, M at Silverton r in' Australia, and m the celebrated Cornstock lode m California, it, makes up ia quantity for the lack of valulß>as against gold so far as weight is concerned. Silver is now only worth abont 45;% ounce, or, say a -twentieth, part of - SyhiSt,gold is worth. Anvoimce of gold ta!the\ton ot quartz is always looked upot? as Hoeing: very profitable to \york; therefore twenty ounces of silver to" the ton.isasg6od,aiul' tlibse who'hayo seen the Pbhangiria stone . incline to the beliet that it wiliirun fully forty ounces; toi tlie:',tpn, > „.': w .i.thitwo per 'cent, of gold added. This, if correct, would pay well, arid & large Amount of capital and labour 'might sooiil'be profitably employed m; opening uptanil working the newly-foupd reefs. >lf the Melboiirne tost shouldsprove favorable, there ' AviU soon be a stirghtheidistrijet, as there ar^ both money and ineh^'ifeady to be euiployed m winning the ipreqious metals • from the reefs m that } locality, if they are there m payable; quantities. The country is very broken around Pohangiiia, we believe, and no one who cannot afford to go on the ground well; equipped anil supplied with stores should be led . awßy to attempt^ 'prospecting there on their own account,, a!s { th4y( ,wo.nUJ most likely suffer great hardships, and fail to doian^gbodfiflthby/^ehl tne'ro i&fsup-^ ported. Once it is ( that the reefs ttere cari^be* w'o'rked 1 to a^dVirnfeigel therewill be less ; difficulty' m getting on the? ground, as ilie Governihentwill ho doubt, make a gpfidi pack-hoj-se s - .t^ckiatjleajßf .,t.o .the locality, and storekeepers will not be long m opjsning. r un airade^tihere. We . sincerely trust 'the reefs' iriay turn 6«fe : payable to wor.ky ; as ; Bucji<Bsa *e^iih> would b ; ef highly beneficial to .the r 'whqle.coa3t jiistndw,^wih|;.ta the stiagdatiohltyhibh ; 'saems slow to; move off, and the number of men walking about looking for work, p,Wing to the^check given to the public woirk;B 'Of tftp' jfsojpb}'* jby i j l tbj6/car.|yingjof i j Captain Russell's ill-advised motion. Should a large field, for mining enterprise and laborTjJD/^e'n^d u]>? £lftphglt p«h» Pohangiua discovery, the* pfospe'eta of everyone hereabouts f .should brighten, and values rise, for all kinds of property and n'rorliScel Uildfr thfese pirc?imßtaJjced f we arc justifiea m entertaining the brightest hopes for the success- of the efforts now being made to open. ¥p ; . a. new and profitable outlet for both capital and labor, and we 1 shall hail' yyith| pleaa.uujejthe jfirst - Jtidinsrs of successra^, liesuits. jhaving. been ' by those who have s6 pluckily gone intp f the work of deyelopinff' the mineral" re's'6urc6s Ot' " l ;tuat'' ' 'locality. " • Whether they succeed; or 'ridti' they, are worthy of every encouragement and assistance,?a"si theirjeibject i,is a| gpodjone, » and must commend, itself to.eye^ry person \yho has the future welfare of this part of ; tkej colony , at heart.,, We shall await' wiin much interest; ! 'ahd nope' ills' 8 - J lurcher devolopment of this discovery, which we trust will turn out equal to the most sanguine .expectations of those who are now Vr^tilged ' m 1 the I goo'di H^6rkl6f trying to add our sources- of wealth yet another? industrivLi. -; ;<.i\- : i i ,t>'7 ?