The Road to Pohangina.

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

The Road to Pohangina.

• s ßy train last '.night' ,twp.; practical; miners who had been to the Pqhangina, returned to" WanganuT. "Froih~a desenp. " tion of the journey given by them we . gather that the rcefo^ure distant about 28 miles from A^ini»j||o!*hi&tnwnsm"p can; be .got at sary to do the rest N oJ^the'';jonmeyon foot. The prospector^say. that it is notjpossible to talce I.iorees^^the^e is no grass to feed themnriij^^eKihoff&'maybe usfid, but one oF the -^arty^nld have to ge.t;back again to^shnrat-witn it. The journey is a very rough one, it being necessary to cross the river . a srroat nian\J»tinie|, jvndioo sofne occqjsfo'ift IBW is fqiWd to* lie breast 'high. WesVCnastr iminfers of long experience say .that they; hive neveF^eh'an^niW-KfeterW^i gedpes<\ .On arrivmg pn thej ground^ei ;partV pitched* lineir' tent", and tFip'n pro-, 1 .cp.eded to have-a lortk roiuid^jwjth-aivicw-M j ascertain ing how the reefs riih. A. cTaii'n of '1 (& acres was' pegged out, , this.* . miWns sometlrncr HkeilnO acres f which /^ lind.) already lwen pegjrefl b'ntV "From* ji wlinp'thev could see, there are still [hundreds pf acres' of sipjiflar In'oliirisr l^nd to> be taken 'np: ,' They hSd^rfiookiatHhe^ ' holej which 'had been 1 Borit : ftt(AnAersnn*s ; and found Exposed ;therer iTbey? ■ | also j sawiithe whcjle ; fiice 6f .the^leadet-, and 1f.r9.1u Vfhat theyjcqnld^miikeiqnii.of Jhe, igronnd* jit . a pp Oftre fi to ,tliem^ to be likely jtliaK 'ihe reet wonld : not batiard to, get i^t; ! ''ThePe were thonsandspt f to t ns* i ct qHariz'lyuig in 1 -the creek,' which,' ac'cojjrfi.. ing to f their account, is. eqrial; m qiialli^r fb thahbronsrht m by them^l.Theßtoßfes theyi procured as saraples.cei^ihlyjiSaateii rich'enonsrb, bntimtil the result yo^lbe tryil; cnishing is received, it >is jtnapos^ ; , t'o 'dqanYthihg.;. Whatever.'t^iat re^. *"' *siilt may be, the paiity we aW' referring to are of opinion that when 'thereof it^: self ,is tried, the percentage mnst be better. When.felJTey .^erslepmingsa^'ay. theyilpassed a dossen men, who were pn the road to the 'feet's/and! it 1 is ! hh'derst6od that'niinre' are goin^every -day. 1 .^■GnkiiUi, thingf they advised all prospectdts Ito do before starting, that, is to. see that they havejpleiity pf^ •'titcker/'joth^wis^they;., < may have to fast pretty often. The excitenient regarding these reefs' is growing day jby day, and. we.may fnllv expect WaneanitP^'catcliflfsfenare^dfijofilagidnti — Wednesday's He?as(\ u xx[£