The Pohangina Reefs.
The prospeota of an importand gold disoovery' at Po'mngina' reefs are- copsidered so favorable by many experienced miners that Mr Macarthur, memlser for the Manawatu, waited yesterday upon the Hon. Mr Larnich, Minister of Mines, and requested that Professor: Black should be sent up to furnish a re. port. A jgenfclenian of v/ell-known ihtea;rity m the Manawatu, a Civil eh : gineer by profession, is to. siiperinteiiil the ...taking but of, about .half a ; ton of stbrie, which he is to .place m bags,' and m order that it may be as fairly tested, as possible, the bags are to be sealed.; The quartz will then be forwarded to tlie Tlmuies, and treated by the Lamonte process,,. the patentee of which claims £|0. per cent.. of an assay can be saved b\ r its use. In Mr Jenness' test of. a. small quantity, the yield was at the rate of about 2oz 16dw't per ton. A discovery of a paying goldlield m the locality of; the Pohangina would be such an immense advantage, not only to Wellington and the Manawatu, but to the whole Colony, that the result of the test wilLbe watched with the keenest interest. If profitable quartz is found m the- Pohangina, it is just as likely to he discovered 60 miles further the vange, as the formation, is very similar.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1507, 16 November 1885, Page 2
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226The Pohangina Reefs. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1507, 16 November 1885, Page 2
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