The Pohangina.
k . Report of f Wr B. Wolff, Assayer : of ThWihlsJ oii Pdha'n&ina qua* tk' •'■ The ■parcel Kfo. 1/gave 4 'dwts 21 grs of gbldj an.i 17dwt8;23gras silver per ton. jNo. 2i parcel 16dwfs Sgrs; of bullion/ I did riot part t^e latter, it, being, too. poor. ,J am sorry that the results are not | better. It would havebeen infin'ite.ly more satisifjictdry jtp me, add' T'^pr'es'nine' tq^you' more ao had ! I ! been- able to 1 report a good payable yield,'but trust such will be the case ere'longii 7,You request a,'gejieifalre-i portre theapptarance.pfjthe stone, and my remarks thereon! I noted' that the characteristics of No. 1 stone (the .whitfykijnd) warrants further dpreloping. rjshbfald hot' btf 'surprised' to ' see this' stone become payable ultimately. No. ft'l'ticf njst think much of, it is more of a jaspari formation,! and unless ife alteiiß^wjill not be ranch account. As .X.am not m possejJsj^B of the size of the lodes the samples;were taken fromi nor ihe formation ;of surrounding and encasing country,' it is dimp.ult for me-'to state my opihibh inorje definitely . ' A meetingjwaß' held to consider tliis assay;- and the only persons present wjsre the prospecting,', association— Messrs A^mstrongpAriderso^^ißejtfi^nd^^ai!^ tain, who t^ere; quiet satisfied : t 'WitS Mie] result, VutWWs^'thpu^ht best^to{h6,il over any- "fft'r'thSr workihgrf'for' ft^few^ weeks, pending arrangements .of- form•ing a strong company to further ;pro'spect and deye\oj|-the matter - .-. , « .„ The resuiy of f3sn>/ Ben feio Prrfes^r' Black not having arrived, we are "unable to supply it. xi lit x\ t WX
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1623, 1 February 1886, Page 2
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247The Pohangina. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1623, 1 February 1886, Page 2
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