OKARITA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 28, 6 April 1866, Page 3

OKARITA.

Proof is at all times better than assertion, and as it has been the custom in some quarters to decry this place as far as possible, it may not be without effect if we state a few facts iv reference to its gold yield. As will, we think, be admitted by even the most prejudiced, a vast amount of gold is regularly taken by private hands to Hokitika, in addition to what is shipped by the ban_[s, A gentleman connected with this office had 20 j lbs weight shown him in Hokitika, the produce of the fourth share of a claim on the Five-Mile, for a period of eight weeks, aud this was conveyed b3 r the owner himself. The reason is, that miners wishing for a spell, take their gold to Hokitika, thinking that they will obtain a better price, and business men, of course, prefer taking charge of their own precious metal when going up, perhaps for the same reason. Notwithstanding any amounts that have been so conveyed, the Bruce alone has taken no less than 12,000 ounces in less than the last six weeks, thus averaging rather more than 2,000 ounces per week. That it must be remembered is exclusive of what hus been privately carried, and also exclusive of every other boat. Yesterday the Bruce took 1,450 ounces for the Bauk of New South Wales. — Okarita Times, March 28.