To the Editor of the 'Evening Mail.'

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 61, 12 March 1877, Page 2

To the Editor of the ' Evening Mail.'

Sib,—-The Tadmor is coming to the front in consequence of the gold recently found being brought to the. surface by the late flood, which acted as a ground sluicing, thereby saving a great amount of labor. The fact of gold coming down to town appears to take people by surprise. If the New South Wales Bank, the National, and perhaps the other banks, would give information as to gold purchasing, it would be found that the Tadmor, Sherry, and Wangapeka'have been gold producing districts for several years, twenty or thirty men having been working quietly there.. Messrs Green and Chandler's stores at the Wangapeka are maintained by about a dozen diggers; Phillips' store at the Tadmor has also' been kept up by diggers l, as has,been Mr Donald's store. Digging has been quietly carried on for years without fuss, show, or tall talk. That gold exists, as well as silver, there is no doubt. I have known this, seen it long since, when at my; farm I used fto drive my cattle there for sale. That tlid Tadmor district will now be thoroughly tested; there is not a shadow of a doubt, and so it should be. There is one important feature in the matter,, namely, facility for travelling. The railway to Foxhill gives a man an easy day; to the diggings over Spooner's i Range, down Norm' Gully, on to the Motueka Valley (a flat country), cross the river-an even road, all the way clriveable in a buggy. Mr H. Phillips, of the Tadmor, has driven up and down for years to Nelson.; Timber, plentiful; meat obtainable from three Tuns in the immediate neighborhood—Messrs Gilliat's, Stanley's, and Ellis'andCol's^thereisalsoa flour mill in the district. Settlers all round produce grain, vegetables, &c:. Therefore a digger cau obtain all he wants at Nelson prices, lie will not be compelled to pay exhorbitant prices for goods, such as £20 to .£3O per ton for carting. All will be to his hand, therefore, if the gold finds should not be in "piles," the low.prices of necessary comforts will equalise.'matters. There is a silver mine also in the district, and Mr Tafjton is away testing the same. Minerals of- all descriptions exist in this locality. The gold brought down from Culliford's, Doran's, and many other reefs must also be thought of. Here "is a large surface of couDtry from which gold has been produced for the last fifteen years; it has nevel; beck thoroughly prospected. The alluvial digging was passed over as trivial! compared v/ith.-the "reefs expectant.' ,:Then why should there not be a payable Sejd for met^s labor? ,1 believe the great reason has' been because it' was too near NelsoiL With every facility^for travelling, obtaining goods, food', 'stores of 'all kinds, timber, a.railway twenty miles of the distance CD&blitig'aU ivho venture-taprospect to be maintainedat Nelson prices, will surely bring experienced'ifieh'oh to the ground." 'I for one believe in it, and wish all who try the ground every possible success.—l am, &c, H. J. L. Augarde. Nelsoni March:l2. ■'- ,-;.,-...