THE GOLD REEF.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8164, 19 April 1895, Page 2

THE GOLD REEF.

TO THE BMTOU. Sib, — When b'lsine^c, asitt tlio p r ese>it time, i 9 n^t in ft tery pr.>«percu4 condition, we nro inclmul to 1 >t>k r uml fo r something new t> turn up. and we will even grnop at a straw to prov. Nt us fiom •inking further in o ihe i>re>t depression that Iwt drawn itself nround v*, for cr n the prorerhinl straw nny ba the means whtrolty we may bo hHb to pull ourselves together. So, with ths en 1 in \i<w, I wish to refer to a local wh'oh appeared in ycur Monday morning.* issue, which says that u god r. ef has b ou found on the Klrltmlie or Baku Idery estate. From what I chd leirn, a reef h a been known to he in the *bo\e locality for come ye^rp, and *mnll crushing^ taktn from the ou'crop hi»To been tested, and havo givon vtry favorable results. So much so that aoin* individuals have been e<rnitg a gr>.>d living out of prospecting nlonp. If thi< cm> bi 1 done, it shows clearly a" lenti< n shou'il b ■ givei t) de eli*p ng ir. Not'only i< there a jiood rmf, but the s me p"»r"y, I am told, *ays th it there is good alluvial gr und, where three and four pennyWoijthts tro obl»in>d to the d sh, and which wou'd give gcod payab'e claims to hundieJs ff men ; bu the onednwbicl; to ib all is that it is on piivtte propel h, and peop'e are debarred from pegKUig out a claim and working it. The discoverer, I bei"ie, want* a good round sum from the property owner befo c lie shows him the nhereabonts of the retf. and in addition a parentage of the >eauUs, whioh the land p-nprktor d- 03 no 1 in the menn'iino care to do. N >vr we havo a very Lberil Govcrnmmt in power who nre making very lebe ftl with the funds of the co]>ny, \y purcha«i' q Chovi ts »i.dPomHhak»B and suih liko If ihoy could l>p induced to tim thor attention to this gold r ef, and secure thin d tow t<> dor] ie it a pn'dfield, nfti r ha»in< i' t'a<d, hey w u'd be <oi q a great servico to th" co'oiy, T woul I very much Ike to hivo our nifmbtN 1 opinion on th s mt'jecr, aid >Is > <ho U<v relating to mining on priv«'e propo'ty nnd to acquaint tlio Miiiister of Lvnd-i (>f tliia discovery, to t>a to ha»o t<e matter gone into at oiioe, for this would be thmans, if there is any hing in ir, to relidfo tlio cong^fted n ato of the Übt r rairktt, and would do moro to solve ■Ii uneniph-yrd qu>ti.n th n buying 11 patches of land throughout (he c« lony — I urn, etc., Mi nek