METAL FROM OHINEMURI.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4387, 12 April 1875, Page 6

METAL FROM OHINEMURI.

(From the Thames. Advertiser.) Mr. Severn has furnished the analysis of the stone found by Mr. Blake, at Ohinemuri, and ive are sorry to say that the result is, that it contains no trace of gold or silver. This stone was chipped off a boulder on the hill somewhere near the prospectors’ claim, and on being brought to Mackaytown, created a sensation among those who were admitted into tlxe secret. Nobody seems .to have doubted that the metal which shone so plentifully through it was gold, and enterprising prospectors at once collared young Blake” and took him off to point out the place" Curiously enough, he was not able to do this • he had only a faint idea of the locality, and" the eager miners, who were as fierce as hounds on a hot scent, chipped and smashed away at all the boulders over a hill side. If Blake had led them to the place at once, the matter would have been so far settled ; but as it was, they were tantiiised and wearied in the search. The search will probably be continued till this paper gets up to Ohinemuri. Wo need not go over the history of the stone here, nor again harrow the feelings of those who declared that it was gold without a doubt. Mr. Severn has finished his test and furnished a cei-tificate as follows: “I have made a very, careful analysis of the stone handed to me by Mr. Wright, and which was found by young Blake. The. only metals contained in it are sulphide of iron and antimony 1 may mention that no trace whatever was found of either gold or silver.” Several people here will be more cautious how they pronounce again on specimens, and now, the habitucSs of the Corner are so shy that any man goino- up to a group and taking a piece of quartz out of Ins pocket puts the whole to flight.