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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 317, 2 September 1932, Page 3

[ ■ ! "Oh, well, I am always hopeful," he j replied cheerfully. ' j "And do you make anything?" was ' | the next question. 1 I "If I could get a good job I would L j probably take it." 1 J From behind a stone he produced a | haking-powder tin, and displayed a ! few pieces of the metal which has at- ! tracted many men to those wild ^ places. It was only a small amount, but probably represented many hours of lonely toil. 5 A sample of dirt was taken from one ! of the tunnels, and this the reporter ' was told to wash. For some minutes 1 he manipulated the tin tray in a tub ' of water, and at the end was thrilled at the sight of five minute golden > specks. It waS a lueky wash. And so the courageous young man ■ was left to his tunnels and dreams. : Other prospectors were visited, and : washes made without success. > Conn's Creek was left behind, and the reporter was informed by his t guide that similar sights could he seen ! on nearly every river on the West [ Coast. ■ "They get a little," said the guide, r "but not a living. It's a eraze, and 1 enough to break the hearts of most new-chums."