WAIRAU VALLEY.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 1, 2 June 1864, Page 3

WAIRAU VALLEY.

-' pprtim il Correspondent_of Marlborough Press./- - P|Pspe.?Singvf9f;, the, precious, motolis going ~an l in tlns^eiglibprlibod witli much .^tjfceity . . About*a 'fortii^bt' ligb "a party -pf iii ; starfed.up t Sprang "yaUey,, '.leading from Mr.-' Bartlet^s.* house, |iii .ortlertp make a short' and new cut to the Wiikamariiia- .and als,o to prospect..on tiieir way going.j^havo' sihce A heard" that they Toa*cJiied the said , ...place,-pnp, ,do^bt .having m a rgood .--deal of rough "cbuhtry^tp' travel over,''* Another; party of twelve left lasrSatur^ay,- and proceeded bo far by dho Bame route f taking al dray with their provisions /aa^far^asrit was T practicaWo, ; and^^AfiaSrwards' a' pack ijjp^sq r; Wjith fo^aiwthCT*g^fibl^^ tiie mpuntam-: knp-yni, here ,by the namo?of -the Fish's Tiiil, witlobe mtejitjipiicpf jJrospegting. jho.fin^n^ stavtecL;* short : time 'before tboothers -he iwaS : "forturidto^enciwfehe-'fiiC-' * makmg ; j & ,fpi:7*Ef<?*s'addl'oY;and- by so doing,: iu^eed^'lh^ctdtig'ove^-'-^d 'dither mail got put of the track (I , may state : ,tliat tliis mountain 'wifch-'ttee's until within a sh^rt' *distaiico' ! 6fthe' I toip)Yßo"he^kepfc;ni^^ aqcerit'j camping r fpr . the liight on.the 'spur leading to the s r ftop ; 'bf ** tlie • ";* Wp were' nbt ' *a -little siir- ; even^g.ti>.'see iS large fire so liigh up 'tliis' mouii^iin. On jthe. following nioriiiiig ne : r^chjid'tiib.' su-Mmit*;' w^ rb'ne* mass of, rugged rbeks^ttif^'ybty'^.fl'iwdw'at the't/OpT.';^^^;no,t^^^^eryrcomfortable -to', stand'.bh, especially if it Wks blowiiig liard' at thp time ; that it would rcquiipe One of •tolerable'gobd- nerves "to stand tliere 4&id-look-downj-a3-it-lpoks -almost perpendicular, j»with,huge jblbbks bf jrpeka -projecting .out on^ either side.' i As* &r:d£ttiii%'b co'iild; penetrate He could" see ho' inouijtiiifbnj'eithe^siae:;^ therivdr higher "than the one ho wasjbhpri : on*. ' " ' ; Being unabfo to . pijrsjie t his along tho: spjiir [-tb tliS^sa^ule^wKich l^lie ■iß , tateß;'"aß' i ]pem'*f ; mepnly ; : 'practicabfp"-v^y-(# ;^ eiae,_he retraced his jtepsj-leaving liis prPvisibns behind, as'lip^i^ Tiiisiis the*fiV^''''ihan,''kiibvra%''hateVmadb' tlio ascent 'of -this-mountainnmd-it~ lias -now been- proved that T itjis not so difficult, of , ascent, as the - Arm C3iair M •which^ ohb:bi*i two' *-havo : had thb ambition ;to mount. ,,.,l,..maj: .state.., that tjbe^man who acco'inphahbd! iffil Ifeat A left" tlie" '-vafiejr on' the : Saturday moriyng at eight o'clopk, an<^ returned the fpllpjw- , .in^jday at four o'clpck in the afternoon. ,* . " Fivb-meh left heite^bnlMo^ndayJthe^nd inst.; crossing tho Wairtiu River, and proceeded' up Top Valley leading Trom Mr. Timmß' house, with" tjhe ! .intent..o£. i wor£mg their, jv T ay down by the. Arm Sl Chair .and Pish's ;Taii.+ So that I tope wb may hear of an adaption. to ; our present goldfield. Msn -ga! put prospecting now with a very'difjferenjb. rdetetminatidir- from what - they ..did at bnc time^ ; A r Cprtaiu. pprtipn.of this. Province no doubt aboiinds r *,vith* gbldl o 'lt4ias ; beeh r fbuud, and what. men have done.- men can d 0. ., .. - . r>, . . I - 'Sinico Witirig the above," some bf l thß"partic3 I : have aUudt^;' to. --haye "returned "and-~6kown*mb| a jfcpv. specks pf g^ld f pf good, .quality.} .. but at pi*e- (- -'sfent- P-ami^not authbrisfed tb- state Hvhdite it- has ;been-formdi.a?.thoy arc juftb about returning again. i rij? j,^'.-iy>^'V^V:.. 'fflij'ifc.. •Ar'n't » j. j

: V I.N the^MEorTBEESfioPHKr."— Zadkiell ia. going to have a new wrapper for his AhnancPek. It is to be of a pale-gamboge color ;- his authority, for r thiß is the combination,,that. is plainly .alludod', 'ix^fth^iinYpf* ifeer'and j*el-, TlbH*, \^"^^iidi(^^mcKAA.A AAAAASAl,.. VY I <vj.