PARAKAWAI.
The latest intelligence front this hew fiold is to the pff' i ct that there are now between 20 an I SO men at work there, and at least a dozen claims have already lOon marked off on the supposed line of reefs-, whirh are said to be outcropping in sevr&l places. In the prospectors' -claim, Dihat and party-, have cut into a leef for a distance of 4ft, and as yet there is no Bign of the other \rall. This lode, so far as it has been \rorked upon, ha*> proved to be rich in gold, which slfows freely throughout a fair proportion of the stone ; ami handsome nioitar prospects of the saule metal are obtainable from every part that has been exposed to view. From here the shortest route to the scene of the new find is via Waitekauri, but as there is no track from the last-men-tioned place it is a -Case of follow jnm nose £>r a distance <if fully 7nuli'S. Sumr of the pm-pi'ctnr* travel by Waihi. m'i-i others b, llikut ti. botn mutes Uiii^ ecni'wlia lon if m\<l tedious, i»tiL t.iov v.ii 3<u i tv bo pi:tctL'al>le for «(jm\>tiians.
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 143, 27 February 1886, Page 7
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196PARAKAWAI. Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 143, 27 February 1886, Page 7
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