ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS. THE REPORTED TARARU CREEK DISCOVERY

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 271, 9 June 1888, Page 5

ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS. THE REPORTED TAR A RU CREEK DISCOVERY

Tiiami s, June b. I> a tele^iam \e-teulay I mentioneda that reported dUco\ cry ot gold had been made up the Sunbeam Creek, Taiaru, by Mr Thomp-on, of Auckland I have ju^t letiunud fiom a vi-il to the .-uppo-fd 'tnid, ' winch 1- situated about, halt a nule up the eieek. The ground is of a sandstone foimation, interlaced with nuineioih ironstone leins in *\huh i-u liat hat e\ery appeal ance of &"ld The ino-pectois weie delighted v.ith the di--co\ei>, and se\eral mineis dedaied the yellosv colomed stufi to be j;old, but upon examining it more eaielullv the experienced eje could detect that is was not jjold. 1 seemed samples ot -tone and panned ofl the out rould not find a tiace ot Attei minutely examining tho-stufi L h<i\e no he-it.ition in that it doe- n'jt contain any sjold, and that the pro.specLoKs have been mi-taken. Tf \nm n's, Ki'kvni i.— The repair^ to the old Kuianui battei\, winch was iccently puiclvi-ed by Mi I. Han^en, ha\e been completed, and crus-hin^ operations have been commenced. Sa\o^. — I .liable quart/ is coming to band, but there is no change to rcpoit. The cio-^cufcat No. 5 le\el is in an e\cellent band-tone. J)ai;t. — Wm. McCormick has laid a plaint in the Warden.- Oilice against -J H. Withefoid, owner ot the Dait claim, Hape Creek, on fche giound of nou-woikin^. \V mot mil — The monthly cleaning up jesteulay j)ioducud 290CS from 20- tons quartz. ( \mihua. — 161 loads quait/A\cie cru.-hed oi 120 ounces crold.