THE GOLD FIND AT TARARU.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 387, 24 July 1889, Page 2

THE GOLD FIND AT TARARU.

fTo TpE Editor.] Sir, — I recently paid a visit to the mines situated near the Scandinavian and Taraiu creeks, an account of which maj prova interesting to your readers. The first I examined was The Imperial Treasury, about a mile from the latter cieek. The reef is from lft. to lft. 6in. thick. I saw a little gold in some stone mi fclio paddouk. and a fa:r prospect washed nub in tho dish The next was the Nymph, now amalgamated with the Mermaid. Three reefs have already been found in this mine. The first, or No. 1, is from 4to 5 feet thick- Coarse gold was showing in the stone, and good prospects wore got in the dish. No. '2 is a branch iealer about 9in. thick. This also carries coarse gold and prospects '' woll. No. 3is a cross lode about 1-^in. thick. This a.so has a band and large dabs of coarse gold in the facp, and gave i a good prospect when roughly pounded j and panned off. The clay and mullock j are full of small stringers from which I I saw a good prospect washed out. The Mermaid is between The Nymph and the Tararu crook, In it is asm »li specimen leader about l^in. thick. Some stone from it has yielded as much as*3oz to the Ib. of stone. I «ww gome in the lea ler, and also about 61b, broken out, which ought to give at least an ounce to the lb. One ton of general dirt from this and No 2 reer, with which it forms a junction, including a few lbs of picked stone, gave llpzs. ''4'lwfc. molted cold, worth £3 2s fid 1 per 'oz. No. 2 reef is nearly 4ft thick. Gold was seen in it all the way down a 50ft., which has been sunk on it Tho heavy rain has fillei the winae with water, so I did not see the reef, but I saw a good prospect washed out of some of the general dirt to hand. I did not see N,o. ; a reef, 6ft. thick, but stuff from it has yielded prospects but little inferior to No. 2. It began to rain heavily and was getting late so we hurried away, as the road is dangerous to man or beast even in daylight. A little of the money spent on the Graham^town and Tapu road, which will only be nseful to those who wish to take a drive in a buggy, or some of that appropriated by the lata Town Clerk, would bare opened up this and other gold field roads which are a disgrace to the powers that be and hare been. Coming down I saw a nice specimen leader in The Little Beauty, owned by Messrs Plummer Bros., 3 inches thick. It has carried good gold for about 60 feet. I saw some nice stone from it : 61bs gave 2ozs 3dwts gold. They also hare a reef, 4ft thick, carrying coarse gold. Since my visit they have discovered another reef about Bft. thick, carrying" very coarse gold in considerable quantities. Some stone I saw was very rich ; and a friend told me that what he [ saw in the main body of the reef was even better than what I had seen in the stone. The country is very soft white sandstone, with reefs, leaders, and stringers running through it in every direction. They all seem to carry gold. There are no flinties nor any " mineral " to be seen in the mullock or leaders. The gold is coarse and clean, easily saved, and worth from £3 2s 6d upwards. — I am, etc., Edmund C. Oornes. Thames, July 20th, 1889.