THE PRESERVATION INLET DIGGINGS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2426, 17 November 1892, Page 3

THE PRESERVATION INLET DIGGINGS.

The owu correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes from Preservatioi; Inlet on November 12, as follows : Great excitement exists at the present time owing to the x’ecent discovery of a very rich gold bearing reef crossing the Wilson river. Judging from specimens brought down, in which gold can bo seen in considerable quantity, should it run through all the reef of the same richness it is likely to prove one of the moat valuable discoveries yet found in the colony. Samples are now being forwarded to Dunedin, &c., for assay. The reef is situated some two miles from McKenzie’s store, and is about 100 ft up an almost inaccessible track, therefore none but men well used to climbing and experienced in reefing need think of coming here, and they must be provided with money to keep themselves for some months, as the reef cannot be opened up as yet. The Southland Times states that the reef was discovered in a very simple way. Some members) o? a party of prospectors comprising Messers T. O’iSlianuessy, D. McKenzie, Frank Hodge, and Smith brothers, were engaged in felling trees on the face of a hill to make a clearing for a hut. One of the trees in falling caught on another on a lowyr level, and this was torn up hy the roots. Eureka! Tl\evo Iqy exposed to, view ’(ft qr bft pf a reef, from which gold shone put in abundance. The reef was about (sft wide, and was traced from the south to the north side of the river whore it looked every bit.as promising as at the point of discovery. Experts who have ?con vke specimens taken from the

quartz judge that these should run from 450 zto 50oz to the ton. Of course that, refers to specimens, but a rough assay of a bit of the stone not particularly richlooking yielded at the rate of 7oz to the ton. It is possible that the reef may extend for miles, and it is said to be in a line with the spot on which, several ago, Messrs Clark and Cullen, made a valuable find on Crayfish Island. Wilson’s river is a narrow, rock-bound stream, subject to flood in winter, and as the country is difficult to work it will be some time before the full extent of the reef will be known. The news of the discovery quickly spread, and caused great excitement among the miners in the district. The work of pegging off claims immediately set in, and was carried on in some cases throughout the night. The scone was a strange one. Parties went out into the bush, armed with candles and compasses, and marked off claims at various points along what was considered to be the reef. One man would squat with candle and compass, while another went ahead with the tape and engaged in the work of line marking. Attracted by the candlelights, the “ moreporks ” came near and disturbed the night with their calls. The laughable part .of the business was that a man at the rear sometimes thought that his mate tvas signalling from the front, and if the cry happened to come from the left, he would answer, “ Keep more to the right ”; and if from the right vice, verso. —the night owls thus serving the purpose, so to speak, of vocal will-o’-wisps. Up to Saturday last 10 claims had been pegged oft' in the reef country, and experienced miners regard the prospects as exceedingly bright. The s.s. Invercargill took 20 passengers over on her,last trip to Preservation Inlet, and returned to the Bluff on Saturday night with five or six miners, who will, thanks to the existing roundabout system in force, have to journey to Riverton to lodge the necessary applications in connection with the claims they wish to secure. The Invercargill will not return to the inlet till the 2nd December, but the Hinemoa will leave the Bluff for that place on Tuesday, with a party of men who have been engaged by the Government for the work of forming a track from the inlet to the Wilson river, the timber having been felled last year. It has been pointed out that it will strike what are known as the lower workings near the coast, which will be worked out in about a couple of months, the ground being shallow, with scarcely auy wash. The reef is on the upper workings, about four miles distant, with dense bush all the way, and it is stated that the majority of ae miners would be far better served if a track were cut from th; e s t ore at the inlet to the river a distance of from two and a-lialf to three miles, and from which serviceable branch tracks could easily bo made to connect with the other workings. Since the discovery of the reef Coal Island has been practically deserted. There wore only 10 or 12 men there on Saturday, while there were about 154 on the mainland. Gold is being obtained in various localities, but most of the claims are on the river, the remainder being terrace workings. It is probable that mining will be going on for years in the vicinity of the newly-discovered reef, as there is a good deal of wash in the terraces, but at the lower workings, to which the Government track is being cut, the ground will likely be exhausted in a comparatively short time. There are plenty of alluvial workings, both on the island and the mainland, but they will take some capital to open out, as all ihe easy ground has already been selected. One of the Invercargill’s passengers, who has lived on the field for years, while very hopeful as to the lookout, deprecates anything in the nature of a rush. He says that men should be chary about going to the field unless they have some capital, as no labour is wanted now, and it will be some months before the reefs are developed and tracks cut to admit of the conveyance of the machineay necessary for working the quartz.

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