The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1971, 29 April 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1875.

The news from Ohinemuri is not of that encouraging character which could be wished. The superior attractions of Tairua have put Ohinemuri in the shade for a time at least. There is little doubt but that if a discovery had been made at Ohinemuri after the opening like that at Tairua before it was a proclaimed goldfield a ruih would have followed. So

muck had been expected of the former place that the reality has necessarily fallen short of anticipations. The Prospectors' trial crushings are considered eminently satisfactory. They have large reefs, payable yields, and the prospects of something better. Waitekauri is still faorably regarded by many persons as a district that will turn out well. But it does not seem that much can be expected in the way of proving the value of the Ohinemuri country during this "season. There is no machinery on the ground, nor "docs there appear much reason to hope that crushing machines will be erected until the spring.. In one respect it ig perhaps fortunate that no discovery has been made of a strik; ingly attractive character; no rush will take place on the strength of the prospects obtained, and probably scores of miners will be saved a grievous disappointment. There is much encouragement to be derived from tho results already obtained, and what has already been done at Ohinemuri and Tairua is suggestive of one thing—that the peninsula is highly auriferous, and that ere long the whole country will be one vast reefing district. This has long been a settled article of belief with many old miners who have done good service in prospecting during a number of years. Tho process of development of the miners,! resources of the peninsula may be - slow> but it will be none the less certain. Very much will depend upon the next few months. If the Prospectors' claims at Tairua and Ohinemuri should prove as. good as their trial crushings indicate, it will not be long before wejsee the whole peninsula from Coroniandel to Ohinemuri occupied by miners, m Where one good claim exists the probabilities are strongly r in favor of others equally good being discovered; so that while the present aspect of affairs is not exactly such as might have expected in two month* after the opening ot Ohinemuri, there are sufficient grounds for assuming that the disappointment ;now felt will only be temporary.