The Maerewhenua Goldfield.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3140, 12 March 1879, Page 2

The Maerewhenua Goldfield.

Professor Ulrich'i visit to Livinjrstoo* will be of marked benefit to those gold; fields, for not only does he consider them of vast importance, but he boldly asserts that Victoria, with all it» wealth,of tori, ferous ground, cannot produce such ano* ttier for richness ki»d extent,the bolethuig, ' lacking being water. / With an^ abanduit- ; supply of, thii precioua comniodltj,' %%$ ■ Maerewhenua auriferous area is capable ;of supporting avery large digging. popa. : lation,; and, ; ij^in Victoria, wouldj 'effp with its present limited ,*upplyr~6f water, create a hea?y rush/;, Tie ;dif»; : ference "of results to miners on: the pfe>^ : sent Victorian diggings and thos* /on the Maerewlienua are very-; marked^ On the one hand the Victorian is'welK contented with from 30a to 46s -per week, while on the Marewhenoa Ifieidra ;-mi^-' vnwlteii) °|(f least I^&fy. iafnd sometimes as ,high as;' £9. Watei iii^.w%tf;,3^ J<ipiß^.:^^rhpnti::nek$ 4 ! and scarce ; ,;!at "v that^^owji^- , jpj£ utility arid prq& tI Qf 'w^i;jei^'o^: gold iSieoricerned. .The gold lies in,Jttree i distinct deposits, one of; which extend* for miles around. These form the fm«iiM gold bearing wash dirts for driving iev»lfV> bat more or lets of the metal is difftiiedr ! throughout the whole striata )from thW [ tussocks to the bed reef, and, of ooor«e, is highly payable under the hydraulic f system of working. That portion of the 'goldfield/abont to bd told by the tS'vrernment was prored to, be exceeding auriferous, one mining party hating acknowledged.. to haTe made .npoa, it £1000 during, the past jear. Others who are engaKedin'worifrhgion this part of the field are preparing toobtairi'iron piping to concentrate their.liydrinUeipretsure, and thus gire them additl6naf^.)wer at less water expense,, .Altogether, Professor UlrichV inspection and report of i this gold field is highly satisfactory, and should be the means of inspiring our commercial, community with r sufficient confidence to justify tnem in 'aatisting^tl©^ miners to obtain a further supply of water, . which can be had to the'extent of eight Gorernment heads from the Otekaike rirer, the first and second rights to which b*fe been appliedjjpr,, and„ are Inow tndeV'- f protecnbn. J4!Pne>iid^Mi6« this race would have to be brought iwould be about twenty milei; the, optt including maintenance for three' yeur^ jabout £10,000; and the lerels abo?e the workings, 300 feet. The quantity of ; water thus brought in to the reserrpie. iwould gitre a steady'ateragei'^f 'Winffi 1 ' four Oorernment heads a day v and.would probably pay a company handsome dm* dends for many years $p f^coinfl^Jpr.j, Ibeir enterprise in bridging* it in. The jreserroir found to be: most,«oitable. < for the storage of water ii a Very •imple affair and; easily eonstrueted being scooped out of the clay forma* tion by means of the hydraulio breach pipe — literally by concentrated water power being directed upon it, and formi a most imperfious and* well puddled pond, costing little or nothing. Watet dditerod > from such a high lerel by means of iroa^ mains to the difi^rantvelaimr would gire an enormous pressure, .and thua enable the miner to work(ata^omparat^elyl(Mf figure, white the shareholders ft the supply would net larger returns.-tNew iZealand Tim"ei;s;B-tiV7 Jjy-ah-';F ■ '■ • '