TE AROHA.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4251, 16 August 1882, Page 2

TE AROHA.

The reporter of the *Mailj< writing of a visit to the mines, says.— We next visited the New Find, the original prospector's claim of this district, where Hone Werahiko first discovered gold in the surface rock. The appearance of this claim is very similar to the original Hunt's reef, in, the Kuranui Creek, but much more difficult of access. The reef is exposed on the surface at an immense height, and showed gold pretty freely here; but the point of resemblance is the large reef and waterfall, fro a which a good show of gold is obtainable when quartz is broken down. The quartz is not rich, but contains gold freely distributed over a large surface of crushing stuff, a conglomerate quartz and sandstone. The drive was locked up most securely, and as work is suspended we were unable to glean more respecting this mine. , Ahout. 150 tons 6f stuff had been paddocked, bat it did not seem of the best quality,9'and scarcely so good as to warrant a door and padlock on the mouth of the drive in a country where specimens area rarity and crushing power unknown. From this drive we proceeded to the surface lode, where, as we have said, a better prospect was obtaicable, and where even the highest points ha.3 good indications. We next proceeded to the Diamond Gully, where a further treat was in store in the shape of r^ttl earnest work, and something to show as the result thereof. A paddock containing about 120 tons of excellent quartz, in which gold was freely distributed, first greeted our eye, and a test of some of the stone gave strong color of the precious metal. A drive has been carried in some distance, from which the paddock of quartz and some picked stone have been obtained. The manager, Mr T. Scotfc, expects to cut the lode richer in the big reef above, and so have good backs for working upon. The prospects of the mine are very excellent, as a shoot to the branch tramway is all that is required to get quartz down when the line is in full swing and crushing operations in progress. Gold is visible in the surface lodes, where it was first obtained on this ground by the original prospector.'