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Ascent of Tongariro and Ruapehu.

(FBOM OtTE OWN CORBESPONDENT.)

Auckland, This day.

Mr Nichols, late of Waihi, has been travelling over an unexplored portion of the island, in company with a Herald correspondent, and ascended Tongariro and Ruapehu. The ascent of Tongariro was difficult. The main crater is about a mile in circumference, and 400 feet deep; the sides are very rugged, and the bottom is filled with boiling mud, innumerable steam holes and boiling springs are emitting vast volumes of steam and sulphurous fumes, and large deposits of sulphur are in the crater. The altitude of the mountain is 8100 feet above the level of the sea. The summit is covered with ice and snow, and vegetation ceased at 6000 feet. The weather was very clear, and the view of the surrounding country was magnificent. The ascent occupied five hours' hard climbing. Ruapehu is 10,000 feet above the sea level; its crater is filled with snow. The mountain is 60 miles in circumference. Mr Nichols found quartz at Kaimanawa, and believes that an extensive goldfield exists at Wangaehu. The river takes its rise in extensive ice cones 7100 feet, above the sea level; is milk coloured and impregnated with alum and iron.

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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4484, 19 May 1883, Page 2

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Ascent of Tongariro and Ruapehu. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4484, 19 May 1883, Page 2

Ascent of Tongariro and Ruapehu. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4484, 19 May 1883, Page 2

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