GOLD MINING AT TERAWHITI.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 797, 18 June 1881, Page 2

GOLD MINING AT TERAWHITI.

V .;;•;-r.-JFROttOUB OWN CORR^PpKDSNT,) i "' • linglon ih vested .'-'a ; con^idbratiie. amount 9 or money.vin'..;teßting'.\aportion- of the Terawhiti .district, for payable-gold beat--1 ing; reefs/, fPublic .and private; oompaniei j .'vied' with'each other -in Jinking- eh ifti, •: andpuUiiiKin'.t'unrie]B;,:but:!.witH.riogood nionths ago; tw&!pr<»pec--8 the one f (The'••Pliceiiii) ;Bjr : 'Mr ! ;Doffsett,"'to teat ) the groiirt(i of Wairiki 3 creek, : Held v by the "Never r D W?' (The ) Albion) byiMr';'Deyeril, to'tfy a i reef, struck,two .years ago by the " Morn--1 ing Star" OorapaiiyVj" Each 'association i derived its funds from a weekly subsorip. tion'of s)i:froCeaqJij'MSfiber-i assisted by i a Government subsidy equajj^o'jialfjthe amount of wagea;j)aid,;'n C;'-<oqf ' J • The P'hdenixV'ere'cted;Ta','BmaU hand,< J i battqryof,s{ampprß,.i'andi:.b'urdan, 'and 15 I 1 hav.e,augc.e.«fullyprbved)hestbhecrushed, ft. I to run afc.6 to 8 dw Is, to the it V I i :is„,cun«dered payable, and a limited V" ' liability-^companyhas been formed for \ working the claim.'' ''■'•■'•'-'-'• l - , i i The reef, which is range i- between: the ihead: of UievWairikftand the head of the.Oierongo. streams; is of indu- : rated sand stone, and although at the ; .top; widens j considerably, as it ia 1 reached at low levels, until' iii the lowest i portion touched, it is nul loss'than 20ft in thickness, '•■-'The;-directors have made" • arrangoments;. fori oue of, Mr jAshcrofts machines to be put 'on the ground, and they have guaranteed the machine to crush upwards of 100 tons.per we.ek;; It seems 'to be the opinion of the shareholders that the claim will pay more than working ex. penses, and that the cause of it not being made to pay year, a«o in the-hands of tfe "Nevor Doapair," .was owing to the absence of good machinery.'.;.'. There can be no doubt that if the enterprise is successful, Wellington will stand indebted to Mr Dowaelt for his' zeal and;enterprise, fur he has not brought mattera to their present state, without a large-expenditure of his timeaud money. --a. •■.•■■. . DeverilV party,' The Albion,- started ■work:by putting, in n drive, to cut i reef, • struck by theoldvMornitigStarGbftfpany, near the eastern branch of The results of their work wasbyrjo pans promising, the .hiHliestjostofihe stone -being Uvo.dwts. of gold;to the r lQn:'fHean» while, Alfred Sievers while'bush falling on a portion;ofthe Teiawhiti estate, found sainple'j'of quartz, of quite a different nature to' any beforV found .in the district, gold : shoeing in it freely. ,A. Sievers and hit brother Louis' made arrangements with MrMacmanaman the owner of the ground,; to have the, first, rights of pegging out a claim each of ten j>cres, and Mr Deverjl for Jiis shareholders in the Albion,ProsDectiiig ( Associatioii l ''b'6uKht out the claims rif> the Siever btqthers. The Albipn-.Gold,.Mining Company was then ftirined, eioh'pf the original shareholders in .'the Albion Prpspectiiig Asiooiatum).bein<» allowed '4OO 'shares of ;ids' ; eachp:the • Sievers Brothers receiving ascertain number of paid shires,'' The-'Oompany'was duly registered on on theJthMarch, and since .then active., operations; have been carfied'on with results of the-mbst proraising character.^..-f ; ,■.';>:; .. Tije originalifindby Sieve|'j'cot:'f , iteo!' of the outcrop of what now'appears tpbe a valuable reef, and the stone. fqund was richly impregnated with' gold both''visible and invisible.. .Portion's of,the'top stone on analysing gave, results at from 3 to 10 ounces.to the ton whentried : in small parcels, and it was' thought'very pfbijjable a good reef existed near. > sunktrjthedepthof #feet,'a <lrir£wai put in: from the bottom in . a westerly direction, andthbjeef cut through at 80 eet. ..The reef, here! % 'feßt;,-.widß,,-:oa,ve from9..dwts..to;lo,;nnd jhe next s,tep taken '.was to,, drive (in. the. reef to the south f hich would" bring. the workings mto deeper ground. The result hasten that iii. a : short time ; a leader was found, ruiinip'gin.theTeefiand near the foot wall,|hioh, on analysis,-gave-at tho rate of 3' ounces, 17dw'ts, ; , tyrs? to the ton. Thegqld;.ffas not visible to the eye in this stone, but Bipcejh'fctrial Jias been kmagYthe .stone continues, tb.ifliprove,'and quartz .almost, idepiipa|"jii..apmawhea, with that found oti topfs-no'^beitig-'tween from the-reef.,, The potn|(ed:a'mining-manager,: Mr."Wilson. ; is oft'fhisV#tfy:fTo)ii&Jßellto'if,-istod Jfl they intend to lose': ho time in a battery of-sufficient; power to 20 ■ head. - The.Albionfclaitn 'about the centre of a lino Ohau bay to;the western goint'of 'Oterongo Bay, and the Ohau is all 'pegged off and>'takeiii; upxiThe aistimce from Wellihg'tdn di'ty if&U\il 15 miles, 9 miles of [which"iii"gbbdfroa'd,'i : 'd thei rest by bridle;traokjVaiidtbe clairJe*easily reached ih\twin' r ,threei tp>threejnd a half hours; The Albion, consists "of a ttiining-blajin. of-33iaorefl'.extent.fani a'cre • of ground by the - stream'fbr machinery, -,' .right; of-water, :tsber, and ifireweodj. as weH'as -tight of -' : ad'joiniiig property. The company pays no rerit.pr any;other charges,,- but a royalty, upon retorted With" these'aiilvahiaijes arid 1 - present prospebta,- it*^}*' s wondered at, jhM many, people.have been ! anxious-to obtain shares, - and these, have changed hands considerably, lately.' 'Sales ■' within the laat ten days having taken P.\aco, at prices yarying,from 2s to 5s fld jWidnf-:-"\f^ )^',, : :M '~ : ;f wt of'-'a v t)'aya'bie'--rSefing district so;n%-to.3WellirigtdnVfcann6t?be : unde^tim»tedyiaa:notiohly:the.'oityfßW- » w be ;, ■ v.,:-:, pnli^iource2b£^bfitm^tnfil^^lfe^^^

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