THE WAIOHINE REEFS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2810, 30 January 1888, Page 3

THE WAIOHINE REEFS.

Expiations from Greytown, ** Interest in gold mining is still as intense at Greytown as ever, and our representative, passing along the street there on Saturday, saw and heard various groups discussing the latest news from "the diggin's," while in two establishments could be heard the pounding and grating of pestle and mortar, as specimens were being broken up for testing. There is now jiot much secrecy about the doings of any of the parties who are out at the rauges, and the scsne of operations of the original prospectors was discovered by another company of explorers who went out about ten,days ago, and who have since made a second trip out. Altogether, as mentioned before, there are three parties out from Greytown, and there are supposed to be one 01* two from Wellington, but the country is so rugged that the various lots of men might be out for days without coming across one another. Asa matter of fact all the explortsa&re about on the same footing, thWoriginal party having the advantage of being very persistent, jpl of having Mr Maokay with them; IBey also claim to have the best chance of discovering the place whero the rich specimen of three years back came from, and it is with this end in view that they are now searching. Wo definitely ascertained that the only gold-bearing quartz which has been found by. these expeditions is such that a microscope is required before the gold can be seen at all. It therefore at the very most is at present only thought to exist in quantity that would require the very best goldsaving machinery, to give the slightest chance of extracting it in payable quantity.. Such stone as this is being constantly found, and if is the indication of the possibility of something better that is leading on the various enthusiastic persons who are on the field. Ofcoui'se there is the chance of one of tliMarties at any time striking a patch frlich would be raado easily payable, and this is whero the-hope lies. So far therefore, 110 discovery has been made which would justify any excitement or any large outjay; Athe men have simply been prospecting /and have received a certain amount of encouragement, and that is all.