NEW QUARTZ DISCOVERY AT THE MOKIHINUI.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1048, 21 February 1873, Page 2

NEW QUARTZ DISCOVERY AT THE MOKIHINUI.

A reef sis to seven feet wide, and already traced for a distance of one mile, has been discovered by prospectors in the Mokihinui district, and application was made on Wednesday for a lease. The discoverers have been prospecting in the Mokihinui district for some weeks past, and the reef now found is some twenty miles up the river in the direction of the Lyell. The specimens of stone brought therefrom are slightly crystallized, and show good gold throughout. The following particulars of the locality are stated in the application:— Application is made by G-eorge Perotti and party, of the Kawatiri Hotel, Westport, and of Mokihinui, under the designation of the Halycon Quartz Mining Company, with a stated capital of £ISOO. They apply, under Sec. XII. of the Groldfields Act, for a special claim 1800 feet by 600 feet to be held under lease for fifteen years ; the claim being situated about twentytwo miles up the Mokihinui River near Maori Creek, and half a mile above the junction of the creek and river. The special area is asked for on account of the extreme difficulty of reaching the ground. We hear that the Warden will recommend the granting of a lease of twenty-four acres. Two other prospectors, the brothers Walla, nephews of the well-known Reuben Waite, are about to attempt to strike the Mokihinui from the Lyell side of the range.