TE AROHA. [FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.]

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1307, 13 November 1880, Page 2

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.]

Rich Gold Struck. Friday, 2 p.m. List night rumours were flying round that gold had been struck in the leader on the Prospectors' Claim, and on making enquiries I found that rumour for once was right. Having made arrangements for «n early visit I interviewed morpheus, and after an early breakfast made a start. On reaching the ground I saw at once that the find was a heavy one, gold being visible in the face quite distinctly. The leader is about 9 or 12 inches thick, and lies in most kindly country, and gold shows plainly in the solid stone as well as in the mullock, which carries large quantities of fleaky or scaley gold. The leader has only been opened out for about 5 or 6 feet, so that the size of the patch is not yet known, but that the lode is rich is certain, and the field must now be proclaimed without delay, as the existence of rich gold is placed beyond a doubt. Very little work can be done for a day or so, as the visitors are so numerous that the prospectors are pretty well occupied in showing what they have got. I might mention that the finding of the gold is due to M 'Lean, an old Coromandel prospector, who has now charge of the workings. He went straight for the leader after a little fossicking, and in a couple of hours unearthed what certainly is the richest show of gold found since the old Thames days. More news of things in general in a day or so.