TE AR0HA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ]

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1340, 1 February 1881, Page 2

TE A RO HA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ]

In my hut J spoke of a licli piospcct which h:i'l been obtained from Our j>!)vs. Since then J have \ isited the mine, and wa*> agreeably surpiibed at the amount of work done. r I he cl iim consiotb of live nien'b qtound, and the name which the o\\ nors have given it is very applioiblo, all of tlie shareholders, being under 21 of age. They have t\s o tunnels in at a liigli and a low level, and it is in the upper level tluy h.'.vo struck the leader fiom -which tlio piovpecfc was obtained. The leader at jnetebiit is \eiy small, being a good deal mi.ved with clay, and it is impossible to speak, as yet, of iti ic»l value ; by the uomtesy ot tliQ aharoholdeis T way allowed to ti\U" some of the stuff, and on paqii'iu; it off, obtained a very good prospect of line gold. The alurehoidors have applied for a leaoc of tho ground. Nothing of bppuial interest has tianspued in comioction with the other mines with the exception of an offer made by the bharoholdei & of the Piince of Wales to send 40 or 50 tons of quartz from their claim to the Thames for crushing, providing the public \\ ill pay the cost of transport. They are of opinion that a test crushing such ab this would inaphe confidence, in the field, I am glad to be able to state however, that there will not bo any neoeasity to accept their offer, as the provisional directors of the Te Aroha Quartz Crushing Battery have received sufficient encouragement to warrant them in at once proceeding with the work. Messrs Whitaker and Sandes, who have been out gathering up the applications for shares, returned on Saturday, having been tolerably successful, the number of shares actually tak,en up ia 2250, and application for a considerable number, more will be icceived this week, The tender which has been accepted ia that of Messrs- Price, Bros., for ten head of stampers without concrete foundation, for 1(888, and the work will be proceeded lvith immedi* ately. A good deal of interest is being manifested in the forthcoming races, and tenders have been accepted for improving the racecourse. Good fields are expected for each event, ami no doubt there will be a large attendance from the Waikato and Thames Valley district. The following new claims have been pegged out: — Don Ju.a.o, eight men's ground, Stubbing; and. piarty j Te Aroha | Boys, 12 men's ground^ McEniiy and pa\% b,QU,u,ded. by All Nations ; Mint, 13 u'ien'a ground, 0. Smith and party, three miles south of the township ; Duke of Cambridge, 14 men's ground, Denison. and party, bounded south by CWdea Anchor. January 31st t

tl^e first century of our era the Christaan population was 500,000' during 1 the second it was 2,000,0Q(^ increasing by five to twenty niil^o^ each; century, thus rising through the ages xyatil, in. the , QigUteeutSceiijt^ry, it reach^