PROFESSOR BLACK AT TE AROHA.
O.v Sunday, the Mb, thoPiofessnr and .1 number of otheis visited the country in uemity of Tui Cieek, tlic Aioli.i Ti iff station, etc., and K'ft for Thames on Monday morning. The Piofessor state-, that thr« Tin reef contains gold, silver, le.td, copnei, uiciciuy, 7inc, imn, and a good deal of sulphur; th>3 first four inineials being piosent m sufficient quantities to be profitably woikcd. Fioiii what ho saw of the coimtiy in tho vicinity of tho Tin lie thought a grc.vt deal of it as n. ininui.il dwtiiet. Fiom what ho <,»v of tho mmrs at Waioio'igoiuni, ho thought there should be plenty of mineral-., including both R >ld and sihor, present in tho reefs, appaiently in payable quantities. Spiriting ponorally of tho Aroh.i and Ohinemuu distiitti, thoFinfessoriciuiuked " Surely out of the hfteon or sixteen distinct processes known to bmispd for extracting .silver from its orps in Anionca, Au«tialia, and Euiope, there should bo no difficulty in finding one Miit.iblo for piolitably woikmg the sdvei oro, known to exist in such laigo (|iiantities mound us.'' He Hpoko of Futh and Clarkes battery and tiilings null as really a first rato plant of its kind. win)s.t tho iio\y battery kijinyn a>, the Now Dm (or Fetgiison's) ho looked upon as n really splendid ])lant, which should prove a. great acquisition to tho distnct, as it would bo capable of saving the silver in tho ore, a matter of chief moment ; similar battonoH were worked in Ne\udn on stono similar to ours, with great success. Of tlio Thermal Spinigs I)i Black e\piessi>d a very high opinion indeej, and thought with indicious nianagoment and plenty of a()onn)inod^(|<in, Mioy woidd attpaaL a oon stant htioaiu of visitors. Their propel ties, ho ivas c intidont would piove inv.ilu.iblct, for ihouinntism, sciatica, liver complaint, d.Vhpopsu, otc. Ho bthoved W.nhi was all i hot water foi m jtton, the sihei oio having )>een brought up in solution by hot watoi, and precipitated as a sulphide by milphurrcttrd hydrogen, mich as now escapes at Aroha m connection with the baths, and ho considered even now silver was boing formed in connoction with tho Vroha spiings ,it a lowei depth. Tho Profensor expressed lim intention of spending his first holiday at T-e Aroha.— rfe\vs.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2097, 15 December 1885, Page 2
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463PROFESSOR BLACK AT TE AROHA. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2097, 15 December 1885, Page 2
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