REPORTED DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT LAKE TE IKA.

Inangahua Times, 4 October 1878, Page 2

REPORTED DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT LAKE TE IKA.

Wo notiood in Saturday's issuo of th« West Coast Times that tlioro had boon aomo tnllc in tlio Tolara district obout n reportod discovory of gold, to tl>o south of lions about twonfy milco, T)io loonl paper, it appears, hnd stntod tl»o circumstances na supplied to it, montoining thnt tho yiold would giro from loss to lj-oz of gold pop man per woolc, All tlio papers which vonohod Holiitika had thnt portion of tho paragraph cut out, though it cvidontly obtainod oiroulntion in tho town of Kosh, as shown by Iho lottor published in Iho Rosa Guardian on Snturdny, written by Mr F. Gough, ono of tho prospectors, As n grout doiil of intercut has boon muuifosted horu and in tlio Houthorn potlion of tho district, us to tho success of tho party, we ro-|)ul)lifh Mr Gough's loiter in full. JfoanyHj— 1 On roadittg this morning's isiuo oi tho i

Uoss Guardian, I obscrvod a local statiui? that payabto gold hud boon found iv tho neighborhood of Mount Uonar, that tho yield would givo from loz to l^oa P er man per wook, and thoro is m!« io bo plenty of ground. Now, sir, so that minors both in and octsido of this district may not bo misinformed. I will givo you a few taota connected with tho disoovo-y. My mato mysolf hnvo been prospeoting in this locality for tho past tbroo months with but httlo prospect*— working up tho bod of a small crook, tho gold being fino and of a dark nature Wo observed on a sort of falso bottom, loading into tho torraco, a littlo gold, difloronfc in quality to that which wo found in tho oreok. Wo followod this into tho terrace, whon wo found it nocossary to go furthor down tho oreck and tako up a tniNrnco so thnt tho ground could bo worked about 8 foot deeper than at present. To coniploto this taiUraco will tako about a week, whon wo will bo ftblo to nny more about tho pnyablouoss or otliorwiso of tho ground. Tho prospects wo have obtained nro from lgr to l^grs to the dish. Tho ground is situatod übout a quarter of a milo northWOflt of Lako To Ikn, ono nnd a-half mijos from tho Bowon and Okarito road, and S3 .mile*: from lloss. I may state that at prosont it would ho utmost usolbss for minor* or others visiting tho ground. | It will tnko raonoy to prospect, as thoro nro no provisions obtainable) ok, tho ground." It will bo soon by tho abovo that vory littlo work hns yot b^an dono, though a littlo gold hai boon got, sufficient, in tho opinion of tho prospectors, to warrant thorn in procooding with thoir labours. At it is an entirely now loonlirv, it is just possible others may bo inducod to sot in, with tho hopo of diaoovuring a rogular load. V7o have roooivod a Icttor from a miner in Rods, who ia encouraged by tho nows to go and havo a look at tho ground, aud his viotva wo hopa to lay befuro onr readers in a fow duys,