FRESH DISCOVERIES OF SILVER ORE.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1500, 23 January 1885, Page 2

FRESH DISCOVERIES OF SILVER ORE.

♦ The Western Crazier of Satnrday reports the discovery of argentiferous galena 35 niilns from Wileannia, and states : '• Jiidjjing from iiidic;itif)tis, there would s«>em to be evrry likliliooH of payable silver lieimj traced from tlit* Barrier right through to tin 1 Darling. Several reports have reached ns re cently, more or less authentic, of finds J that have l»een made l>etwee»i here >md Silverton, but we preferred to defer the pnt>liciitioi) of them until thefrvalue onuhl bo placed l»eyond the possiliility of doubt. We are now, however, in !>oss»-ssion of an assay certificate from Messrs. Ground, Gliddon and Co., of Silverton, conceiniiiLj a sample of ore obtained only thirty five miles from Wilcnnnia, and forwarded to them for examitmtiott, so thst thrre is no necesitv f«.r farther retirence on the matter. Tim ore contains 59 p«r cent, of leid and at the rate of 390z 4dwt of silver per ton. A higher return, it may Im> meatioued, waa expected, jnd^in^ from

the appearance of the simple, bat it s^ems tlmt it cortuined a large percentage of arsenic, which made it look like high-class steel-^rained ore. Though the discovery ciunot t>e compared with some of the sensatioi al'y rich oresnearei Silv rton, winch have exn^J tiie a imitation of the whole o ony, the return is still large enough to en con -a^e the owner of the mine, Mr Joun Paarose, to prospect his property further, with a view to its full development We have hoard of another find still nearer Wilcanuia during the last day or tw >, in connection with the name of a well known resilient ; but as nothing positive can Iw stated :is to the value of the prospect obtained or fit* p^sitioi of the mine, pending the completion of arrangements now in process, we shrill do'no more than merely mention the circutrutauce.'* [U is the opinion of the Silver Age tliat the hills to the north of the Wi I ••an nia road, from Burke* Cave to C .wke 's Well, are well worth prospecting f ( ,r siNer and other mm emls, and tlie present affo.ds a favorable opportunity for the work, water heing plentiful.] Silver is also reported to <«ev«-4Men ~ found at Arkabi, in ,*.ntb Australia, near what is k >ow-i as the Noith-E ist acL-omm )il.itii>n H -w^. \t is «in,| r ; : »t a amount of excitetnsnt isl^ing caused by the discnvi-ry, an.i a ! t»sh is tiki s place. j, c 'fa m hi -ids at A kibi am throwing up tie r sitnati ins, rtn I there are a I read j a number <>f i>r.)Mie.-to » HbjMt Wiipena. At the L.vu\ Ofi c o i Tiiiira.lay week no fewer iiia i thirty five applic»-.ions for minenil leas.^9 >vere recjiv.d. These. repies.-nt eighty a.yes ci. h, a;e tenable f>r .Tie yen-, an » 1 1 > ho! Lvpj* ar tJ soarch ft>i- mi'ier.ilso i his section.