JUMPING OF CLAIMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1517, 4 March 1885, Page 2

JUMPING OF CLAIMS.

(To THK KIHToK, InVNOAHIV TIMKS.)

Sik. A letter si»iii.\l " More to Follow " ai«|H'Mniiii in tin- Columns nf Satur «liiy'« Hvr.ilil. is worthy of public cpini>.it W lIHII t!).' i;..li lltio.w,,f"|. • \\- 1 ; - *~t i * • l •■">;• ■ r ■>.■'■.'.!.••■.' •.•.uM.ml.v • r v.3 ..•

whole, our wise legislation has provided a remedy in cancellation and forfeiture, ami where it is patent, as in a late application for cancellation, that the jumpers are thoroughly _ disinterested, men, and are only studying the interests of society tfen«rally, then should the people of the Inangahua rise as one man, and assist them in their benefaction. " More to Follow." Yes, Let cancellation and forfeiture be the order of the day— Encourage "Spurts," "produce the gold in the bucket at a profit," " Limit your pretentious an<l obli^at'ons to your capital." It is to be presume I our philanthropic junipers are possessed of unlimited means, and are fullj' prepared to carry out the labotirci.venantiof the Act, without having recourse to the market. The c-«iimr-)v holding a cl»im to the "north of the Welcome " have contributed to the driving of 1300 fuot, and are now within 300 feet of their boundary; they have also paid their share for the erection of a rockborer, which •' More to Follow " designates as a coffee mill, and which, together with the Little Boatman's Low Level Tunnel, ha* cost the contributing companies £6,000. Much of this has come from Dunediu, and other places, but your com.spo?»dentcan have little consideration for outside interests, otherwise he would not take up the cudgels in support of the jumpers. A large amount of money has been expended on the claim to the " north of the Welcome " in proving the surface. 300 feet having been driven, independent of trenching, thus proving that low levels were 1 neceflfc*ry for the v development of the mine. We are also told that "idle claims are the curse of the district," but in my opinion poverty is the great drawback of this district at the present time, especially where the mines are difficult to open up, owing to the depth which must be renetr-ited before the reef is obtained.

'* Jumping with honesty i>f purpose" no person doubts it in tlii* instance. The trio are without doubt respected beiw?factora of society ; good and true citizens ? Stentorian lungs of fellow wtrkiiKMi (they have none, tbey work not) re-echo Amen With due respects to " M,.m to Follow," — agricultural brother. 1 am Ac, OF A HI T.ATiORA.