THE SILVER MINES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1783, 7 March 1888, Page 3

THE SILVER MINES.

[BY JHECTBIO TBMSORAPH— COPYRIGHT J [?BR PRESS ASSOCIATION] (Reetved March 7, 12.35 p.m.) Sydney, March 7. Reiterated complaints come from Broken Hill township, where there are Dow nearly 10,000 people, of neglect on the part of the Government, who are accused of throwing all the trade into the Victorian and South Australian '• banks. The telegraphic arrangements are specially feeble, there not being iv ires enough to clear off the work and operators have to be kept at work night and day m the endeavor to keep abreast of the work. All the public offices are of the most miserable description and not a single Sydney bank is represented on the field. The streets of the town ship are constantly thronged with people and vast suras of money change hands daily. The Stock Exchanges are conducted m the open air at street corners. It is expected that by the end of the year the population will have increased to 20,000, and so good are the prospects of the principal mines that it is asserted that 50 years work is m sight. Three daily papers are published. A water supply scheme is contemplated to bring water to the town from the Darling river, 60 miles away. Several mines, besides the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's are now getting first-rate ore. The mineral lode has been proved to exist a distance of ten miles but the full extent of the lode Is now known o run a distance of 30 miles. Large numbers of fresh companies are to be organised to take up leases m the neighborhood, several rich deposits having been discovered m other directions. The tin mines continue to attract attention, considerable capital being invested.