MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Charleston Argus, Volume 1, Issue 13, 27 April 1867, Page 2

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

I The Butler rush and the Easter holidays ■ have interfered considerably with mining ' operations, a large number having turned i their steps northward when the first news .arrived, and from the nature of the ground, ; the sinking, excepting for the prospectors and some few others near them, having turned out deeper than expected; anyhow those higher up the hill will have to go down at least 10) feet, so that no definite | or reliable information may be expected from that quarter for probably another fortnight or three weeks, in any case the Buller will only offer a field for men well supplied with funds. Waites's Pakihi is progressing steadily, offering a fair livelihood to the few who have set in to work J there in preference to the new ground. | The generality of the miners, however, exi press themselves dissatisfied with the pros- ' pects, and the ground is found to be exceedingly patchy. The goldfields in our I own immediate district, although for a | time obscured by the brilliant prospects which the Bailer appeared to offer, are again receiving the attention which they deserve, and during the pnst ten days some hundreds of arivV-, from the North have set in to worL F:om the now lead a,. LiU re.r of the Djrkie's Terraca the reports are generally favorable, and there is ev-rv certainty of its turning out exceedingly well. A little to the south of

the Darkie's Terrace a good number an working the cement, at a depth of abou two feet, and knocking out good wages in spite of the serious amount of labor em ployed in crushing the wash. For an] enterprising person, a first-class openini offers to bring an engine, and crush tin cement for the miners, who would gladh avail themselves of the convenience, ant who could afford, doubtless, to pay a goot price per load. There are countless ton: of this indurated sand that would thus b< made to pay very handsomely, and wt trust very shortly to see this scheme foi profitably working a wide area of eountn carried out. As we reported in a previou: issue, strong hopes are still entertainec that a lead—the continuation of Fox's—will be traced into the back terraces; al this must, however, be a work of time. I 1 cannot be expected but that a smal minority of miners are willing to enter upor deep sinking, including all the outlay foi material, loss of time, and risk of failure when good wages-ground may be so readily found, although the prizes, should such « lead as Fox's be struck*, are certainty worth both trouble and outlay to secure them. The shallow workings, comprising a wide extent of country in the vicinity of the township, and a number of leads and workings, all appear- to be resulting satisfactorily, the late rains having supplied the miners with water, the want of which had so long previously been a ground for discontent.