BLUE SPUR MINING NOTES.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 1, 3 November 1869, Page 3

BLUE SPUR MINING NOTES.

[FROM 01/R MlNlN'tt oonarisTONDßs'T. ] Oetubor 28, 1809, ' The weather lias Ixwn very dry lately/ and uulphs wo got rioriie rain soon; water will be very scarce: Our paternal Government can 'gpend any quantity of motley in dredging Duiiodiii Earbqut, embollisliing Dunedin with tii-ib buildings, &o. t djid would construct ti grind network df railways if they could got Bonic oiio to lend them the money; but as for carrying out any reproductive works oil tlie goklfiolds; I such as water races or reservoirs; which j wauld rib doubt yield splendid return!.', and Iwriofit Otago to aii incalculable extent, this seems to be bpneatli their notice altogether. If 1000 nielies more water were brought on to the Blue Spur, it would sell readily at xf> per 100 inches, por week. The present price is £ 7. The miners' would use much larger heads of water if they could get the necessary supply, and if large di.ms were made to catch tlie storm water, thero would-be no scarcity. The Waipo'r'i Water Co.'s new dam is nearly completed, and Mr Po'risoriby, wlio attends to the dams, has removed his .residence from the old to the new dam.—Johns arid Co., in order to do away with Wilkie and Oo.'s water race from the, upper portion of their claim, where it fonrierly existed, have constructed a new race, further down the hill, for Wilkie and Co. This will bo a great inconvenience to many person's living on the Spur, vrho used to get nearly all their drinking water during the summer from this race.-—Tucker and Bentley I have washed up in Victoria Gully. Their I claim has not paid them so well as they j expected.—The Gnat Extended Co. had a small blast last week with 6cwt, of powder, and another on Wednesday with 30cwt., which have brought down a good lot of cement.—The Blue Spur Sluicing Co. had a good blast last week with 22cwt. of powj dor. They have lengthened their tail-race. . 1 It is reported that Mr R. Lancaster has 1 sold his interest in this claim to Mr S. White.—White and Co. arc busy washing cemeut, and have lengthened their tail-race. --The Perseverance Co. are about to erect a high iluming at the head of Gabriels, in order to have a good fall for their tailings. i —The Nelson Co. had a good blast on Wednesday, with 30cwt. of powder, and are washing cement.— All the other claims are in full work.