Governor and Lady Bowen's Visit to the "Long Drive,"

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 13, 9 February 1870, Page 3

Governor and Lady Bowen's Visit to the "Long Drive,"

[From the }?e 10 Zealand Herald,]

About half-past four o'clock, his Excellency, with Lady Bowen and their'children, arrived at tho entrance to the lower-level of the Long Drive, His Excellency was nccoHipiinipjl by T. B, Gillies, Esq,, tho Superintendent ; dipt, Pitt, A.D.C., and Gipt. Young, A,I),C, Mr Ohas, O'Neill, Engineer-iu-chief, was i presort t, fcogothor with several of the loading public men. About .sixty of tho Long Drive workmen wore mustered, and tliey formed in two lines, flanking the shor. tramway from tho mouth of tho level tn the beach, each man with his pick shouldered. As the viceregal'party'passed between the two lines of stout and hearty miners, there were cheers which, as a matter of fact, could scarcely be exceeded, for their volume of sound, if given by an equal number of men picked from any class, anywhere in tho British Empire

Mr IT. Muhy-the mining manager of the Long Drive, standing close to the entrance of the level, read a brief address, to which his Excellency replied. The truck or car which had been prepared for conveying the party into the level, was made after the sleigh niod'-l. His Excellency took his place at the inner end, with Lady Bowen- at the opposite end, their two children being accommodated on a central bench- The seats were comfortably cushioned, and the car was altogether tastefully decorated. Mr Muir and one of tho foremen "clapped, on" to ropes in front, two foremen became propellers from behind, and so Sir George Bowen and his family entered the celebrated Long Drive. When a point about 370 feet from the mouth had been reached, the party stepped from the car. There was decent-standing-room at the point. Mr Muir s led the way along a cross-level, where men were at work, and a gold-bearing vein, six or seven inches thick, and of what is legardod as average thickness, according to the high standard of the Long Drive, was being worked at,

a largo quantity of other stone being necessarily got out at the same time. The vein was examined, and then Mr Alloin, J.T., said Mr Muir wished that, as Lady Bowen was a shareholder, she should also, for a moment, become a miner in the Long Drive. Her. ladyship consented, and the party went into another cross-level. A light pick was handed to her ladyship, and—■ perhaps it was not by accident Mr Muir had selected the spot—Lady Bowen soon picked out a very nice \' specimen," which Mr Muir presented..to her. That "specimen" will doubtless be specially prized. Vory few ladies can boast that, at the sealevel of a large hill, iind nearly 400 feet from the entrance of such a " drive," they have, with their own hands, " got" a rich sample of gold-bearing quartz. The return to daylight was speedily effected, quite twenty-five minutes having been spent in the level. Lady Bowen looked delighted with her excursion, which she commenced with the well-grounded assertion, "I am not in the least alarmed ; I know you will take care of me." As her ladyship roso from her seat in the car, there were given by the miners, with unmistakeable enthusiasm, "Three cheers for Lady Bowen." They were followed by " Throe cheers for the Governor," and " Three for the Superintendent." His Excellency repeated his thanks, and said that he was delighted to have seen the mine.

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