CARDRONA.
(By our Own Oorrtspondent.) February 13, 1870. Mining matters are at present looking very healthy at the head of the Cardrona Creek. Six parties of European miners are netting £lO per man per week. Their workings are principally paddocking, from sft. to 20ft. in depth, and the gold is very coarse. Some magnificent quartz specimens have also been found by one of the parties during the month in the bed of the creek. The Chinese have got their New Year’s festival over, and have resumed work with their accustomed vigour. Sheep-shearing is in full swing hero at present. Tuahy and Keim have finished, and I believe their clip is good. Cotter Bros, have commenced, and Gibson and Colclough purpose commencing next week. Mr Pope, our new teacher, is about to start a night school, and has already got the promise of ten scholars—four European miners and six Chinamen, two of the latter being storekeepers, and the other four miners. The teacher is a favourite here already, and as such has been liberally dealt with. His salary is £l3O per annum, and besides this, he has the fees from the night school, as well as first-class quarters, and a good garden, containing a plentiful supply of vegetables.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 14, 16 February 1870, Page 5
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