THE BENDIGO REEFS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 21, 6 April 1870, Page 4

THE BENDIGO REEFS.

Mr Logan, manager of the Cromwell Company, has had a clay and night shift at work for some time, anil it is expected that both will be continued as long as the winter frosts will permit. Now that there is plenty of water in Bendigo Gully, and the law-suit is decided, no more interruption is likely to occur at the battery. The tail-water of the Rise and Shine Company, heretofore diverted into the flat, is now to flow down ,the bed of the creek.

In claims Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 east on this line, •work lias been suspended for some time. No. 3, the Golden Crown, is still going ahead as usual; the workmen are lifting some splendid atone, and the shareholders expect soon to have a crushing. The holders of No. ( J have again set in to work sinking their shaft, which is now about fifty feet down. Messrs Heed and Loughnan (No. 10 east) have constructed a dray road to the Aurora battery, and about fifty tons of excellent stone is being carted thither for a trial crushing. This will give a fair idea of the value of the stone in adjacent claims' on the same line of reef. Work has been stopped at No. 11 (Elliott and Co.’s), for some time. This claim is the most easterly on Logan’s line (Bendigo Reef). Sinking progresses vigorously in Nos. 1 and 2 west. The Aurora Company have washed up, and with very satisfactory results, considering the interruption caused by the leakage of the water-race. The company are to give a trial crushing to Messrs Heed and Loughnan very shortly, and it is to be hoped they will be able to aid the other claims likewise before the frost sets in. With the exception of No. 1 east (Messrs 1). M'Loughlan and Co.), operations have ceased in all easterly claims On this line, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 west—Prospecting continued with energy. No. 4 west.—The prospectors of this claim (L. Lewis and Gooige Linde.son) have been engaged for months past collecting some first-rate stone on the surface of their claim, supposed to have broken away from a very rich part of the Bendigo Beef. They have now stored up about fifty tons ready for crushing, and have been offered a high price, but prefer having the stuff crushed, should an opportunity offer, to disposing of it for a lump sum.

Colclough and Company's reef widens as they sink deeper. It is over two feet thick in the new drive recently commenced, about 200 feet down towards the gully. This company has grassed some superior stone during the past fortnight. In 1 and 2 civst operations are energetically continued. All claims oast of No. 2 have been abandoned, the reef not having been struck.