THE BENDIGO REEFS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 25, 4 May 1870, Page 5

THE BENDIGO REEFS.

uiinuiuu ijiruii. * fhe Cromwell Company washed up last t ek, and obtained the handsome return - ,t? 2b\) ounces—the result of nine days’ j ishing. The quantity of stone passed ’ ough the battery during that time was Hit eighty tons. This company have a -v ‘ [find a night shift regularly at work. ' »Tj crushing was taken from a lower ' 8 I elg-nan any of the stone previously put 10 rough the mill, and the reef improves as IS descend. :a The Golden Link will shortly furnish a litorial for another crushing, about thirty * 133 being already brought to the surface. , iThe Golden Crown Company has a large ' 2 lantity of quartz awaiting a trial crush9‘. Jj. which is likely to take place soon at |e Aurora battery. s Jin No. 1 west on the Bendigo line, the ; ° Intractors are down about ninety feet, ** Id are working vigorously to get the n Imaining ten feet of their sinking contact completed. The main body of the i* lef has not yet been reached, but they s- fcpect to meet with it before the contract ir j finished. [y I The two prospecting shareholders in No. in | west—Messrs John Wilson and Hugh m lonry —deserve credit for theii pluck and a. lerseverance. This was one of the first r . laims occupied at the commencement of le rush to Bendigo. They have now io Inched a depth of about 100 feet in their aa Icond shaft, and are perfectly satisiied iith their prospects. Ot I AURORA LINE, dl I The Aurora Company started the second littery of five stamp-heads in the early e " lart of last week. Both batteries are now I full operation, and crushing from twentyer Ive to thirty tons in the twenty-four hours, go this is now the largest battery in the Ben- — ligo district. The erection of the machiat pry was first put into the hands of a party , er those skill was found wanting when it ce las rather late. The company were utterly lards fortunate enough to secure the services of Mr Robert Reed, the engineer who , ieconstnicted and set in motion the first luartz-crushing machinery on the Bendigo n ‘ ,I'old field. Mr Reed had some trouble in ' Imdoing what had been done towards put- “* ling up the machinery before he undertook Ihe work ; but by his skill and indefatigable exertion, the task has been completed P' to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. to jriie ten stamp-heads will crush from 150 09 to. TBO tons of stone weekly. Mr Reed is no jihout to rejoin his family in Victoria, and e< * Jtlie shareholders and residents at the Reefs ue Jparpose presenting him, before his departs i'tre, with some substantial token of their re lestcem. as I No. 4 west.—The two working sharers ilnpders— Messrs Dais and Findeson—have lompieted their dray-road, and will have u- Jth-iir quartz carted for crushing this week n . iat the Aurora battery. ar I colclough’s line. I Prospectors’ Claim.—Mr Colclough has ie- Jhpon for some days in Dunedin, and we »Jimdsrstand that he has purchased the rey, Iquisite ciushing machinery, with a battery ri-jof nine head of stampers, which will be te lerected with as little delay as possible. !ir J BROADFOOT AND KELLY’S LINE. I Prospecting Claim.—The company are sy I busily engaged raising stone and opening u-Jup the reef. They have already sent a I’ll large quantity to the mill, in readiness for I crashing after the next washing-up of the atjAurora Company. M I Richmond’s line. Qg | The prospectors’ claim is in full work, “land every exertion is being made to secure “’la trial crushing before the winter frost "Icurtails the supply of water. The reef j shows gold from the surface, and the share-B-J holders confidently anticipate a favourable tSlfresult. sol fjj SLUICING CLAIMS, Ml The sluicing claims lately taken up in I Bendigo Gully are being worked with t e J ei iergy, and each party visited by our iß | reporter last week appeared quite satisfied I with their prospects for the winter. The whole bed of the creek as far up as the a ‘ Rise and Shine Company’s claim is now m occupied by sluicing parties. at The late rain has afforded an abundant a! supply of water—indeed, in some instances, rather too much, and a few of the dams have been slightly injured. id -

NEW SCALE OP POSTAL RATES. .. __ ' NOT EXCEEDING LETTERS oz. oz. oz. oz. oz. oz. oz. •s. d. s. d. «. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. To England 0 6 1 0 1 6 201 2 6 3 0 3 6 N. S. Wales 03 06 09 I 0 | 1 3 16 19 Victoria 0 3 06 09 10 1 3 16 19 South Australia.. 0 3 06 09 10 13 16 19 Queensland 03 0 6 0 9 10 13 16 19 Tasmania 0 3 06 09 10 1 3 16 19 Through N. Z.... 03' 0 6 0 9 1 0 1 3 1 6 1 9 Through Otago ..02 04 06 08 10 10 12 Finney and party’s gold for the Lake Ibyort arrived too late. We hear the amount Was over 600ozs. We understand that favorable news from ! -Martin’) Bay was received in Queenstown late on Monday night. A miner who has lately returned to Queenstown from Martin’s Bay reports the disttnrery of a quart reef, containing payable gedd.