CARDRONA MINING NEWS.
(From a Correspondent.)
The Deep Lead on tbe terrace, opposite the township, is very energetically worked l>y lion.l, Walsh, and party, and they arc said to "lie getting excellent returns. The sinking is about DO feet; wash from one to five feet ; lead about -ill feet wide, and has an indefinite extent.
Mr Bond, to whose exertions the opening-up of this rich Lead is mainly due, deserves the best wishes of the district. Ho has formed a second company, who occupy an extended claim, and are driving two tunnels below the Enterprise. We hope they will bo rewaided, and recoup all their losses.
I'\>x and party, and M 'Grata and parly, are making good wages. The majority of the miners appear to be doing well. Allen and party have complete! their waterracn to Branch Creek and intend in mmmcneu sluicing shortly. They appear to have good prospects. The Chine--?!) here—as on almost every alluvial dig .dugs—follow in the wika of th». R'inpoana, an.l the Celestials grow rich upon groun 1 which Kuropeans had abandoned. Prospecting in the ranges U il.ill prwuculod with mr.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 79, 16 May 1871, Page 5
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186CARDRONA MINING NEWS. Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 79, 16 May 1871, Page 5
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