KAWARAU GORGE.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 210, 18 November 1873, Page 5

KAWARAU GORGE.

(from our own correspondent.) November 17, 1873! No change hereabouts except in the farmers’ spirits, which the welcome showers of Friday and Saturday have raised manv points above the usual level at this time of year, -when they generally vibrate most unpleasantly between doubt and despair. The past seasonable downfall was heartily welcomed by all, even in cases where it conferred no direct benefit. There has been only one wash-up of a few weeks’ running, which I believe was payable. Most of the claims will not clean up before Christmas. Redhead and party are getting well ahead with the diversion of road, which will be completed in about a fortnight. This will be an excellent piece of work, as the roadway is thirty feet wide, and the pitching and gravelling (18 feet wide) is performed in a most conscientious manner. On Brown’s Flat, or rather above it, everything, looks prosperous. Kennedy and Batter have finished surveying the race from Greenland Creek, and are satisfied they will be able to bring a fair stream-on the ground. They are able to bring it at a much higher altitude without loss of water than was expected. This will save cutting, as the gullies will be less precipitous near the crown of the range ; and it will also give much more solid ground, the lower part of the range being only a series of slips. The fluming of a part of the Kirtleburn water across the Kawaran River is about completed, and appears a most substantial piece of work. The pipes, 7 k inches in diameter, are laid on timber, suspended by iron rods from two supporting wire ropes, which are securely fastened in solid rock and tightened bv means of screws. The middle part of the Hume is on a level with the wires, the length of the supporting rods increasing towards each end, so as almost to bring the pipes to a level and counteract the natural sag of the wires. The present deflection is not more than ten feet at the centre, and this will be reduced very much when the wires are properly screwed up to the permanent level. The flume is calculated to deliver two heads of water, and as the pipes are at present stronger than is required, the quantity could be greatly increased by means of a pressure-box. The whole is finished in a neat and workmanlike manner, and reflects great credit upon Messrs Landberg and M'Nulty. There is little doubt of this being a paying speculation, and its success will no doubt lead to the development of other feasible projects of the same nature, many of which are inviting the attention of the miner and the capitalist.