BENDIGO GULLY.

Dunstan Times, Issue 410, 25 February 1870, Page 2

BENDIGO GULLY.

(riiOM OUK OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Fob. 20. A few smart showers fe I this morning, ' The change was most weicoiue, as the . weather during the week has been oppres- | sively close and sultry, and most of the water-races were Loginning to show signs 1 of exhaustion. j Mining matters bore are progressing slowly and steadily, but I believe quart* reeling (unlike alluvial mining) takes long tr clcvth.y pKaorlj, wa-mtft Dot. iiii^Lo-

• that themilleniu'n.lias arrival hIOVMS a few goo! crushing*} from this or that reof take pla ce « and rasll 'into wil sp" 0 " 1 ation in the hopes of making speedy " piles '', ami perhaps overilo the thing anil ruin what will otherwise be with patwuqe, perseverance, some capital, ami a little fostering care on the part of the Government a lasting ami remunerative Held ; surely the past history of quartz reefing in Otago ought to throw light cnmdi on the matter and enable us to avoid the rook upon whwh other districts e a ually as promising as this one have been wreckc', which rock may be summed up shortly as reckless speculation anl mismanagement, the partially developed resources of this place rive promise of future greatness and prosperry, but it wiH he only by ireful manipulation this desired consumation can by reached. JffJfeCrnmwoll Company washed up last fc'.'iiphjeliev* the re-mlts are entirely s.i+isfr,ctiry T h"v will wasn-W anin in a few days to clean +h» battery for+hc trial atone from' the Ca-rick Ranees, which is at the Will, and micht, from appearances, to turn out well. The Aurora Company washed-up a week's crushing during the temporary stoppaeeof themM for repairs, and gave a return of ahout three ounces per toil. This, I think, may be taken as a fair criterion of the future yieU from this reef, as the stone was an average sample. The mill started again on Thursday last, and continues crushing steadily, the tables «lookin<* (if anything better than b.fora \'The additional battery of five stamps will ' V erect-1 in the course of a fortnight, which will give some of the outsider,a chance of testin, the relative value of their . BpecnlationH. Two new claims have Ven marked off on what is supposed to he tne Aurora line, far up the range.The rcf has been struck in both and gold.a Plainly viaibleinthe stone obtained I believe a prospecting claim has been applied for 1 U to he hoped these discoveries will lead to further researches. All other parties Who are on quartz -busily engaged in j, 9 tting stone to grass, and, generally, with saivivno expectations as to future results. ' The postal arrangements here appear to h j, very sadly ''efieient for our requirements in fact, an universal ';ignorana prev,;,, a3 to how the business of transmission of our thoughts is conducted. A reform is Wlv wanted, an 1 with that view I intend ruakin, inquiries to see if anything can be .lone to remo v the evil from winch we ~. r , ~ i-,-,».f tlrit as usual, the suffer, I have no rlou >ttna., a .' Government will he found wanting in this matter. | It is stated here 'hat no acknowledgement I of a sum collec'cd last Christmas was made I in the 1 >cal jonmal. Would you please to take Hw trouble to make inquiries about | the matter, and answer in your local 1 Vhen. arc we to have a gtr-rdnn of the -r-,,<yv-e' * scene occurrei lest, night at I' 'vh'ch' one would have bee, a useful adjunct. A rowdy blackguard took charge of a pni.Ua room, an ended by distigurmg the frontispiece of an unfortunate who objected to his behaviour. It is high time such courses were put a stop to. Public morality and ■ eeency require the assistance of the law, so let the authorities look to it.