MINING ITEMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 510, 26 January 1872, Page 2

MINING ITEMS.

—o— Crushing lias Iccnicrrmed at the Con roy’s battery during the pas week. A good deal of stone is at grass, and. to all appearance, is of first-cla s quality. T. e mine is now in full work, about a dozen bauds in all being engaged. At Butchers lloef, the lode from the lower shaft lias been.struck. At pres.nt it is thin ; but the gold is plainly perceptible through the stone, and excellent prospects ore obtiiine from the casing. The alluvial workings at Conroy’s and Butchei;’s Gullits aie at a stand-still for the want of water, there scarcely beinc i nough or cradling purposes. -The Oldest Inhabitant asserts (bat (he water has never been so scarce as at the pnsent time. On the West Bank of (he Molyneux the slnicers are suffering from the scarcity of water, there only being a party here and ■here at work. On the east bank, things ire nearly as bad ; but tiie means of storing water being greater, the inconvenience is not so great. Fell and party, of the Manuherikia Pace, •re constructing a new conduit to Sandy look, where they have discovered seme very good ground. This party have been gbting an up-hill game for a veiy long time, andit is to be hoped their promising prospects will hoi ont Up the Manorial n, and on tire fla , at its coniluei.ee with the Manulurikia, s.me few Europea s and a i umber of “Hiatben Chir.ee” have lattiy set to work ; ami, from the steadiness of their opera ions, it is ass med they are all being remunerated for their labor.

Brown and party continue sluicing away o i the terrace between the Domain road nd the Manuherikia Eiver. They report the ground as very poor ; hut. having command of a good supply of water, and working on tire most approved and economical principles, they are able to make very fair wa.es

The Ovens Company’s paddock, at Butler’s Point, is still llooiied out, and, to al. appearance, will be so for some weeks yet. The terraces under the Dimstan Range, at the tear of Clyde, areattrac.inga certain amount of attention. Anderson and paity have just finished their head race from tl e Sonora Gully, and will commei’ce sluicing operations very shortly A few pa-lies hvo lately set in paddocking, and are making wages. There 1 ave been seme rich patches discovered in the neighborhood, as much "a* 201. per week per man be inn no uncommon occurrence. This news having oozed ont, led to the present little exci cment. The ground is unlimited, but the principal drawback is the want of wa’er, without wh ch no amount of people can fin,! employment.