BLACK’S.

Dunstan Times, Issue 523, 26 April 1872, Page 2

BLACK’S.

\ —o—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) This communication will deal principally with the affairs of proper, consequently a large amount of your space will not be occupied, but the quality in a degree make up for the deficiency in quantity. With.this preface, 1 will to the point at issue. ' L.|. 5 J

The long drouth that has so retarded mining operations in nearly every locality, has with us been a blessing rather than otherwise, as it has enabled the deep ground in the flat in the neighborhood of the township to be thoroughly prospected and with results, the most sanguine of us never anticipated. Graham and party having sunk a shaft adjacent to the Bank New South Wales, and discovered payable gold, with the view of draining off the bottom water, have, after many mishaps, constructed a tail race several hundred feet in length, and are now in full swing reaping the fruits of their perseverance and labor, the exact amount of gold obtained lam not informed of, but I may, without fear of being accused of throwing the hatchet, say the ground is payable in the highest degree. The much abused drainage channel will at length become of service ; by its means the ground above referred to, is enabled to be drained, so the promoters of this work may lay the unction to their soul, that it will prove to be what they ever said of it, an useful piece of work.

Towards theupperendofthechannel,Checscman and party have been working for gome time past, and netting trea oon results—sixteen to twenty ounces to the paddock being the yield. This is good, and, as there is plenty of ground as likely for gold as that in occupation, a large population is expected shortly to be engaged on it. To present appearances, the gold is confined to a run, which trends in the direction of Messrs. Campbell and Low's pre-emptive right ; hut, as this assumption cannot be proved without the sanction of those gentlemen to enter on the ground, it is to be hoped they will offer no objection to its being tried. lam neither diggocrat nor squattocrat, holding extreme views. My idea is—to advance the general prosperity, either should give where they find their' presence is injurious to the public weal, and in this instance I hope that mutton and beef will give way to the allengrossing matter —gold. The fia f is struck, and the waters of the Suspension Waterrace is no more to bo a source of revenue to us. In which direction it* will eventually take there is at the present time a question. The owners apply to divert it to the terraces at the rear of your city. Objections have been made to this; but, knowing nothing of the grounds of objection, I cannot venture an opinion. At the Antipodes the law of every man being allowed to do as he likes with his own may, perhaps, be obsolete. Black’s No. 3, I am sorry to say, has, with the demise of the two deep-lead coin- ; panics, drifted back into its quiescent state. : 1 think it will take more than j mere talk to introduce any more capital—local or foreign—to develop its resources. With all deference to to the united wisdom of directors and managers, the verdict must be “ Want of skill, backed by extravagance.”