ALEXANDRA.

Dunstan Times, Issue 550, 1 November 1872, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

o—(from our correspondent. ) Oct. 31. An evident improvement is perceptible throughout the district among all classes. Tho business man is not so dull as of yore, and the miners exhibit a little more elasticity than has marked their movements for some time past. Even the stolid Celestials seem to be possessed of a contented spirit. They walk about with a jaunty air, and grin hideously. I have a'most expected to see them wag their tails, they appear so satisfied—the jolly pups ! It occurs to me, however, that all this contentment—this dawn of prosperity —is to be traced to our worthy brothers of the Moon, who, by all accounts, are gathering together the precious metal in no mean quantities. Large camps nf them ate now scattered around the neighborhood, at the foot of Manorburnis head quarters, where there are, beside the busy digger, the sleek storekeeper and cook shop man, besides a small army of nondescripts who may be of use in the settlement, as the drone is in the hive, but who do not appear to have any regular calling. A great many have lately made their way among the ranges on the West bank of the liver, and are busily exploring the hills and dales from Blackman’s Gully right through to Coal Creek and still further for the matter of that, rs there are few spots but where some one of the nation is not to be found, All appear to be getting gold, and I should not be at all surprised at the next Escort from hero being considerably in excess of previous ones ; their business transactions are mostly with this place. Amongst the European portion of the mining community nothing new has transpired demanding comment ; with no exception, every party has a command of a plentiful supply of water, aud all are making the best use of it. The Gorge Creek Water-race is perceptibly winding Ks way around the points of the spurs aud terraces. However, it is a long way from I fcing completed An amount of acerbitous /celing is already engendered on account Of this race between the miners aud tho agricultural shareholders. The itriiar-<lew, with no little forebodings of danger, the construction of this race, as they sen their days are numbered should their holdings prove auriferous ;|while the miners, to ij^-hausureof not being hereafter impeded i/i their Operations, are strongly objesting to further areas being alienated under the agricultuyal lease system. Each party is smarting under some supposed grievance, and consequently is mistrustful of the other. Time will tell whether there is any cause for this antagonism. For my part, 1 should wish that there be plenty of ground for the miner without trenching on the agriculturist; but, for a certainty, he will have to give way, and seek fresh fields and pastures new, if his present ones contain the desideratum of the miner’s existence.