The Dunstan Times FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1873.

Dunstan Times, Issue 559, 3 January 1873, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1873.

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fnn New V ear dawns upon us with many promises for the future, and we in congratulate our readers upon the decided improvement that exists in the prospects of the Disliict. Notwithstanding tin' croakers which are common to most communities, and hj hoappear to springup likemushrooms the moment things look a little dull. We have always had faith in Cycle, and it is exceedingly qgratyfying to find that our confidence has not been misplaced. Wo have many times met the arguments of our detractors ■that because verHitllo gold was being ■obtained in the immediate neighbor■hood of the town it did not make the gold contained In the’groundpin v the less ; that such mdlyjcxistcd and in payable quantities we _were certain, and it was only a question cf time for its removal. The means of doing so were not at hand. Water, that indispensable agent in the extraction ol gold, had.been diverted elsewhere, and no u ’ that the streams which might have been or. our terraces years ago, arOjbeing returned in this direction almost ahicwjgokllield will bo opened at our doors. If ofher districts have oaten their cake it is no fault of ours that we secured to ourselves a slice, it is ridienbun to suppose that because mi is war. not approachable that wo should go hungry while others enjoyed themselves. The trade of the district was open to us, and by a little extra push and exertion wc did our share. As a consequence, incidental to small communities, trade rivalries begot local jealousies, and a great deal of bitter feeling has re stilted, this we 'c in only-regret as proving mutually disadvantageous, still we can afford to laugh at the folly of our friends who seem entirely to ignore the fact that in the end the bust man invariably wins. This has proved a truism in our case, and now that wc possess the advantages of a gold field at home, the absence of which gave so much concern to our neighbors, we can only say that wo have deserted it and shall do our best to make the most ot the opportunity. Besides the auriferous terraces of the Wai Keri Keri Valley there remains untold wealth in the Mo’yncux, and ilm scientific means at the present moment lining resorted to ■for its extraction will, in all probability, bring up from the depths of ■this-mighty river treasures exceeding oAjValue what w-e read about in the fib’ed legends of antiquity’. Mr. M'Leuuau’s Pneumatic process which, is to reach the buDom of the river by a series of iron tubes filled with corn-

pressed air so that the water cannot ■cuter at the same time, permitting the workman to mine on the bed rock with ns much eise .and safety as were they'employed oa Hu river beaches

ptviaimw i.» prove a decided success, aii.l nil Midi ns have: soon tint rtpi>:iia Lurf mid machinery, hold no two c pinions on this head. Assurance" is also low My stcufed hy the fact that the sum: means wire successfully cm ployed in sinking for the piles which support the piers of the Baugitala Midge, a woik v Lidi, even qualified men ventured to assert could not le accomplished. The trial in this case was more severe than any which the apparatus will have tojunlergo in the .Molyneux The depth to reach will not Leso-great, while In most instances i lie force of the current to contend against will he considerably less Ntx t. we have Air, Vi Maine’s process by Sub marine boat, which will descend wholly to the bottom of the river and there remain, being made to readily ascend or descend from the surface ns the operations of the party working inside may desire. This system promises equally; with the Tncnmatic; it was successfully used by the ilus-ian Government in rclUoving'tlio remains of vessels blown up during the siege of Sebastopol, while the French Government also successfully applied it to the work of constructing and repairing docks at Cherhurgand Marseilles. With such evidences before us, who can doubt ‘the possibility-of successfully 'reaching the long hidden .treasures confined in the watery depths of the Molyneux, but acknowledge what we have many times asserted that where gold is, the ingenuity and daring of the miner will reach it. In agriculture this district has made much progress, and had it not been foi a long dry season our farmers would have been able to sunply the wants of the district. But there is luck in stove, dry seasons cannot always be the rule, and with the establishment of a Flour Mill, agriculturists will he enabled to grow wheat, a cereal which experience has proved, is more suited to our soil and climate, as its principal growth will be made during the winter months and early spring, [n local improvements much has been accoui'plished, new buildings and of a better and more substantial order have been erected, nud judging from their style, those who have caused them to bo constructed, like ourselves, have every confidence in the permanency and future prosperity of Clyde. Our social enjoyments and comforts have also

been largely added to, while we possess many conveniences as well ns means of pleasurable excitement, wanting in larger communities than this. And ’after taking everything into consideration, we have good and sufficient.reason to be thankful, and with “patience to work, and patience to wait,” the promised “ good time coming,” will surely overtake us at last.