MINING NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1176, 12 September 1884, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

(Communicated); The weather still continues ton un<oHled for anything much to be done at the Old Man He. fs,' but shareholders in most of the claims a>e in na iness tn make’a stmt when the fine went her sets in. By W hite’a Company driving is stilt ho ng prosecute 1 in the main tunnel, and past week’s prospec's are still maintained, and lead to the uun.iitakeable conclusion that the comoany have a good thing. Besides the ISin. vein of -tone refe red last week, another vein about 6 inches has been struck, running parellel and about two feet from it, the dividiug band being soft blue slate and clay, hut not carrying any gold. By the lay of the two v-ins there is no doubt but tiny will junction a short distance ahead, should tnvy do so and cany , qually go id gol i as they now do, shares may he expected to command tip tnp_p>ices. Mr Wo ,key, who disposed of his interest with Mr Gavan in the first claim hfelrl by that party to M r Mervyn for LSOO, has marked out another lease adjoining White’s Company to the south west, thus showing that he has faith.

.Tbe river has risen considerably during the past week, but beyond disturbing the Chinese on the beaches, and giving the dredges s me more tailings to lift, I Jo hot hear of any me mveuiei.c-s having occurred. 1 hear of several parties who have started prospecting on the slope of the Old Man Range, I shall endeavour to watch their movements and from time 'to.tune let yon know the results. Right from Blackman’s, indeed from ihe gorge of the Fraser, to Chamoonj Creek, there is plenty of untried ground ; and it will surprise me if some of the mauy do not strike something payable