MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 808, 7 December 1865, Page 2

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

We take the following from the Waikouaiti Herald , and Hawksbury, Palmerston , Hampden, and Shag Valley Advertiser : —“ Two enterprises of great importance are in progress for supplying the diggings with the sluicing element. The The first is the Shag River Race Company, who have in their hands the greatest undertaking of the kind in the Colony, in bringing the water of the Shag Valley to Fullarton’s. The total length of the race will be sixty-five miles ; of this one-half is completed, including twelvehundred feet of fluming over the Pigroot, which has lately been braced and strengthened in a thoroughly workmanlike manner, and is capable of carrying twelve heads of water, with a possibility of being increased at a moderate cost to a far greater capacity. The original estimate of length and cost has proved to be far understated, and it is probable that a considerable increase to the capital of the company, namely £6200, will be requisite to take the water to the intended destination. This race will command ground in almost any part of the goldfields,— the supply of water will be ample and permanent, and claims of several acres in extent, held by the company, under the Leasing Regulations, are reputed to be highly auriferous. The Highlay Company of ten shareholders have the right of water from the Highlay Creek and Marebum. Their race will bring in about six heads of water, but to a lower level than the Shag River Company. The shareholders have availed themselves of good ground to the full extent allowed by the liberal mining Regulations, and anticipate being in a position to commence washing in January next. I am informed that the total cost will be less than one-third of the Shag River,' but it will not bear comparison with that company as regards quantity and permanence of supply. As soon as these two races are completed, Eullarton’s must become a busy and prosperous gold-field, for although but little prospecting has been done, a considerable quantity of rich ground is known to exist, the one thing needful-—water—being alone required by the bone and sinew to cause it to deliver up its treasure. -The lay of the country is also most favorable for sluicing operations, the workings being principally on hills and spurs, and the gullies at the base will allow of plenty of fall for tailings. At the Marebum and Wheelbarrow gully, extended claims have been a long time in work with satisfactory results.”