THE GOLDFIELDS.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1905, 14 June 1869, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS.

{Fi om the Mount Ida Chronicle.) MOUXT IDA DISTRICT. Previous to tlie rain of the 23ni nit. tiiree of the largest sluicing comp inios at Hamiltons had little or no valet' fori a period of fair months, conscou.milyj things were very dull, and rain looked for. The weather, wliicTprS viously to tic above date had been very changeaUe, settled down into a copious fall ol rain and snow, which d’.id the effect of supplying the water- , races, and a; once setting our prei viously perforce inactive miner to work ; n earnest, way they are now vorking would convince anyone that hey mean to make up for lost time, irom the information at my command here is evey prospect of a good eason, vvhich will no doubt be realised, ud fran present appearances Hamilons his not looked more prosperous or the last three years. The PorsceranG Company having a good sum )ly c water, are in full work, anfl lave Iready run off a large hj gound reported to be the (hey ave had for several seasons. J belien they intend running for six mentis before washing up. The Pise find ihine Co. are also running off a • larg. paddock on the hill, near their old workings, with every prospect o£_i succss, The Cornish Company, with thei.characteristic energ} r , have finished thei expensive tail race to their ground at te Siepherd’s Hut, and the ‘supply of -ate’ being sufficient, will, duriim thisieasm thoroughly prove the loc- 1 lifcyand I have no doubt, will etha remmeration which their pemwerpne dserves _ This company hava^M Quiv >,s ° od c aim iu the ‘ <Sec^rl T.e nrties on the Flat below (he > towislip are now very busy running " p gouicl, using the tail water f m, ‘ • pirpisi vhile some are preparin'-' m ■ ijslui before the hard frosts set in. m& to Sowburn, water is plentiful < miners are active -all the conn 1 pppisbang in full work; large return. ' ajdtojiently expected. items of mining nows 4 fesC cone to hand during this wee -■ ’J Clarks, the ivveburn, a fli ; • !%oore immediate vicinity, the accontinue satisfactory. Front 1 i n particular, the accoun favorable, and we do n Ik we shall be mis-stating, or e\ rating, when we mention |‘J o: the claims have yielded, V f Vti ce boxes alone, at the rate (Cpe 1 week per man. W at St. Mil

—""T r ate of LI per head there is at demand, and, fortunately, a a c( * Sti ijnply, which, if doubled, would steady customers, as the me(t Tof payable ground, under the amon - * tem 0 f working, appears u q m ited. The contributions to e t \5 district to the gold escort r °i i "taken as a fair criterion of ifcV. These, compared with the ought to place it on an otin» with the most prosperous Id inthe Province. Take the rrr oturn for instance, over 500 from a total population under This fact will speak for itself.