WARDEN’S REPORT.

Evening Star, Issue 2956, 9 August 1872, Page 4

WARDEN’S REPORT.

Mr Warden Carew, writing from Clyde, reports as follows for the quarter ending July 31st:—

Nothing of unusual importance has occurred during the quarter. The weather for the first two months was favorable, and the water-races and dams were kept well supplied with water ; but during the greater part of June frost of most unusual severity existed, and suspended mining operations of almost every description. River dredging was the principal exception, and the rivers being low from the in ease cold of the mountains, this class of mining was favorably all'ectcJ. Gold has again been 'struck in the deep sinkings of Riacks No. 3, and within the same claim for which the Try Again Company was promoted to work. The company failed to bottom the ground ; owing to the diliicult nature of the wet drift it was iu vain attempted to sink through. Ultimately the claim passed to other hands, and with a few weeks’ labor a shaft wss put down in shallow ground outside the course of the drift, and passed through tile reef to a depth of 140 feet. A tuimei was then putin from that level iu the direction of the deep ground, on reaching which cxceiiexit prospects of coarse gold were obtained. Judging from the discoveries made from time to time in this deep ground, there seems to be ample reason to believe that rich deposits of gold exist in the Ida V alley. Within a few months a considerable quantity of water will be diverted to command ground in the slopes and gullies iu the Wai-ken-kcri Valley, and make employment for a considerable increase to the number of miners iu the neighborhood of Clyde. The quantity of gold forwarded by escort from this district during the quarter is 10,309 ounces ; of this 2091 ounces was the produce of quartz working in the Cromwell division. From the statistical tables appended to the report we glean the following information. There are 100 European and 590 Chinese alluvial miners, and 252 European quartz miners. Alluvial mining gives employment to G water-wheels. 49 hydraulic hoses, 10 pumps, 2Sssluice boxes ; and quartz mining to 3 steam engines and S crushing machines, 55 stampheads and 5 water-wheels of the value of L 46.000. There are 10G races, valued at L 40,850 ; 97 tail races,, valued at L15.G25 ; and 52 dams, valued at L 3.590. Sixteen miles of ground are actually worked upon, and the price of gold is L 3 15s an oz.