WARDEN’S REPORT.

Evening Star, Issue 3252, 23 July 1873, Page 3

WARDEN’S REPORT.

The following is the report of Mr Warden Bortor (Teviot district): — The long continuance of northerly winds during the greater portion of the quarter ended the 30th June, have had the effect of keeping up the river at a level some feet in excess of its usual height, and, as a consequence, retarding mining operations on its banks. About five weeks ago great damage was caused to mining property by the sudden rise in the river— some fourteen feet in as many hours. Sluice-boxes, barrows, timber, &c., floated away in quantities, and in addi tion to loss of property, business had to endure a compulsory idleness for some weeks. From the above causes, the yield of gold this season will probably come short of what 1 had anticipated, though even now, if no more floods occur, it is not too late to make up for lost time. Owing to the exceptionally mild season, a greater number of miners than usual have been tempted to remain on at their summer workings, and many parties have done well in consequence. Some rich claims have been opened up in the Waikia River, and I hear Dugan and party in that locality took out as much as 140ozs. from a single paddock. A large area o? presumably paying ground exists in the neighborhood of the Waikia, Pomahaka, Whitecomb, and Campbell’s, and if a few hundred pounds were spent on the roads from the Teviot to those localities, there would doubtless be a large influx of population, which would soon recoup the Government for the money expended. The population remains steady at 1 300, of which about 200 are Chinese.