MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3558, 18 July 1874, Page 3

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Waipori.—The Blue Dunk claim, at the Lower Crossing township, still continues to realise very good results. Its fortunate pro prietors, who work occasionally two or three days in the week, are making from Lsto (.10 per week per man. The claim is situated in close proximity to the Drainage Channel, and was former, y the natural bad of the river. The ground is very shallow, and consequently the stripping is very light. The appliances used are not of the most recent invention. A Californian pump does duty in keeping the bottom of the claim dry, the water from which is utilised for sluicing puaposes. No doubt if it ware systeinati ca'ly worked, two or three times the present amount of the precious metal could easily be obtained. The gold obtained is of a very coarse nuggetly character, and lies principally on the main bottom. The proprietors are sanguine of amassing their fortunes in a short period, and it is to be hoped their expectations will be realised.— Messrs Simpson and party, who have been prospecting lately, have dropped across some very good prospects. Their claim is also adjacent to the Channel. about a quarter of a mile higher up the riyer than the' Bine Duck Company —Those miners who have pegged off claims are anxiously looking forward to the completion of the Channel, as the Warden will not sanction any applications until it is finished. A considerable area of ground has been pegged off, mostly in six-acre claims. —The Drainage Channel is being pushed forward by the contractor with commendable vigor. It is expected, if the weather centinues favorable, to be completed in the course of a month or six weeks. In many portions of the work, the average depth excavated is ten feet. There is a greater amount of rock to contend with than was anticipated, requiring the frequent use of blasting powder. 1 here are 200 hands employed, the majority of whom are chiefly Chinese. All the river diversions—five in number, including the O.P.Q Creek—have been completed.—' Tuapeka 'limns.’