MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3750, 1 March 1875, Page 3

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

The shortness of water is acting very prejudical to the mining interest just at present. This is particularly noticeable at the various little goldfields under the Dunstan Ranges. Ev, n St. Bathans is suffering from the same evil, but this field is in the fortunate position that it commands the fust water lifted out of the streams feeding the right-hand branch of the Manuherikia, as well ns the never-failing supply flowing in that branch itself. The plucky little town of St. Bathans, or rather the inhabitants thereof, are about providing themselves with a water supply, laid on in pipes to their doors. At Welshman’s Gully the claims on the hills are doing very well, and shares which o few years ago were not worth more than LSO to Lio, arc now worth L2OO. At Drybread mining oi erations appear to have got into a very few hands. Grt enbank and Co. may be said to be the kings of the place. They own all the water with the exception of the Welshman s from Hhepherd’s Creek, and the value of their v orking plant is said to be worth L 2,000. Tinkers is nothing like as brisk ns it was Boifte two months since, when water was plentiful and everybody as merry as crickets. '1 he famous Blue Duck is idle, the water supply

hating given out This claim is, without doubt, tne richest alluvial one in the Province. The company, which consists of four men, were only able to woik four months last season, and they realised very nearly 800 ounces of gold. You can got a prospect almost anywhere in the forty-feet face. Sammon, at Scotchman’s ; and Grey, at Smoker’s, are both in full work. These are first-rate claims, and worth from to Lit per week to the shareholders. Both of the Mellor’s have claims at work on the hill at Newtown, and they are said to be doing well ; and the same may be said of all the other parties who have water. Even the Chinese “fossickers’’ are making good wages.— ‘ Dunstan Times.’