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Evening Star, Issue 3769, 23 March 1875, Page 2

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{From our own.Correspondent.)

*Th. quarts reef TweWe-mtte is likely as from its bearings and locality it is probably a continuation of the reefs now being worked on the Shotover and may be traced and worked if 1 ? 8 greater distance, if the working of it snoula realise the expectations induced bv its present appearance and prospects. The reef is situated m a spur of the range dividing the Arrow and Shotover rivers. It is on the An-ow side, and the spur divides the Twelve* mde Creek from Roger's guUy, both celebrated gold-producing places. The gold in the upper portions of both these gullies has always been largely intermixed with quirtz, and only lS finH of gold wis there found and sold at thoTwelve-mile; and for years the locality was looked upon as one onS requiring prospecting to develop good reefs it is situated so high that work can Sdy £ earned on seven months in the year, and miners of the necessary means to prospect Rave always either left the disteSfc or gone mto business, or it would have been tried long ago; as it is, the discovery was made bv men who came expressly from the CromweJ aistnct to try it. We have reefs in S parte of this district which are in tie position ; hut now that attention is called to that class of mining, some action may be taken Following on the first discovery, some splendid specimens, nearly half gold, have been shown, obtained on the Eawarau river; but, as yet only some quiet prospecting is doing, and a deal of mystery is going on, so I can not make public yet what little is Jcnown. The late oas© of infanticide is causing excitement, and the police are actively at work. They are assisted by Sergeant Bullen, from Queenstown, and something may turn up anv day in reference to it. Yesterday (Sunday) numbers of townspeople visited the shaft m which the body was found, and it, by-tho-bye onght tobe dragged, in ease something else might be fished out which would afford evidence, .feople will jest even on such subjects as death and murder, and one facetious individual caused some little consternation among the few single young women we °an boast of by telling them that they might find themselves in custody A large auction sale was held during the week of two splendid orchards in full bearing, town !! C r°^ 8 ’ and „S 00(iB - The amount realised was L 1,500. The drapery sold well. 1 he orchards went rather below their value, las the trees alone, if sold in lots, would have fetched more than the whole lot together. The Beo^ons brought good prices. Wong Yow, a Chinaman, bought a store and land, and applied for letters of naturalisation. The ptopertybelonged to Mr Samuel Goldston, whohaa been in business here many years, and is now leaving with a good fortune. He-was Mayor of the town last term, and was bringing it forward well. The present Mayor and Council seem not to understand their duties, and give the Press here any amount of work to keep them near the mark. is beginning to be carried on under the proper system, which alone has now a chance of being remunerative. Hitherto every farmer has been growing cereals alone, and if either wheat or oats fetched a good price ohe year the following year it was overdone and * the case would be reversed, and latterly more crop has been grown than the district can consume, wmle no outlet existing, prices, have ruled too low to pay. By combining the business of rearing stock with farming; which some are now commencing, a brighter future is opening for our agriculturists. ** ,Yesterday the police fixed n windlass over this In which the-rcitaifas murdered infant were recently found, and baled

It out, as it was full of water. On reaching the mud at the bottom, tlm lead lining of'a small tea chest was found, which had probably been used as a covering to the package which contained the child. Nothing else was discovered. I trust that the exertions of the police will lead to success in discovering the culprit. The Government does not seem to have yet acted upon the recommendation of the jury to offer a reward. I shall visit the locality of the reported quartz discovery at the Twelve-Mile during the week, but it may be as well to state that Mr K. Dagg, of Cromwell, a very good authority on such matters, has seen the supposed reef, and pronounces it to be only detached portions of one, although we believe that the main reef will be sn'vn found, ns the prospectors are at work ou the ground. Unfortunately the locality lies very high—in fact, on the summit of the dividing range between the Shotover and the Arrow, so that operations will probably be interrupted in about three weeks by snow; and it is a very inhospitable place, not even affording firewood enough to boil a billy. Some of the residents at the Twelve-mile are willing to furnish funds for the purpose of prospecting for reefs lower down the range, and a little aid from the Government might very properly be asked to forward such efforts. I was on the top of the Orowr Bange this afternoon in search of a party of prospectors said to have obtained some rich specimens, when a severe storm of wind, hail rain, and mist compelled a retreit. The trip down was very delightful, as it was so cold that my hands were benumbed, and I had to scramble down, dragging my horse after me by the bridle, with the pleasurable anticipation of finding the animal roll over on top ef my valuable person. The admiration I used to feel for William TelTs speech, “Ye crags and peaks,” has been somewhat weakened by this little adventure ; however, I may have better luck next time. By the way, it is not considered “ the thing ” to come into the Arrow now from an excursion on the mountains without some quartz specimens, so if you hear of any real good ones for sale, you might advise. Also another want we have might be met by means of an advertisement in your paner; that is, a fighting editor for the ‘ Observer,’ This is owing_ to the inability*©! some of the parties to suits in the Police Court to appreciate a joke, and our editor is inclined to be funny sometimes. One gentleman, who was designated as a peculiar-looking individual in the last issue, called upon the editor to inform him that he intended to submit the point to the Supreme Court, and was informed that he was quite at liberty to submit it to that tribunal whose president is popularly supposed to have a. cloven foot, and who has a small representative in most printing offices.