MACETOWN REEFS.

Evening Star, Issue 3985, 2 December 1875, Page 3

MACETOWN REEFS.

{From our cum V,.'respondent.) A. spell nl winter weather lias again set in a( a 'm«e of year v/h ch '-a u-.ually Him? and w-irui, such storms and cold as a-'e now felt having been almost unprecedented dunng rhe b.stnim years, ami the nmniytaius have for a time put on the cast-off clothing of the winter flat tno sea.-,on been tine, many parties would haw been eagerly at \v« rk searching for reefs. You) couvr.poudc.it tins ■■eeu lure tor seven or t-igln days, end only on one was he able to go t( rvmo of the can ins. The prospecting done a.< yet is very limited, only two payable feed having been strmdc, a ml operations on the.?have been cominei.l 10 ievk: u- em surfs ct some and opening a b-w faces. R-.efs o' vanou sizes are a band a t in this bin in veiy few oi them ns ye„ has gold bum .-s on tine ot th'-.-se I la; i s- -is situated on toe v-tj summit of tao dividing r. age b tw--«:u this an' the hoto'.Vi', a mliiougli oi sm.di size (alum 12m. or 18in.) it loots j inner llt-.ri any of tin others. Tne je ospect' ts of it intend to foil v it aiong the surmco, hoping thert-b/ to luce with a large!' lode, as large bo-lies (if quaitzsr cropping out ou iho snri'ac• along the top of th ridge, m cue place for a v.aith of dOit ~ Solid quartz, none of which has as yet Ue tested properly for gold. , lioiild quantitic of payable stone be found, it will he ueoessa-; to construct dray or tiamroads to take th

stuff down the mountain to the places at which alone machinery could be worked where waterpower is obtainable. Owing to their great elevation, much difficulty will be experienced in bringing the reefs into work, and timber will have to be packed from great distances. Until the weather admits of free travelling in the mountains I may as well forward you a few items about the Twelve-mile, and certainly there is no oilier diggings which has produced such a curious band of men as the party who have been known here for many years past. Tiie manager of tho Arrow United informs me that he has stopped work to repair damage to fl ;od race by slips during the late flood and until the weather settles. Tim water never went down so fast before, ns when he last started the pumps showing tho value of the flood-race in relieving the pumps of surface drainage. A stretch of tine weather is expected, and, as the Univi'7sal Company, will soon be also pumping, ho considers there is every prospect oi bottoming the flat at last. The manager of the Sons of Fortune Company showed me of nnggetly gold from two days’ sluicing from the main drive, and hopes to pay all the heavy expenses of putting the mine in order for blocking out, ventilating it, &c., out of the gold from this single drive. This look., vary promising indeed.