NELSON'S CREEK.

Grey River Argus, Issue 95, 21 August 1866, Page 2

NELSON'S CREEK.

(FROM OUR" OW^ CORRKSPONDE.NT.) - August 15. 1 shpuld have written, you before this, but since my last there has been so Jittle news of public interest that I really could not find matter for a letter. ; ' In that communication I -informed you that the -No. 1, : or, principal party now working the main creek, had after much perseverance beeiv> compelled to register their claim, on account of, the frequent floods and_ consequent"^damage to their ! Svorks. • Their fegis'tratidn has' now expired, they have again -collected together; and resolved ; to coriihience working this important > .- Most ,pf. : . the n =sha^e 7 holders have hacl a month's wandering, about, principally'; up tfte "Grel. They have done nothing, and consequently have come to the. above resolve. . They have the good- wisheXibf ; iallvithe . residents here ; the proving of this ground 4s of much importance 1 tet tlie miners^ and tradesmen in. ithe neighborhood, a& it will opeii' vp i ground" that will last for ; 'a long time,;Of course providing that ithtnrnsJoiit payable. Their powerful water ..wheel is again in-working order; and we may'hbpe that , the . . nex.^ > wepk .will pro ye sufficient tiine'to "deteriiiirie "if ' this" extensive creek and natJare.to.be worked oraiot. , ; : i..> hiA.i The large water, race that I have rel^eatedly spokeh-6f 'a» Farrell-and'pjiriy's] is drawing ; towaji?ds., t completion.^KT Tlie shareholders confidently "hope andlexpect that* another two weeks will see the'water upon:.? the.. terrace; ;: : ; This; -|has iibeen a formidable undertaking, -having, taken this' large "party oFeight inen"6ver' five months - ; to -constructs :! i-Th'6y i; will f (however, have. a. long job before :the%. which is believed to be payable by. those .men able'tojuage of the^ yalue;6f " the.ground; iu:iactj^portionsy;o|j4tihaa^3)66nJ^ade pay. with carrying .tjieiditt : spme, distance, and- washing it by slow prticessjes, so that it should pay handsomely 1 with" a" good ground sluice%ead of -waterj.sucE as ; will be at the command of this pajpty.; ; . : . . Austrian \ffe'prge_ .and^party's "race" is payingf much better. than, .it did.atiirst. It' is' well a'3'certained ihat this^artyha^e a large atTiount of good ground that will take them some time^ttf wort. Several ptiier;' smaller, races, that haye beenbroughtiri here and in'the heiglibbrhood. are. working, and supposed to be yielding % gopdr6turrisr There' is, hpweyer, but littlfj other available .water , that ;". can . be'br'duglit iritd'these'terraces" witlioutitd'p muph laborj ; bjit- is; no .dpubt^that all the ground 'will' be ultimately worked. ; The suggestion- 1 hidfle : in my last with ] aegard tp r deep i sinking -hasj been much, discussed by the miners here and in, other ■; gullies, ',and I». hope will - lead vtp: ;; some j practical'resijts, as. all. agree with' me that! tb^e bottom from wjlich &^vgpld.h^.b i ee^n • liitliertd procured is nothing but "a false \ ono. . " ■_.. '...... '.- ~ A * Busiiiess is, very ;idulL; bpth E here;an4. l in German Gully, ' three, miles fronr here ; . buty]: : -.hear -that ike .deep;;grQund>inT!bhe latter . upturning, iput: welib.iy :Altdgeth'er the miiiing. prospects .of .^ijie .district are decidedly nbtyerye^ altljpuglv;,^Kere' a?* l.ipp,esi ; tjiat in the summer .some: d&:tha -. neighboring creeks "and rgullie^ in.a,y, .'§p ! .-.ftvr.fch^,V,tgifd, v . and found, to be payable... ./. ; r " '■■'" - - ' Therais a groat wank in this,- as-well as in all tiie neighboring:^creeks l.have-jbeen in—in factj on all; tli§ Qrey^Gdld Fields^

of vegetaHe^food, for with the exception of potatoes} and onions we never see any v greeii vegetable food. It is aatdnishing M that some speculating gardeners do not ■ visit these diggings, and lay out good ■ useful gardens. lam Confident they. M would pay well, and,.be of immense im- ■ .niense importaiice ijt^Jthe^healtlt^.pfi_.the ■ inHaHiHnts?- 7: "Tina" mattCT ' -''is"' hitich * ne- 'M glected by ininera themselyes, as^nfariy p|t\ 'M ;them who settle down wifcii snares ani^ I [-ptherwise:-for'*spiiifi'*tinie:"mayt;eniplo3r"a vo partof thoir- time i.ll culture of this. kind r It is a matter of tlie* fiist^ importance |d^» people who are and. have been liyingxo a %>. great extent on salt provisionaVprincipally <*; bacon. There are but few plants^on the j' West Coast that .catt; be used; as subatitutea ; for -garden stuff-;., we have hot- in any quantities the Maori cabbage or $he sowr -" .-":.■ thistle which abound in the other parts' of - the Island., WyhdhahfCreekV three^niijfes'tipvlted 4 Jack's from its' mouth, haa turned put » very poor, and ia, 1 almost deserted. The> " only two stores have left, the proprietor -,of one of them, TomJßaker, has taken his stock up to the township at R^d Jack's for "fcale, and .with? .his usual, spirit has bought into one 'of the Extensive water races' there ; the other, Mr Muir, has • taken away his store, ! ;but still continues .to serve the few ; remaining miners' by .occasiorially-sjsn'ding hia pafck f horsey^witli a load of goods. The creek, always poor, may bo considered 1 as- used up,' unlesa anytliiDg new should be struck. : \!