SALTWATER AND NEW RIVER DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 424, 1 October 1868, Page 3

SALTWATER AND NEW RIVER DISTRICT.

(from oub owx correspondent.) RUTHEROLEN, Sept. ?9. In a previous letter it was mentioned that some five parties were doing very well on the Stoney Lead, about half a mile from Paroa. These claims were supposed to comprise t'no whole of the lead, as the ground had been well prospected both north and south ; however, perseverance and pood fortune have proved that such is not the case, as it has again been recovered, having takeu a j small curve at the south end. The con- j sequence has been that a rush has taken place, and the ground pegged off for upr wards of a mile. The claims have mostly been taken up in acre allotments. The ground being wet, and some fifteen deep, requires deep tail races being cut before it can be worked. Should the lead be now traced to any extent, there is no doubt that it will ultimately be connected with the old Lagoon Lead. It is premature to predict how it is likely to turn out, but from the excitement which the rush has occasioned amongst the miners in this neighborhood there is every hope that it will prove good, at least it is sincerely to be trusted that such will be the case, as the men will have to go to a considerable deal of labor before the ground can be thoroughly tested. Reference has also been made lately respecting Cameron's Terrace again looking up. Some parties are doing very well there at present, and there is every likelihood of a much larger population being located there than there is now. That Cameron's Terrace is not yet wor'ced out was fully shown yesterday at the Warden's Court, when a party applied to remove a dam. They proved that the ground was auriferous, and that they could get from three to four feet of wash, averaging half a pennyweight to the dish. That the ground may be patchy is most pmbable, yet this shows that there is some still left that will amply pay for working. At the head of the Lagoon two large races are now in full working orJer, finding occupation for some 10 men. One race is owned byChiverton and Co ; the other by Campbell and Co. Both of them took several months to bring in from tributaries of the New River, and required fluming for a long distance. Such works as these tend to give a permanency to the district, and all enterprising men who engage in them deserve the thanks of the whole of the community. The case of Dixon v. Reburg, in the Warden's Court yesterday, shows the necessity of some alteration being made in the jurisdiction of the Court held here. Many complaints have been made at different times by parties that the Court does not take cognizance of such chai'ges as debts, &c, and that if such were the ' case that it would prove beneficial to the public. It is to be hoped that this will be attended to by the powers that be, and that in addition to mining matters that those that may pertain to a Resident Magistrate's Court may be adjudicated on without the inconvenience and expense of travelling into Greymouth for every little petty charge.