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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 638, 19 February 1870, Page 4

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(FRplf OUJS O\\'S CORRESBqNDENT.) February IQ. : Ryfe fence has been njade at different Jtimes tq a deep shaft that was being sunk pn the flat at Petepsbiirg, near the mouth of Cement Creek. To thoroughly undgrr staud tiw position and important bearing^ jif this shaft, it must be borije in miiacj: that the high' terraces on each side of the. preek are gold-bearing, No-J^ame Terrace being on que side, and Shell-bgck or Ger7 man Terrace on the qther. The creek itself was worked aqqut four years siijee, when it was found tp clip into the flat, and became unworkable. I^.ifferent . attempts jiave been niade at varjous times tq get the bpttqitivat 'the j auction qf the creelc and the flat, put .witliou.t success. A pai'ty, beforQ'QKristmas, sunk a shaft l^ft pr 10ft' djeep. ' and succeeded in getting gold on a false Othgr shafts were then put down ? and nothing further got. Matters were.m this Ainsatjsfactor.y state until a party named M 'Seating ana Co. took up 3 claim between fiye and Bix weeks since, and they gef themsglves fisolutqly to work tq sink for thg qottqiij. hey took every prec^iitiqn necessary to secure their shaft, and as tfiey proc.eedgd they soon Joun4 that there was every likelihood qf water proving troublesome ''\ npi* were they "deceived. ' Their progress, tlielfefore, became slower as th^deptJi of the shaft iucrea^ed ; but," bein,g exp.efienc>d ininers, they i^rou^ht all their skill and indomitable courage to bear ou the undertaking., persevered witb" theix* WOTkt and came across sqme tliree qr four tliin layers of wash, with prospects, pic gold, bottqms were qf cqursg met with. Some thought "tf^aj; tliey wpnld prove the main bottqms qr lead tp it. 4o w,n wards tfcgy went,, and although de-: layed for a few days on accoUjnt of the rope breaking and encountering water, which lniist be extraordinarily preyalgnk they sucweded in coming to the height qt their ambitiqn-^t^e main blue' bottom. : It is only iiglit tq nientiqn. that., as the bottom was b,eing anticipated, other 'clainjs were taken up, and some pf the men volunteered their, aid in a3sisli:ig M-Kea^ing and Co. at the wb^dlass. The bottom was found to dip very considerably — as much as four or fiyeieet in the length pjt tUe shaft. To give some idea of the labor in conquering $he" water, two bullock hides had to be kept constantly $t work. One hundred and thir.ty-fqur of these hidesful were "drawn up at the beginning of tlie week in an incredible short time. So much for the labor that has already been bestowed. The men are n,bw sinking a welltiiole, and making preparations to give the ground a more thorough trial. It is futile to offer an opinion as to hq\v : it will ultimately pay, as great difliculties have to be enpondte.'ed and overcome, bju't when the pthei" parties succeed, in bottoming their shafts, water will not be so troublesome, which ' nowrroilitates s,q agiiinst the present working. The shaft is upwards, of .6^ feet deep, and there is ho question tliat whims will have; to be used to work ground of this .nature profitably^ It is to be hoped M'Keating and Co. will reap tlie reward of their enterprise, which they richly deserve £qr the. manly perseverance they have shewn in the present undertaking. *.'"'. '