UP-RIVER DIGGINGS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 676, 19 May 1870, Page 2

UP-RIVER DIGGINGS.

- • ■ ' - >♦ <■!■ VI .1. I \ (from otjr^o^n ppKi«^poNDßirr.)^ • HALF-OUNCE CREEK. „;■:' :' :■'." '. 1: ■'; .-.; ;,f :/ j ; !TB|ajrls, f) The rush to tliia place is becoming ertensiveaMr important. -.^ltriafat present confined to the terraces on the left-hand Bide going tip the second trigat-l&ril branch of Half-Ounce Creek. US creek, or rather this, branch of it, takes its rise in the dividing range, not far from ft c *9W&$ -T^m -Pwjfe FM^ws in the opposite direction, toward Orwell Creek. jTherrush was caused inc onsequence of gold having been found (it was alleged)) in:a shaftwhiclf >was iatfnk iufa blind creek on aterractfby Oarlsenluk party.. ; An idea got round that the washdirt had been "sMted/'Jahd in consequence the prospecting claim was rushed. .Prospects of dktfwere washed from, <*ll parts of the shaft,. and,drive, but no gold conld.be found • and,' in case of an accident, the man whb wis'Blimed for the deception made himself scarce. We,will 'leave this matter -of the* "salting *f jfo. tween the "Alt Schewde" and Bisconscience. If He did put' tte : gbid ; into the washdirt he did ft .very; dangerous thing ; for he was very nearly " raising a deviL»* I which he would 'find it no^easy matter for lay, in the shape of a crowd of angry and disappointed diggers, wKo are not much given to stop at trifles in a case of this sort. If the ip^rsdn who is' accused" fIM not salt the ground he is particnlarly-W fortunate, -for he his ; been policed to leave a claim whichj I am informed on good authority, is likely to be a rich one. < 'George Wishart .! and 'party, who are in possessiqniof the original prospecting claim, have struck payable gold in the bank of the cre^k, but in. an entirely f different part of the claiitt fronv that in which Carlsen sunk his shaft. > - Donald and party are above Wishart'g claim." •■•.■„ ■..;"-i\;:f' v-Mi": :\ (3ard and parjy are sinking, higherljip the creek, and the ground is rushed fat* Below Wishart's claim, Nygren and party, Anderson, and party, and Eeterqen and Co. are' all on payable gold, wKich has been, struck in each claim at less than 40ft from the face, and in one instaficipalmost on the moss on the surface. The gutter is abqut^ft wide, withfrom 2ft to 3ft^£ dirt, with 2gr to 4gr to the ! disfc yi ' That this is the same lead as the Scandinavian, which was disco veredabout fire months aga, there ' is $&cj!}tol(Ut L &aam. The gold can be traced down' the creek for almost the whole distance, nearly" two , miles, which- intervenes between the >-two rushes. Gold: has been found in patohjes in the creek in isolated I spot*, trlwre the lead evidently crossed from point -to point. '-' > "' r.^ ( „ In one of , thes^ points, FondahT^afed party- found a rich patch nearly twoyeara ago. They followed «** gold inW the terrace, a^,far as they could for.the. water? but as the" bottom was dipping Very nst they were compelled <& knock 1 oft' It* ii supposed that it is the gold which tbj» party traced into the terrace that^is' niS* ing its way out at the Scandinavian rash, which is situated on the other part of : this terrace, about half -a-mile lower down the creek, and shafts- which have been sank in a line r with the two places go to prove this. ' Some of these shafts are from 40ft to 50ft deep, .with,prospects ,varyingl|rpm 2gr'tb 6gr to^the'dish'; wiiih ! 2Sft Wjh£idurt. It waa found it would b^ impossible to work this ground in the ordinary manner, owing to tne Quantity of water which it contains, and it is to drain away this water that several long 'and expensive tunnel-tailraces iare being taken in at Scandinavian Point. Theffirst of these tunnels belongs £ fan amalgamated company (Charles Limblumb and party), and it is nearly 600fte ; 'The next is being taken in by another amalga>m>ted' party (Swan«en and iQd, Aattcl Gusteusen and' Go.>, i and they are in 300 f t; this party is nearly on to the gold. Ask and Brandt are the next, and aV^tiie point of the spur at the junction of the right-hand branch with the, main creek, Wimam CaWIL and party are timberisiig and securing a tunnel whu^i.jhas been taken in some time ago^ and at the end oi (#or Continuation ofi News, see< Pap 4>)

■which payable: proved to exist. :->■-■...■■" ■•- ..• ■••■- I have formed a high opinion of this cteeE- l ,Csfie ; grbi&tidi will 'be' cciinprativey easy wrought. There is a good water supply, Foilclalfta l ha:parly^laS:ge waterrace coming down from the head of the creek along the terraces which are now rushed. a n <* -from the , .numerous -good Pehe? wW -nave ieen'fouM^ere and there alpug~,the course of the creek -X froi^.pne ..to ; jEinother p^them,. an^, that .a good lead has been discovered. The Credit of -opening \ip this part of the country is due in a great measure to the'enterprise* ot Mr Antonfo Lardil ] His 1 track from the T.ptara Flat to, Napoleon, liy r way 6f Buffer's Gtillyf passes 1 through Half-ounce Greek, and it, has been made, through a part of the'couttbfy which-Was all butjjmpenetrable before,. This is well constructed, and has always been kmt in a good state of rppair,;,and:' I believe it has now {been thrown cpen to the, public free of charge, in which ta^e' j^jl^rdl js ; certainly | entitied to.so,me consideration 1 at the hands of the Govern* ment, for the fact cannot be denied that if it had not been for this track the Halfounoe Lend would- never haveibeen ;heard of. About a mile higher up the main eteek, ; from Scandinavian Jiunction,' Harry Oosgrave and party are working 6h lheOanaaian Terrace: ! The tuiiiiel 'is in 1200 f t; there is a great depth of washdirt, but it is very poor. In consequence of, the large quantity pf wate.r and the idosetfatuMbPtS'e ground, the tunnel had to be dose timbered al^the.w^m. . ■ ,