UP-RIVER DIGGINGS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 703, 21 July 1870, Page 2

UP-RIVER DIGGINGS.

'.-. (fromodr otto correspondent.)

TTHE RUSH JJEBAR THE XXU& MINE, ' ' July 16. Several parties have.beeu working on the northern bank ofJ the (JrfeyllTyQr, within about one and a half miles fhnu Brunnerton, for some months. They were sluicing with tfie'wafer from ; a ! s r n|ail creek running into the river at the wrings. The 1 stripping isabont 16 fees/and they have gradually traced the gold further into the terrace from the river. &' shaft has ' been : bottomed nearer ■ 'the range with, it issaid, very good prospects. These parties worked for some time without exciting much attention, , .but gold having been struck half a mile higher up the river, and nearer Langdon's ferry, a considerable rush to both places has set in. The scene of the second; or upper rush, is a point jutting out into the river nearly - opposite the- Sfillwaterv Creek, 6n the Westland side, and about one and 7 a half miles from Langdon's. ■; I The^ prospectors at the ripped *rush, Golding, Shears and .party, are washing away a face of about 15ft, with the water from Seaton's race. The washdirt is from ,3ft to ;4ft thick, with prospects •averaging about 4grs fcd ih^dishT From the facilities this party, have Jn working their claim it' ought to pay well; even'if the dirt be only half as good.-a S i. it h reported to be. \ They have a' good fail into the rivef for.their tailings, and they have the use of. a fair supply of wator»_ Eowe and party haye;the>next claiai, aucr .Hagerty and party the next again further down^ There ar^ qne op working above the prospectors, but ihey arc not on goldi ; The washdirt ifc resting on a false bottom in the golden claims, Jani the true bottom can be seen 'it the edge of the river. A shaft has been hot tgmed ; abou t 200ffc intdCfiti I terrace, and behind Rowe's claim, by Frank M'Hugh and party. This shaft has been bottomed at 25ft, th&Ve vis -3ffc ; washaiit. with 4grs to the dish as prospect. Tfie P art y have ,be. en driven out .witbLwater, and they will have to take ataU-race up £rom ; the river. The pajrty ,wha, hoj^the claim between M'Hugfi's claim and the river object to M'Hugh taking a tail-race through their ground, consequently work k, stopped until (he Warden; gjfe% his decision in ip^tter, ,S.oine dkt&H^ behind the prospectors, and fiirther^a^t than M'Hugh's claim, Cunningham and party »re. sinking, a shaft. Th;ey were about 26ft deep on Friday, and bad not bottomed. The drift' they were going thxoitghi/Avas wry loose, and the water very -troublesome. The shepherds are anxiously expecting the whaft to botfbii, and it will decide the question ai lo whether a new lead running along under the range has beeu feiiitfd," or Whettier'^he prospectors' and the other claims on gold, ( For Continuation of $fews, see 4<ft Page )

at the face, are working a patch along the! edge of the river. The high reef can be | seen running in from the river above Golding's claim, and below Rowe's, thus leaving bo«h these claims in a kind of gutter. The general opinion istbatjthe, prospectors have struck the ou+Jet of the' former bed of the Stoney Cree 1 !, which runs into the river .a few hundred yards higher up at present. If so, and gold can be traced in towards the range, a good many men will find employment for a long time to come. The other.theory is that a run of deep ground runs along between the river and the range,: and parallel ta both, but until a tail-race is taken up from the river and carried into the flat, it will be mere speculation what sort of a discovery has been made. There are about 390 men on the ground, who are principally shepherding between the two rushes. A new township is in course of formation, and a new track has been made further into the flat to enable the parties at the face ,o work their claims.