WAKAMARINA.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1131, 13 March 1872, Page 2

WAKAMARINA.

From this almost forgotten field, a correspondent of the Marlborough Press sends the following particulars : — There are several parties busily engaged in sluicing, as there are three or four large water races in full play on the terrace. Our population has been greatly increased by the facilities afforded for the transit of goods, &c, by the opening of the new bridle track. At Dead Horse Gully thbre are a few parties at work who are getting payable gold. Those who work at Deep Creek have had to suspend operations for a short time, as the Jate fresh in the stream has swept away flumes, pumps, and other gear along the I river. I regret. to say, the damage has I been considerable, but should fine weather again set in, the losses will soon be repaired. The celebrated Hit. or Miss has been worked as a paddock, and 30oz obj tamed from a small lot of washdirl '■; the i largest portion of the stuft had been washed away by the flood 1 , but the men are very hopeful of grand results in the other part of the claim. Lower down the creek there is a party sluicing and getting Cold, but I am not acquinted with any particulars. At : ~Quall Terrace, the gold obtained by seven men for four weeks' labor amounted to 340z. Several shares in this claim have changed hands during the last three months, the men having left for the new rushes in New South Wales. The Dredging Machinery,- of which such great expectations are entertained, was to commence, working this week below Quail Terrace, and within a a mile and a-half of Canvas Town.