INANGAHUA DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1135, 18 March 1872, Page 2

INANGAHUA DISTRICT.

[itfANGAHUA HERALD, MARCH 5 6.'] To comnience <with Redman's :. as yet only some few claims, are. wop king, although , there is room for some t<eiv or twelve jar? ties more talking up ground, where/ j&he, prospects obtained wiU turn them out at' least from L3to L 4 per week— this, let it be understood, when water is obtainable. Tully and party, some eighteen months ago, brought in a water-race to work ground they had taken up in Redman's. This, after repeatedly changing hands, has at last fallen into the possession of Perry % and party, who purchased, the right of| water and the race on Monday last, for ~ the sum of L 35. This will enable them to work their claim at the foot of Red- n. man's to far Better advantage than here- ■ tofore, . and makes their interest far more .' valuable j inj fact, th.c parly have now spme three, year-a' constant work before them; with an average weekly dividend - ofL4aweek. . > , ; : ,;.v^ Case and party, who hold the olaim above Perry and party; have also at least* V a twelvemonths' work ere they, work out?l. the ground which they hold. This claim pays small wages. There are other parties at work further up the creek, but they are at present struggling under difficulties J. :, in the shape of the want of water. . Flower's has only three men working.; The rest who had claims there being ■■ obliged to represent their" interests on the"™* reefs in Boatman's. -There is ground here that could be taken. up to advantage by any one who could dissociate his minfi"~ from quartz and reef rushing. ' Burkes Gully through all the excite* ment has still held its own, and so has Italian's and Raglan's, very few parties having left, even for the inducement of holding shares No. 1 north or south of any prospecting party. Thjs speaks well of the neighborhood ; and, indeed, there is ground about the district that could well bear, prospecting. There are certainly no large finds to be got, but a man can always make his own head-way, and have '■ a little to spare even then. <>"• ;; Burke and party have got a right of water from Raglan's, embracing same time Italian's. "\Vith this they wotk a terrace fotfards the foot of Burkes Gully, where the stripping, is something, like six feet, with a depth of water about - two feet in some places. The whole work is done by water, thus making it far easier and more profitable than if the stuff had to be lifted; . ... , . ; ■'>., Little Boatman's had been worked some four years since, and very good gold has been obtained in patches, which have ■> all been good, but the difficulty iv those r days of carrying provisions over anything _ but a safe road, as far as floods were,concerned, almost necessitated the men abandoning .|hß_ . ground, Jt , was qnhf .t^jg week that men havp gpt as much, as ;» grain to: the dish in ground .that fully last them the winter through^ but ' which as yet neither they nor any one eke have taken.up, :■ . . , , . .< ■ . j The same remarks hold good as far ai*, 1 Big Boatman's is concerned, ground being vacant that would certainly pay small wages, but which no one thinks of in these exciting days of quartz reefing. News came into Boatman's on Wednesday that there was a report of a rush to jarry's. Several started off, making St. ' Helena's their goal, but as yet/nothing definite has been ■ discovered. Several parties are out prospecting -in this neighborhood, and as the gullies give- every indication of quartz being abundant in the land, no doubt before long a welldeveloped reef will be discovered; but

According as things are going now where are you going to find men to occupy the ground ? There is absolutely more gold in reefs discovered than men are here to extract it by labor, supposing they are in full working order. The reef has been struck in Oaple's, with gold plainly visible in the stone, and it may be safely asserted that before ten days are oyer the reef will be exposed in another claim on another line, which will surpass anything as yet found, as far as regards reef? in this district. The rain, which only lasted for a few hours, has completely out up the tracks in all directions on the road from Reefton to Boatman's ; it is in some places perfectly boggy, but taking it altogether the road by the ferry on the left-hand branch is the nearest and best to any part of Larry's or Boatman's. It may be mentioned that the proprietors of the ferry purpose cutting a more direct road through the bush, by which some mile or mile and a-half can be saved, and at the same time avoiding the swampy places. Another track is proposed' being undertaken by a private individual — this is from the Landing to Lang's — to convey provisions to Potter's line of reef, and there is certainly every opening for a good and direct road, independent of any freshes that may be in the river, as a terrace track will be obtained all the way through. These private undertakings ought to be encouraged, and surely it seems strange that when men lay out capital to open out a district no protection or assistance from government is given them in any shape or way. It will be some time before any solid worlr can be reported upon from the reefs. Caple's and Thompson's as yet, only have oommenced operations.