MINING NEWS NEW RIVER DISTRICT. RIVER DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1150, 5 April 1872, Page 2

MINING NEWS NEW RIVER DISTRICT. RIVER DISTRICT.

, [FBOM OUB OWN COKBKBPONDBNT.J Being anxious to know how the work . was, progressing , on Marsden and the junction of the Greenstone, I availed/ myself of the «6mpany of a gentleman going there. Wejeft Marsden about 9 o'clock on-M«i»day«liiii) and wended our, way, ,to,,the point where the bridge is being'placed over the New River. Considerable progress is being made in its construction by., the "contractors, Messrs Pollock and vDixtfri^ most of the pileß being davpnV^aj&B.!^ short time will now see its completibnr' From the bridge to •Marsden to wn6m> tHe roaji i^s M ble6 sur- t veyedy and will be immediatelyformed. * Pollock and DixonV 1 swtioni -Nbri; extends'to^Nd'Nam^ and thV^feiW is already gravelled. .To .realise the kind of road that übei^consteuctediitmustbe 'se'e'n'^'^el!^!^^)^^,^^^^ to ♦ the first-class turnpike roads /to, J)e met in the old country.' The eftwiii.W also on the 'country is equally astonishing. Where'fbriheriy^it'w^ dreary; and 1 wearisometb n travel, J is nbw th' 4 very opposite, and, ,asr the road > goes oveteDbiiagW Terrace, the i views there are really charming to the eye., Thisi portion )iB included in No. 2 section. Messrs White an&Matheson, the contractors, are making great headway with their worTc, althougfi it has only been in hand * a short fiiue';' : W^arly the whole bf tho' timber^ haJT'been. felled and cleared •VTfhfl«t ii ih^ ! cu^fi|ii'f^''Being rapidly ' proceeded 'with'l'. liessra Chirke 'a^dfG^sstdy^are^^^ 3 section^ " The timber along this pprtipn of the road has also mostly been felled ready for it tp;be made to where it joins No. 4 seclion^on^a manuka swamp. Messrs Hamilton a^d.pp.'jftre the contractors for this; sectionj which .may be sa^d./ to be almost 'cbmpleted as 1 ligard^'jthe 'formation, and ready for tne' grayeir " AT one emerged from the bush and came inoview the-bpen' Manuka; Flat| . 7 wttr ifi low rising terrkce^iiither'ditftance, Wseemed as if he had entered into another kind of country; .^doubtrinja^iprt time this paft^wm'; betaken up, and'two or three jSmall farms laid.out. The Manuka' Swamp / ijaibor and capital ibef ore > it can be of any servica, but tiietimber on the low terraces adjoining is not heavy. However, cer tainly/this is the most beautiful part alongtHewKol|Sfead. Messrs Clarke j, and Cassidy«^yd^dd[on 5, but as yet have made little or, no progress, .as, there is ''abbdt^a' mile of light Bcrub^tb; go thwugh before there isany-iSigniof there, on No. '6, to the junction of the Greenstone road^Messrspassidy and Go. lare/employing their maih'' tibdyi'bf lhen. They have had some very heavy work to perforjnj/and^theTcuttih^iTJinrough the points of the^terraces. are very great. However, most-of-the heavy work is now vdone,' as.well as a great deal of gravelling, and the contractors will soon be f in ! a-posi-tion ,t.o. spare; some of their /njeTy for their other sectic>ns."' I;The,;road1 ;The,;road may be said to : , follow the course of the Blackwater from k No. ,4 section juntiliit crosses it'withur^OO or 300 yards of the- Greenstone Creek, ; which it also crosses' before it reaches the 1 Greenstone^padi^l&t; present there is no ) appearance of^Sny^bridge being erected :, ,oyer either,,.of !these;.,riverßj iffltißyet diversity of opinion i.mayiexiirt.' as to the necessity,- o ( f, fp>, idrays, I &c., there can be hone as to the iirge,ncy • and necessity ;of dottie'lancl.of bridge t«ing ' built for fo'bt^pSssengersf 1 TEe Greenstone Creek j although ;the»weath6rihaß*eenex- • tremely dry for the last week, was knee ■ deepjifwjthi ;large a heavy» bquldenhin it ; ; and intime of a flood, or even a fresh, it must be very dangerous for foot pasßenf As regard 3 mining, the country has » been fairly worked arpjind No Name con- • sidering the of water, and 1 Donegal TerraceiVViOyei; which the road runs, has , been the principal theatre of >:l • . this ! there' has been no sysCematio work- • ings. The creek running* into the BkcW 1 .jWater.w^sai^ toj h.aye.beenfprjospected atr< iie time t of ? tHe ; ru?]b! . s to -, No N ( ame, but ' nothing encouraging fbuWd to warrant men > to carry tucker' through such a rough > country. Whilst good payable gold has „, b eea fpundiin OocfcEyft'anditstributa--1 ries, oh one "side of the range, the country on the other, side, rpund o theißUwkwater, has. not-been worked. Whether this arises i from the of gold, pr the want of a 1. more thorough prospecting, is yet to be seen.i rlt will,' < indeed;- W siiigdlar if this 1 part should prove an exception to .the ■'■ jßiirroundrng/codntiy^Gr^nstxiye^lMd ' Cock-Eye, with N^ Natn? Wtfie'reaS,'^ 1 the traveller passing albn^g .there appears •' a total ; , absence r of prbspectxng, although, ' • nb'dbubtj there ii&a >\>&&a^^^edone f .;,^ret, until, it has-been mpre'Jmoro^ no: .onejean say that good payable gold L !.(loeal not .exist ; -and why^should-it^not, > although up to the; present nothing worth ! . mentioning has ; been found. •;; The report |-i i that' ;weht'th6 'rounds -of^the'^'paperl Ipme ' r - few weeks 1 sihcp^^that'is^&e'par^'had 1 'struck ' payable' 'gbldJl could npi'.'be^sub--1 .^ntiated^ias'/^ii^so'niie 'tjvp^prj. wee colors were' obtained^ !' ;Thai| the time yill 1 come when payable gold willbe foijnd is the opinion of all, but it remains^et to - be discovered. - . .- ... t „}ilt ;■*. i..'. '. >• . — >-* — '■■■'■