NO TOWN.

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

NO TOWN.

April 2. With the:!newi,phaset)f the moon on Monday at, 1.56 p.m., a, break in the weather became observable,' ! wnion,''fudg ing by faces, cause 4 quite, a.jubjJant feeling: am6n^ ; aU/clasß|eii; &p(Bcially the vendors'of g^bg and '.'pflier'lj^dess-men. Still; it'.' is^.' be '^greftect the whole' district at ,ai|[ seaspnaj of the year could, > wjith .Opverinnient ! assistance, ;r be turned , to , profitable Uacooiint. ? t ißed Jack's Creek, which your correspdndents have so long;OVerlooked, ,stiU ttiaintains a prominent feature 'in mining mems. Most of %h» parties in that 1 district who are ground «luicers ! - > ;H&W" i been aince Christmas bringing in, expensive ( racea, so as , to Wet: in fpr^the^wM^.j^T;^© races being now all bu^ <wWpleiw, they, expect steady wageV for jtH^'next.tweive^^m i \'jl^'6omjß. i /.At/lihe'lieS!idi v ipi the workings, ' some two miles above the township, , most , ,oi,i the .claims, .are tworkedbouti .^biit the parties, instead 0! rushing to 1 otber^elds, have! set in afresHyioelow the Blaokwater, which is a tributary of the niaihbr^k, up which some very good gold is now Obtained;- This;; Qnthe'parf jot'the old identities, js a pretty gpod v iudicatiQh of tb^eir^jeehng ;pf the yet liWiVattited resbuwes 1 of Red Jack j s Greet:' J ™ At Deadman's there are only rome 20

or 30 men still working, r but* malting fair wages— from L3to LQperweekf- Those working on the high levels stand in need of frequent rains, but on the banks of the creek theft is'a'constani supply for washing purposes. : Ashcroft and party, of Paddy's Gully, after a tedious., twelve months work in bringing in their large tail-race andjtunnellnig through the hill some 400 ft, have at hut completed this heavy piece of work, and now expect to commtlnd a supply of water which will keep them going. Marshall and party, atSunnysidehave. been bringingupanewtail-race, woikingall the high ground towards the terrace, from which they fully expect good returns. About the flat many prospecting shafts are being sunk, but another month must ■•- ' tiapie' before the results wili be known. Cockney Terrace is all astir again this week, new tunnels going in on levels some 25ft higher than previously, four of which were' christened a few day? since with appropriate names by the elite of the No Town fair sex. , A Warden's Court is now all but an accomplished fact. Miners as well as business men will be under a lasting debt . to the Provincial Secretary for his promptne&s.in forwarding their long-deferred re-' a.uirements. The first Court at No Town, it is said,' will be held to-morrrow fortnight.