MINING NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1167, 25 April 1872, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

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: '. [from a correspondent. J .... „,,.. . ... >- v V..- : -.^Appl23.r ■:■ S^ince my last from Red Jack's, mining, affairs have been going on most favorably in that district ; the late rain jvyhich.mos^ of^^he^miners'depended'up'off^fesdoniTar great deal towa.rds«inyigorating those! old and settled diggings. ..The track fromj No Town by ,way of. Paddyjs .Gully lies over the leading spur,Jbwo miles aoutlf .of | the township, and the scenery of Red- Jack's Creek on deEcending the spur has, to a visitor fpr;th6 first time,' ajnoat imposing .4n'd : picturesque effect. The descent from the .range being^ made, the first claim which attracts attention is. that of I. Hill and matej, who., are working- in what is" itermed-.a blind 1 gully ; andthey appeared quite satisfied with;what they were do.ing. This party really deserves success, having in some places "as 'much as 40ft of stripping.: They are taking out the whole claim on .-.a face, ,and their dam, when full, jwill' supply three Govermnent heads of water for24hours.. : ' ". : ■ "" M'Loughlin and party, who. are Svorking\away the' high terrace' between Red, Jack's and Paddy'sj lVave broifght in a •succession of- races to command this ex-, tensive piece •• of' work, obtaining their water .chiefly from. tb,e head :of . the lefthand: branch' of' No Town Creek. The Mdssrs Fogarty will, at is expectedi soon have their long v fluming completed^, 'atfd • once again.in wprkingi pr^er, a,.few weeksj it is expected, Will pay t)iem ; ,for all lost time. T. P;arkinson,and;party are about commencing. operations; on .a; very extensive scale, taking their water along 'the side;of/the western terrace on a high elevation from; Yankee 1 SaWs \ia '■' &> pbint^ one and a half miles below ■ Glasgow' s" 'Creek/ 'The elevation of their race will enable them to command a quan.t.ity of ' ahworked ' ground'l The' claim of i^Jphn' Flynn,Just abpy.e the, township, is worked" in a' most systematic manner by means of hydraulic pressure ; 'and judging from the depth and appearance of the w.ash,- _shobld; be giving, gpod. returns .to "the energetic proprietor"; his tail-race .runs through several .hundred, feeti .of boxes to the creek. .-.- •• r " : : The township is "compactlybuilt, having two stores, that, of Mr G.;Muir and^Mr -P. Dimond, 1 with " ohe : bakery and one butchery, and one licensed hotel. A day school for children is much needed;" there: being some thirty' juveniles'" requiring tuition; ;., . "_, r; ; r ' 'North of the tpwnship comes H.|John-' son and party.' This company has a 10- - lease, and are working the bed of the, Creek, and ; gpod .patches ;.-, they rid doubt obtairi Their tail-face passes .through a tunnel cut through solid reef, taking 66 boxesj :12ft long,* to connect Red Jack-s with the Blackwater Creek. "Jack the B,'Jy who isgenerally iti for a slice of lnck, -having- fallen upon a piece'of "overlooked ground, is netting jqpietly, it is said, his 2oz a week. The next important piece of work is that: of; Charley Rand andjparty, who also obtained a 10-acre lease; but damages by the late.flood greatly retarded operations. Their tail-race, some 500 Ft through the 'flats on the sides of the creeks being now finished, they expect to be well rewarded for the time and labor the work has- coot thorn. - At the extreme north cud of the workings, Whitehead^and party, Nicholson-aoid party, -and Harr^ohnson are'sluicing^and.frqm .having a constant supply of water from. Nicholson's race, are ; enabled to sluice away all; before them. Up the Blackwater Creek there ai-e. lß ugg and i>avty,: .Glasgow and ;party, Lo wry and party, and M'Pherson and party, all .sluicing the faces of the terraces^.and with from 6 to 10 heads of water always available, insures these, making fair wages. Red Jack's has a Benefit Society under the. management of a£ommittee_of miners, witlTa reserve"fim'd"of "sbm'eXßo,' "and the populatioiif-iwith.!w : omen and children," nu mbers some 150. Most of the m arried . diggers have vegetable" ' gardeiis - to their dweljings;- ..^nd . altogether* Red Jack's has a thriving and homely appearI ance. ■■.-, : . ,-■' ' ' /. .. :>•/ V ;v: I