SOUTH BEACH.

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

SOUTH BEACH.

. '. ....■■)■ . ■. . ..i ■ . -.-,' [PROM OUR OWN. CORRESPONDENT.] ; ■..<■■:.. ■'.. : ■....'. .=-, April 24.

' ThVHand and .Hand tunnel is now. completed to tli^boun^ry of the claims, Jhe'ld by D^s.ciacitia.ayd' Coni'pahy and "Camppjßii; i an.^';po.n'ip)a,ijy»' It is .9,6,0 ft in length; and,abp'ufc : iof;i;..from^the surface, being ,. about . JL6f t jo.wer. thaiuthe .tunnels originally, ttaken in. ., There v have been .softie donsidferaDie difficulties' hi the way of constructing it so ; far, --owing. 'to the immense' quantity of water that- had soaked into -.tlie ground from the former' workings. So, strong., was .it. that after ' going" through, a bar the' water came with ■so great a force as tobarry large stones' down the tunnels -.The men seem in high spirits as, to their ultimate success of gettirig^repaid for 'their' Jatipr.; It will,, however, tiike. a, week, or" two yet before they are aiMls'to teirh'bw it will ultimately, pay,>a3 they are, not yetrup to the fancy line. They have been engaged this week, in sinking another shaft, which. they have been' com pel led to do ■ every 70ft.^ The bottom !; of . the .tunnel, is 2ft in v the/reef. No donbt.this is a wise precaution in case ,the... reef, should; dip to the east, anji it is. . easy to riseif necessary. > It has long 1 been the' opinion of practical meu that payable, gold exists ill this 'terrace^' which extends 'from Watson's' Creek to" the town boundary,' and : that' the 'f of mer trial.it had was nocriteribn to go b^' as the tunnels were'l^n(ucii.^top shallow.. ;'No.w,, ..this is remedied, inthe^vEjind and Hand, and it" will soon be krio'wn for certainty how it is likely to pay./ .The formation of ihs high terrace at the back is very similarito thatv on the old, Stony Lead, <and , it -is, to be hoped that the ground will prove equally g°°d. .; ■:. .;-.:- -;•; •, = ..:■ There is very, little to note elsewhere along:the Stony Lead, excepting .that the North Star. Company are in full working order., This -has proved a most surprising claim, from "the immense depth of wash in it, and ; the dividends ' it "haa .rewarded the fortunate proprietors. 'Lb'ng >nay it continue to do so. The Sun has set, and the Age of Progress has dispensed with her former occupants, -and allowed them, to lbok elsewhere for other claims equally good if they are to be fpu?id v The lawyers would no doubt like. to. ,see''an6^her Sunrise. that .might prove .as /salubrious and invigorating as the. now setting sun has donov : , Its ; like the sun itself brought forth suits at law as if they wer^

mushrooms.. -The lawyers gaitiei}, whoover lost. \.M . •-' 1 A. • • .The whejel. claims pnj;th6 beacli are getting fewer. That^ "beafitiful^piece of machinery owned by the Co-operative Company is in full working order, and report says it is just about a3 useful to „the* i pvvßei% : as^it4s*cre.ditable-:to.theinrt The Maiden City. r is yet to be found near "dts ifPrmJerrsite,^?as : well as two or three others— all doing about as usual.