SOUTH BEACH.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1179, 9 May 1872, Page 2

SOUTH BEACH.

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■,-;■'. ■■„".■.;■■: ■ - :.\; „May..B.; ^ Watson's Lead, to whoso former prestige when it turned out its hundredweight of gold to the lucky prospectbrs, the Ooast owes much of its present success, may be truly said to have: undergone some wonderful changes ; in: part if not the (-whole length of it. From the. point where it ia intersected' by the ; Grey month " and Paroa Tramway near the , Australasian Hotel, very little of it remains in. the saute state as it was after the first workings. All the surface and, sand has disappeared, and only here and there are any blocks left which in a short time will also disappear, and then there will be; an unbroken ; course' • to near v the "Nelson 'Hotel. "Nature, almost seems -as if she had planted the ;gold along ['this line;. foir the purpose of having it cleared for^the benefit of the. Government, for, sooner, or later, when they' require it, they will find considerable work : already -done for them if it ia ever wanted. The Great Extended have. v the largest piece to work, from Watson's Creek south to Barkers worked ground, containing about fiv^ acres. .Till this ia reached, little remains to be sluiced away. /From the Great Extehidecl's lease a considerable distance is cleared by Barker and Co. They have lat&ly opened a fresh sluice' that was Once used by- the Rasing Sun. , They will soon^make ;the space between them and Colter and. joo. less. This party is also running away the sand and making; the lead dear. When the Great Extended, Barker and Co., and Coltor and|G6. have finished their work they have" how in hand, an uninterrupted and level piece? of country will remain, for upwards of two.mileB t in length. The Leviathan Water Race Co. formerly worked a large piece of this lead between Jack's Creek 'and Paroa, . but during the ■ last , fif teen i months, however, they have disposed of their water instead of using it themselves. Dowling and Co. are still working another. . part , of the same lead, near Paroa. There is, however, a good length of country between where Dowiing and Co. are working and where the Leviathan Co. sluicedyet to be worked, which will no doubt be done in course of time. . ,

That the first parties who worked this celebrated lead were well repaid, ,ig a. matter of history, and it is now also certain that the companies who went to; the trouble and expense of bringing on water to rework it have been so far handsomely rewarded for their. labor and enterprise, and are likely to be sO long, as a foot of it remains.