SALTWATER DISTRICT

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1274, 29 August 1872, Page 3

SALTWATER DISTRICT

(from our own correspondent.)

' It must be now about rive a half years ■ince Welshman's Terrace was first ppeued, and eyer sine? there has always been a steady n.flpuM;ion Jopatpfl there, Present appearances show that those who lyre therp npw believe in ite reso\irces from the neat and substantial cottages with gardens that are to be met with in different parts, Very few of the old pioneers of Welshman's are to be found, but those who are now residing there fhave been doing so for a long period. At •one tima a great amount of business was transacted in the township in the early days of the rush to the Limestone, but since the extension of the tram to Marsden both there and Rutherglen have greatly benefited at the expense of Welshman's. There is now no bustle or cpnf gsion j everyth. ingappears more settled, and altogether" the place seems greatly altered. As a diggings it has always been recognised as favorable to men with small means, the ground being shallow and easily worked, with gold more or less plentiful and an occasional patch. Workings over a large extent of country are to be met with in every direction, and are well worthy of jiote— from the very head oi the Saltwater, beyond the Great Intended's dam in one direction, and down to the Deep Creek in another, towards the beach— and from Welshman's Township to the tramway, workings more or less payable are to be found. In this area every available watercourse is taken up and registered in the Warden's Qsce, showing thpvalpe tyfj* fa set o» water by the jnen.' There is little probability of the Population increasing, on account of the difficulty in obtaining extra water, unless from the Great Extended, nor, on the (Aher hand, is there any great fear of the population ' decreasing for many years. Whilst there is payable ground to be. worked, tyere jg Jjttle drpad pf it being lety fo* "want of parties to work it. One thing is very certain, that the rate of wages which men now work for is not so high as' formerly, and ground which would not pay them is now being worked profitably by the' aid of water, Welshjnau'.s \p not a locality where two or three JpfjpVpJ gold ep&i and, wher finished, is p.f no further use to the mi r sr ; but it is a place where the gold is much scattered, requiring some labor and water to collect it. The opinion that was formed of Welshman's soon after it was first opened had been borne out by the results up to th.c- present day, Any man aatisfled with, imall returns 'can make §«ire. of utilising hia. labor, if his means' be sufficient tp. support him for a short time. The extension vi the race known as the Great Extended was a serious drawback against the prosperity of Welshman I*,1 *, and. w\\\-. fates eyen now tp its detriment, for the more water, t}ie greater the success would be,