INANGAHUA ITEMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1512, 9 June 1873, Page 2

INANGAHUA ITEMS.

[herald, june 7.] MtTftRAX CREEK. ' ;

I The heav^ rainfaU' on Monday afterl noon and night acaoinpanie.d by the melt-; > ing snow culminated on Tuesday, morning ''■ in one of the heaviest; floods of the sea--I son; its coming had,, however, been fully * anticipated by; the. general, closing of floodgates, turning off head^aces/jClearing out. of long-disused waste-ways,, and the I removal of Bluice-boxesjf'cradles, &c, to safe ground, r That -the precautions were I most effectual is 'evidenced^ in the fact * ; that beyond a slight br.eak in ...a ..race ..be? longing ---to the Wealth of r .Natibiis no a damage occurred to. mining projI perty in this district. ,, The iirack leading ■. round the cutting in the bluff, on' "the f Eeef ton side of Black's Point, is.iri a very ■, dangerous state, and should be looked to 3 without loss of- time. If ; aUowed to re-, ; main in its present condition, loss of liffe i 'is likely to follotf the. neglect. ,.. ... ] s . Ajax.— The "new"' shaft ' is down' 48ft. s and has only 2ft more to go : to break intb £ the 50-foot level, and 'when this is done V the work of cutting' out a chamber in * which to!; erect, a; windlass .will be com---7 menced. " The supply of stone sent down from the mine to the ifaachiri'e-house still continues to be ample to keep the batl teriea.employed. : No rdamage was. donV I to the main dam by the, . flood, the storm channel, cut at the time the dam , was , > built, 'having answered admirably' the I object of its construction. A report is i ; current that Mr Hall, the general mining b manager, has sent in 'his resignation, tho t ugh for what reason is not stated. In c the interests of! the -company, as well as .: c the district generally, it is to be hopejd r the report will prove to be untrue, as tl|e r i long and practical experience in tHe 0 management of quart mines ; and quartz 5 mills that" gentleman is known to havje 1 had, should render his services : 'doubly I valuable to all who have a^y interests h I be served in the faithful ; 'ahd speedy dcj; velopment of the res6urces,bf the mine. 5 A most melancholy accident, by'which |a sawyer named William Glass, a native Scotland, met with an instantaneous death, occurred, on Tuesday last, particu- , lars of which have already appeared |n ! jour paper. ,Mr 01ass was ahardTwprkpg, '■' frugal man, and, iatnong the miners, wis [ widely known and respected. . I i North British.— The rock in the face of s the drive is still of the same nature as. > ; that cut through so feev east of the.pre-' ■ sent workings. Strong and> reasonably ! founded" hopes are entertained that th|e 1 reef will soon be got,' the recent discovery ; ot the out-crop : on the surface ; justifying ■ the belief that the reef runs near to arid ' parallel with the west boundary" of tneclaim. '•'■ "■"•■':'■ ■•■■.■■•"■'"■" J '. , , ,yictoria.— The Mbutors .haye >.. sent" t ' down nearly ldo 1 tdns ; of 'stbne-'fo'JroJl paddock, 1 wh;ch is nearly if ull.'. Thewo£k of running put, from 3J0. ; J to No. 2 paddock will be commenced nest week. i Westland.— The battery is not at work, and is not likely to be until other arrangements than those now in v«gue a be adopted inthe management: The result of the crushing of the Inglewood stone is eminently satisfactory, and, as predicted, . highly, remunerative to ,the adventuresome piirchaser. The ntrihber of tonslof stone crushed .was 113, from which~the highly payable result 75|oz, pr ■something over 13dwt to the ton was obtained! The; reason the balance of , the stone (X5 tons) was not crushed was the delay arising out the accident which befel r the unfortunate nian Haines who was Engaged truck-, ing down .stone from the upper to the Jower paddbpk a * the time of the 'occurrence. ' ' ' ' ■■ • ■ Band .of Hope.— Through the iniufli.cieht opening of the mine and the delay, of putting on men until the last moment, it is feared that the. machine will -have to stand idle through want of stone tdcru^h,' and this r too whilst water is plentiful. This is a state of things that ought not to be, and had a little judicious management been exercised n6 ; such difficulty would • have arisen. l)uring the. early part of the week the manager had some trouble in c finding men to put-on to the^works-Tra. _. fact which miners out of employment wbuld do well to notice. ; ...,;) Energetic. — T wenty-fi ye pennyweights per ton was the actual yield of the atone : put throrjgh at the last crushing; The crushing waa in; JByery ■ sense; a bchwfide one, hence it is highly satisfactory, and ought to very considerably enhance- the yaltte of scrip in the claim. The battery is hanging up, all the immediate available «tone having been put 1 through before the cleaning up too]i place: Strenuous efforts are b^ing maidp to qppri the mine so as to aJUpV the tna;chinjß Wbg kept moving, . $he new tunnel into 5 ! the^ni∈^haftwill ■ ' ■ ' ' . i, ,■...••

be completed in five weeks, when a permanent supply of stone will be maintained.. The last crushing of the Energetic Company yielded from 185 tons at the rate of loz sdwt per ton. According to the appearance of the stone now being worked the -c_ra»hing give a higher averag^yield.*Wealth of Nations.— At the mine the clearing kway- ofthe * land i slip hasten completed, and the work of getting out and sending down surf ace stOneiJiaerbeeji, resumed. In the, tunnel, a well-defined reef, 10ft thick, lias been cut through, and men are employed putting in drives/ both north and south, along the line of reef. The machine is now being driven by water taken from Stony Creek, the original, terminus of the race, a break haying occurred in the- second : section^ ot new race, just beyond the point wner,ethe race . takes up the creek-water. A pafty' of men were at once sent out tb repair" the damage, and would succeed in doing so in time 1 to' keep -up = a supply of iw«rteri at; the wheel. The third section' of rths. race* leading.from Garvy's. to Deep Creek r is being pushed, ahead as fast-as, poasil?le.;r ■;•:•■> .;!••■■;•; .r.BOXTStSN'g-.' :? rrr.:,,i;t Just-in-Tim¥/ i i-SSll cdniintiing foWork in ( the lower tunnel, and have now driven 98ft along the reef, in a southerly direction} : „Tb,e. contract for this work, is finished, and/fresfii^nd^^'iU'j^'-'Qtit in a ,day ; ,-ior. , two, to . cpntinue ' -the ' driving. There is a fine bo;dy 3 ',p£ sjfcpneinjib^b iace, and. &erreef : u4o,u^a ( tpjw'i<Jen'Qut'' to ,2ft '.Ginrshowing^ex^en^gpiil.;... 1 /.. 1 ;..".^ ;-n Belpresentatibns' made;, by' '• ifcfc .^s|wlen Broad to the Provincial •^qye^'injmjb ; in respect to the strong claims of the Just-in-Time Company toaflease of the full . area of ground applied f or have resulted in his Honor recommending that the appycationshould be ( renewed by .the company, when his intention: rto*> grant. the lease would be gazetted. There can be 'nb que'siioh. as fo>^i-]'cUitioe. oft this,!'aa the compiny^lias l exiwSndeii L2ooo'in machinery, besidesrfornung a track at a cost of L3Q0... „.,.. \ .; " * Fiery Cross.— This' company's waterrace has been completed .with r the, exception of a.,4o,chainf of <fliirnpig, ( lbr; which about 4QOO .feet, of , ticaber have 'already been cftt. jppbraybtis'are now more particulstrljr directed 'to extending tbe tram- ( way frptt) the jnonth of. the tunnel fe the receiving paddock, situated 306feei down the sideling) from , the, low tunnel ; tney are intending to build three receiving paddocks, , one of.. which is nearly.,completed, and will be ccapablye y J df '" Holding 200 ; tons of stone. They ! :als6 r ebnstriict f tKree sideling' iraniwkys'by' which their <juarfe^fg to 'be'eonveyed to the "machine site. t The contractors at "the machine site are progressing rapidly— squaring timber, i *y«>'C.JW B % water-Wheel^ selecting and bringing up -mifteriil for • building machine house. r The. frame for the waterwheel will be. erected next week. ' ' Caples or EJdorado'Obm^any.-^Afrdsli start has been made in this claim.- 1 have be^en informed.thatit listheu? intentioffto sink a shaft «n',|y rteef from' ther'Mrface following ! dpwn;' ! 'The : Btbne 5/ Mkß well. |r ; ■:■

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