GREY VALLEY GOLD-FIELDS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1612, 4 October 1873, Page 2

GREY VALLEY GOLD-FIELDS.

[PKOM OiJß'OVnr OORBEsipOIfDBNT.J 7" ~ . - „ "■"".,' October. 1. v There is nothing talked 'bf fyxti 'the reported new , disco very., near ,the r Haa'stJ 'Rrye^. Everyone ia anxipis^'waiiitiig for i ithe,', -a^tKentiid [■ ','contir^atib^''"^^^^.^'^^'' jint.elilgence received, tterej ai^d ,if ( it ahpu Id K th'p.^'gql4 haus r been!ftiufld i uflder ( the circums.tances; stated, an exodus ■ may be expected from this, part of-jthei .country.- „JPbe- very, wet weather^prevail-' .iiigi here recently,! although suitable for,. ;a : large section of the raining populatioritih giving a good supply of water for sluicing, has had a depressing effect in every other (direction: jr;Business -and": trafijc are all •but: entirely suspended', andiini tbe; farm-; ■ing. districts work, i§ al|spl^,tely;at a.stand,still.;..,[Ploughing, ani| seed, IpwingV.'.wuniversally delayed, wtth thg a|aipst c^er-; tain ! p6nsegue'ri'ces pf a latp iiaryest and light Crops: ■ ' L :: ' « fT ■■■> ,ar.-Ri.' r WitT.,'-i M,-. a i/ -'■■■■Mi :; : -r: ■• :; - ';•: (^■■.■i.;-.. ,:\ i It is reported,u|vith; leve.ry,.appearanjje.of1 eve.ry,.appearanjje.of ,pr.qbability,':that,th'e has ! been toyufy a«ain f was supposed \ to have finished, as' far as it was of any

; value, in Mabille andcparty's claim, near? | Granville, and, although a little scattered; ; i gold was fouwd lower ; down, it was evident the true gutter as it was worked ... higher up the creek was astray; O'Hara , and party, who have been working below Granville, were for a long time getting a ,IJiUe OT^j,d Jw but,4atterly. 1 ,.M rv 4hey.^Qye..- r * westward the" washdirt'got much better. ■ ; They,' ft ave; no sy? applied' for permission to shift their iisLing~machinery and winding | geariitai-.aspaxfrjof^theirwleasehold.some! distance furchei /J .etp,. I ,.,the west of its ' former position, 'and tnis has given rise! to sthat,,Bom^'djs^o5 that,,Bom^'djs^o ( very-;likejyj ' to 'be' permanent has Been ' made. \sThei opinion was always held by those who ' • paid'4ny attentida''''tb ;I th'e'' / stiß3ect, i that' if this lead ; were- fever: tpicke'du up again it would ;be[ found; tp tithe. westward, of all work previously-done in search of it, for ; it was tnougiS the* little g^ld'Tiitherto got ' below the junction 7 y of Duffer and HalfOunce' Greekff^Hsid^ a^c6rihectidn ! Mth the ,Puffer-Sulliv,an lead. . . -7- •-;- ■ ,: -:;":;: , r ''' Adispu'te is at present going 'on i between '■ two -of ■<' ttfe •' loti(gest-tesid(Sntagtuicing ; par-; ties at ©offer Creek, wliichdt/ja hopedjjin the interest. of i rijothnpompanies, will be settled amicably. One of the parties makes\use;o£>ihe tail.water of lithe other for ground sluicing r but if an extension of the first paHy'aitail-raceiis made in the manner ripfoposedj^the^oiihpp "wtil, it' is said, suffer ruinous injury. Ijhe Warden^and r the,,.Mining trying '^omakean equitable settlement of the difficulty. „ -....,-,.^ -....,,„,..,- \ ThW'SnrVeyPr'has been 'busy surveying the new mining leaseholds applied for at BpperyHalfhP^^^^ occupied as far as Canadian Greek The' tsHarehbldera iri3 (the 'l Eclipse"; ftiftaf *M 6; upper town at Half-Ounce, continue their weekiytdividendsij UTiese :have:.inof/;beenj very large lately, as the workmen are for; the last few ■ )wee_ks Igoirig through oldj worked ground, with a solid block here; and Jthenfc •r-hejjfacfe-^willjifhortly be! carried ■into"new"ground7wHich~is"ex-j pected tol^give^igood^irkturns. In the; ; leasehold-next, above the Eclipse Cpm-| i • pany's k? ground- : -McDonald- ' and ' ( party i arejgetting on well with their machine^-. ■ Thigre^are' two distinct runs 'of 'washdirt ; known to exist in this'grdund. . r There is| 1 tb'eihain 5 gutter' and 'a fejeder^oming-id i from, the \ r .right fork ;> of^ti^.(Bree|c. ir Ran 4 I bills' and^partyrf^e;:^inv^mpany^ i worked on the' l^ier^om^^ir^ ,ago, and ! ijwashed alarge, 4uantity,'.of I .'|ai^ly^ payable, 1 dirt from ft This'corapjjny •$& have the advantage of perfect -drainage, for theyj have secured the übb .of .^Aisfciand party's i tunnel tail, wMchjiar nearly; twp thousand >j' feet in, lengthj has years <; itoLConstjijuct.,' ..:■:. r r .. r „,;. "•■■ „v „y >j ;iT|ie^nipnp6mpanyat.B^^ i; ißorgeson lind partyrrbiot the;jfir^t,:rsßgular ;! washingifromthelead in ; their, leasehold ti last week. There were S several >preVious| lj tria^uW^hmgs^ibuttheilastjwas^he-resum k of two weeks' breaking out in the main] r- .d'riye,;:and .gave ■34p^gold..- rr A piece.of > very smart wbrk< was' dbne 1 on 1 this claim. ■ sThe fbtil' air was -ver^Jirqublesome In. the >| underground workings^' and" after" every i known remedy 6a'd' : failed— including the f new one%f.^rHjn^ : ;6f' ! Kerb|ene| which : nearly suffocate^/ '.tfie' :workitieti;#-it was s decided^^to ...sija'ik^^an^'air'^shan^^This.' was' I done in" tw6 weeks,'.' arid when" the depth'-,] ■ ,BPft,rand| the^.nature of^the^sinkingQarej s ytaken -• .into; laccountTtit/^iUj lk c';e '; aSß^ted there was very little time lost.,- ;A,t, Orwell i Creek;. itHe' prospecting! :party atNoonan's v Plat have the Dew sVaft down 35ft. At I about forty driving will Be commenced, tc! : find the; deep ground. The, shaf Mistaken >' down" through tie Te'ei to th^b'-kbutK of the creek, and the ; ';pariiy lia've 'had very little i water to trouble them so far. , . ■ ? . y ij From Shannp,n ? s,,|Ter|ace^' it 'Qwen's >j Look-out, Nelson CreeTc,r,iji I .ia.freportsd p that the-c^cleep^- shaft., a^liu.&e^j ;; to as i likely to give an idea pf perma- ; ,tbe. ;- nency of the lead, ;.has; be.enj{bottomed a duffer, and-drivenitiwithout' -aiiyorresult worth noticing;? '■> The claims o'n'i'th'e goldi ; ttrQ;juati payable on the'{whoUy>aldiough,, a3-ia^h'ffca%b witlei all-tl)*e ll :gi?6uiQd openedin that locality, rich prospects can always be washed from' picked^ washdirt. Tt will b^sbm^time-'''%'efora^it'Mll<!b¥ifi&UyTde-eided -whether the rush will -come-up-to ,the firßtfeipectati6hsidrmedlbfti^CCCp^mplaints are made thatv this discovery and the prospects first- obtained were inten-j . tionaUy/made ;tootmacb>iJof,' and ifcs'o; it ias^'Wells ; to : ' r fix^ the?blam'e iri^the quarter. One of the "new-t-bi'oems"; lately? announced with such aAflourisb of trumpets as having. arisen to properly instruct therrminers,,dn;"";miningftwaddle,"! paid avVisitduringr-onevof-his^Lmojante-banking" jexpedifipns^to Hatfer's Terrace .when the rush _was beginning..tp attract ! ;. ; nptice.;,: He, iwasythepi'i'j'gotra^'j^and I 'Stuffed ;by <a'jWagj iyrho iintrqduced,<himl|if ! as a prosjrecfor, which he was,iand l an.;prsl hand at th'eiwork. the folio wing^ [announcement; ;a^.putf§Jia J nupn and jparjy^cjaim.jappea'reiij-injprin^t^^^ in this paper) :— " T^e^pypspgctp^'pb.' iitainedi!Q?}e mince ofrgol^to^h^tjdialirfrom . the;b"WlimVand ihayPiprovMttheiiG grpund| to contain a lead of washdirt 20ft wideghyj lft in, depth;; 'Tunning^'through the whole lengthjpf.the.claim.^aTid yielding an aver-; age of-ofte pennyweight of- gold- to $h&.disK\ ; It isAunnecessary to say;that:sujghra>claim! as this has never before been opene v d v inl the Orey.^allev, :or;perhapS)on. ; the^Weat' Coast." Quite unnecessary indeed t!?<fdij when such a claim ;is; opened -anywhere,] we^wiil very likely' bbserve'a' 'flight p white. blackbirds. _;. . . . v 1 '; ! "''; ? : : ;';.^ r " '.'■ ; -^\ ' 'iIBJE. BQAED: J^WSUasl^^Au if. -There 4s only bneii candidate-, yet viajthe! field foPielectidnfor the new Roadßoard.i Mr James Cunninghatn, storekeepSr'dti Half-Ounce-^than* Vw r hom>a'> more eligible! ciatfdidate' 1 could, 1 not ' b~e ? fp^nd^iJasanribunped " : his' ;o in^Bnt^Qtf:-of -Bt^ti3iniif s ''^r election. Mr OunnipghalnVs elee ! fci6ii < may be' considered' ;oertam^ to meet with opposition 'in ( his own ( distHct, and he. did, his chance of election! would than ;that ; bf/any'pther ,^esideht ; of the place. v 2|fessf4, j'Mich'aell F !Qijenihan, ,Arthur Ejljs, of -If elsoa !Ojr^e]k), ] ;and.,g l.j'W;.. ..Jonesipf^llagha^. I Creeki 3 \are| mentioned as probable candidates,viandf Messrs -MCBeth, Bundle, Parfitt, and j iEerrisiare 'expected to come 'forward. Mr] W. H. Lash is expected to offer himself at -' Noble's -Ore'efc. 1 "'- Among- ihe^ Barnes ! mentioned, a ; .gpodj , selection, could be; made, and, it.,, is. necessary.; jthat- a careful? choice stiouici be rqade, for" on the successor failure pf,the ; .experiraent ; in : local self-: government the future of this district will I depend.' The .circumscribed . powers of the atld ..the jlimite^ .fmeans avail-l able for public itnprqvemqnts likely tatbb placed at its diaposalja.-wilßbe against its; opportunity qf doing any good, and it will \ require- a considerable' arablint of^^tj^actical ■ abuity in the pmonml of the Board to render it in any [manner efficient.