REEFING NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1774, 13 April 1874, Page 3

REEFING NEWS.

TflE LYELL AND UPPER BULLER , [txok oub oypx correspond bnt.] \ \ Messrs Carroll and Cairns's battery i at |>resent occupied 'by the Maruia Com . piny. TKig company has up to thepre ';', ; flWnt'puii'thi:ou'glx about 150 tons, and) i ,' w, fully anticipated tliat the yield *il , [ equal if hot exceed that of the last crush - ing, viz., ioz to 4^oz the ton. | , Break O'l>ay.~This company is now -blocking out, and the stone continues tc show well, quite equal to that lately 'crnshed,' and which yielded no less thar Boz to the t<in. The leader is about foui 'tochea thick. : . ; > .' f Malpney's have about 200 tons of stone in their paddock, and it certainly looks very well, though not not so rich as the Break O'Day stone. A new leader has been discovered in this claim, and will shortly be Worked. ■ ■ ; Excelsior Company.— This claim is now being rapidly brought in So good working ordef under its new and energetic nianage- ■ taent. ' A tunnel is being put in with the j view 1 of striking^'tHe r^ef which is known to exist in the claim, and from which, / when opened up, a handsome return will . _ surely^ be obtained. : , - ..." HL 43pui8 .Oompany.—rWork has beenreu :;: sumed in , this claim. . It . is intended to construct -; an t mcli ned tramway in' lieu of -. (tne'oldi and- I v may say,' useless shoots <"'■■ connecting the claims with the machine. resuniebT in this claim on Monday next. ' A %i ;! ittnn>TwUr;Wdi^veh in to hit the bottom '.'^of'th l^ shaft, where a rich leader was disr spine time bacfc" This company is "now registered under the Limited , Liability! Act, and work will be pushed ' ' forward most energetically, r , ' •■•:;' Monte •Ghristo.-^Three shifts are employedin'this claim 'driving a tunnel, '; "with 'the iriew of striking the Maruia and 1 136MDrlveleader8'ataldwlevel. ! ■ ";| ;; 'Liftle'Woiider.— Taking out some really ( , g6M stonift, in the low level tunnel, which bids' fair to equal in richness any stone as yet crushed by this far-famed claim. j „, Tbe.Little Wonder machine is crushing . for, the Maruia. ; An"additional battery of rnve : heads is in course of erection. - : Makfrig an inclined tramway from main - line to machine-site, in lien of the snoot ' hitherto in use. :r. ■■• ■■•: i -TNew 1 Creek.— Prospectors (or Maiden ;-''^^) have a. well defined reef all through '" the' claim,' containing a fair sample of >Jl levellto prpve ithe rvalue i,'6f their ground. results are anticipated. : r ,' f t ., . Tichborne. — Driving on the reef. Wh^n struck it was ra foot thick, carrying a supply of the precious metal. In alluvial there is nothing much to report. The " Palmer fever has slightly affected the Buller miners- and a few have • 1 their departure to more distant fields. . t We. were favored in due course with \''d visit from Messrs A. Greenfield, and '„ J ;j'la,;' i Pitt, ! These gentlemen, no doubt, \ .; enjoyed!, their overland -trip amazingly. s! r'They had splendid weather, but beyond ,! ... discovering the value ;of a "Matakitaki j-; : feeder apd frightening an unfortunate .mail contractor who was innocently con--1 veying-tb its destination a case of crockery, which those gentlemen insisted was neither 1 ; more'tHM 1 less than a case of James Hen- , ; nfcssy*B P.B. and contraband cargo, I have .•' hot heard of any great results arising ■■'^'^^^'.tiiiett.Tisit. ''■'■■ '''-' ;i .'.'•■ "';' • J li cbmnienced raining this morning, and has rained incessantly all day. There , • is a heavy fresh in the; Bailer, and no dpflbt a severe flood will be experienced in a few hours.' The Lyell township can now boast of a telegraph ofiice and two ' v-u -' n banks^ and is daily increasing in import-