OUR GOLDFIELD AND HYDRAULIC SLUICING—Letter II.

Kumara Times, Issue 522, 30 May 1878, Page 2

OUR GOLDFIELD AND HYDRAULIC SLUICING— Letter 11.

j [to the editor.] I Sir —ln continuation of my letter on the : subject of hydraulic sluicing, the system I would suggest is something like the following ; Let the olaimholders amalgamate in the cutting of a proper tail-race, in such a position with regard to the known auriferous portions of the leads, and engage as large a supply of water as , they can possibly command, and form j themselves into a company to properly carry out the work. In cases where the j cutting would take In already occupied j ground to the injury of the miners who ! hold the claims, give compensation shares i in the tail-race, when, after deducting the j expenses of continuing the race through ■ their claims, let them have the gold over, 1 to be divided among themselves. In cases | where they would object to allowing expenses of the race, give them their gold, ; and let them forfeit the shares for the com- : pensation I have already mentioned. This j plan may not at first sight please a great i many, but I think when we take into consideration the vast amount of ground now I unoccupied, and the advantages to be gained by those who agreed, by the facili- ; ties offered of taking up new ground as | their various claims would be worked out, j and the decided monopoly to lie gained by j the proprietors of the taiLrace, that few j could object with re:ison. This is merely i a crude idea of mine, but, considering the ; importance of something being undertaken ' to keep our diminishing population in tills district, any suggestion, however simple, . is deserving of serious consideration. I hope that the miners may take the Initiative in this very important work, and so reap the full benefit of what they so richly deserve by the indefatigable energy they have displayed in prospecting the country ; for, so sure as I write this letter, so sure is hydra alic sluicing the most payable and generally beneficial mode of unearthing the vast wealth of Kumara and surrounding district..

Any more feasible mode to be suggested would be a benefit not to be undervalued or thrown away.—l am, &c., An old Sluicer. ivumara, May 29th, 1878.