ENTERPRISE GULLY.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 80, 26 August 1870, Page 3

ENTERPRISE GULLY.

l ou^v i \y^al|> y A>^at / be termed Cemetery -MM,? we ieainsSi; up on <yn& or ; two '-'(claims,. belonging'to which are :n quiefly their way towards the sacred around, 'fhafe.of..'*' Sandy" is situated,a little; to the right, and: with- a "plentiful supply of watery tr ; o ; m the pr(.s.pects : shown us, mil yield good returns* iThe : miners here, and in neighboring claim?, assert that the whole of this locality is payable. It i.3 singular that this particular spot should have been selected for a burial placel J^Situated "on the top of a b>leak, ; bare_ hill, in ,the. t straight, lead of mining operations, immature judgment must have had much to dp/in,enclosing the block.for. ?a j last resting place. Keeping onwards along the east side of the sfpur- we proceeded to the upper dams Bf the Enterprise Water if ace Company, under the- management of jVfr.r iN r ewinau, whose ehterpVise and industry in the district are favorably known. From the-fop of this'hill an .excellent view is obtained of the distant workings on Surface Hill,' as well as aii esteuded'pro r Hpect of the adjacent plains. < Thje chief gold deposits are found,' arid are being

wrought on fchq.west side of.Enterprise t Gully. Messrs. Pender and party have ( been at ; work- here for nearly' three ( years. They had an original, grant of '. six acres; at present use sis heads of i water, put through large massesTofsoil,) ! and are doing well. Maltby and parity i are close by, and- have been oh the ground;foi\ a considerable time plst.. " TheyiUse.foiir heads, of water./ / M\Na-' ] .rnara.and party, have been busy in the: r same neighborhood,, fpr 2,years, and use .3 heads of water. Currie and sons,Lalong sameiliue, hafx? been acting-in a more extended way, for some time past, on what is/known iis ! the' old Excelsior /claim/. i.They".use about/ fis&. b/eads of ;water,iC-in ploy ..seyoral,.,\vo.rkmen,. .• and--took up adresh /claim on ! new^ground last week: iaud J party ; have ..been - here abo tit two years, -and use 3 beads of waterV Noble and party finished washing up last week;- u -Their old claim was? then"worke'd:;-putj , and.. ,they;t^oV]upTrie]^ground:fit / ther down '. "j Tfe; andl Jarialf-.. > heads of .water: are • used: by "ithis party. Richards /ahd/party only -opened' their ,; new claim about two months ' ago!"Wd use four heads ot water: We ai'd informed that the of water to wp-k - j ftoin the Water Race Cam- ! .pa-ny.' .Messrs. . ilopwell .and. party j -'lavo been between two and three years I in this locality: : TheiV present /claim is: ill Wet, /-»'ully,/where' they like 2' heads of/water./ Webber and pai*ty haveput through a great. deal of washdirt; for tie few months they have been at work. .They ,take between-itwo ,and three ; r.aead^:of water. . / The • claim of John Crater;.employ s 'two heads. of J * water ; biit it has only been opened for a few iMnths/// /Cooper and,party./(Band of f , .tlape.dai'm) opened pujt tjiejr ground ;.oniy ;montha sin.?e; j but they have confidence in its auriferous- character, and took twayears in constructing their . present tail race, Ap (Irew Brown has dispo^ed^pt'imtnense/.quantities of dirt during the past eighteen months. He uses six heads of water, and/notVunfreqiiently employs from 1.0/ to 0i men. .jQhn.G-reen is an old rniuer. in the . place. He has been four : years "more or less e.ngagedin this gully: There are 6 meii em ployed in his present who us? h© ,of •■water. The vßand ,of. Hope Water Eace supply the bulk of the water used by the ibre- ' going parties. ' There are several Other • claims.in this .neighborhood deserving attention, but want of space/ deters us at present from further notice. Wej may inentibii, in conclusion, that this gully presents a/busy and very animated appearance, that, as will be observed, large qu.mtitie3 of head water are-used, in the several mense masses of earth, sluiced away ; anddroih strict enquiries made, the ex- • pected'average/retiirns may be Quoted. per week per man, : although it .is. literally impossible^irpm the, character of the workings,..that an /exact .figure can be until the, pcsriodical washing up of tail races takes placed." : '"''//" ; ; '' : ' |! '/' 1 c -'-l : " '. '•-:."