OUR LOCAL MINING ASSOCIATION.
(To the Editor of the Mount Ida CnitoNiciE.) Sik,— The misconception on the part of the Mining Association of the duties required'of, them by the public, has given rise to much comment. I refer especially to the opposition-lately made, and to that pending in the applications to purchase by Mr. Packman and others.
The Committee, in the first instance, objected to tlie'sale of a small portion of land already worked, and covered with tailings, applied for by Mr. Sinclair. The standing argument is, "-If it is not payably auriferous; it will be required as an outlet for tail races." This ground applied for by Sinclair'is not situate exactly atthe mouth of the gully, but to the north' of it, and it is extremely unlikely that it will ever be'utilised. ■ •'
j Mr.« Packman, too, has applied for leave , to purchase tcn.ieet of ground, and lie is i told-by the' Committee that the sale of I ten feet is "detrimental to mining interest." This is so~ extremely ludicrous "that it needs no comment: suffice it to say'that it.is quite" improbable Mr. Packman will be deterred from doing anything lie may think fit, .because no one would tiling of "'"shifting" him! for. ten "feet of ground. " " ' Again there is" Messrs.' Stewart and Gillespie's report'oh, the ground occupied by Mr. Wilson. ' It stated that the ground would not pay,, evpn if it were worked 'with-free water. : ' To get over this, the objectors say the'ground was not bottomed. It is very unlikely that two such old imners as I Messrs. Stewart'and Gillespie should not ! know when ground is bottomed. Yet, 'judgment is, "The sale'would be detri-mental-to mining interest." -■ - '" The Committee would have had consij durable influence if they, had used it with discretion;/but, by being ovei;-zealous (as they; undoubtedly are), they become a noxious obstruction, instead of a boon. Opposition by them' would be very beneficial indeed if there were good auriferous land applied for; but, in - opposing the sale of worthless land, they do harm. People will not cultivate ground; and plant it nicely, if they can have it cut up and spoiled "at a-, peek's notice,- with the imtdequate compensation that is allowed. -If the population do not settle properly, , the place wall never prosper. - " " I hopei.th'at this manner of opp'osition will be some discrimination made in objections in future".—l am, &c, ' *'Genee'a&& Mining 1 Interest:' •
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 289, 12 September 1874, Page 3
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397OUR LOCAL MINING ASSOCIATION. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 289, 12 September 1874, Page 3
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