MINING ASSOCIATIONS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 302, 11 December 1874, Page 3

MINING ASSOCIATIONS.

(From the ' Westport Times.')

It is good to note that* tho vis vitae o Mining Associations is not yet extin guished, that.while the average mining mind does not soar in aspiration beyonq the casual excitement of a day in Court, spent in litigation over dams and water races, there yet exists in some parts of the colony little mining communities bound in unity and who believe action for the general weal is of not less importance than jealous protection of individual interests. It is refreshing lit to come across reports of their proceedings, standing out as they do in healthy contrast to the apathy and indifferentism displayed elsewhere. . . . . . The Central Mining Association of Olago addresses the Colonial Secretary on mining matters, more especially as touching the disallowance of the Ordinance for repayment of gold duty levied in (hat province. On this point the Otago miners are far from satisfied, and the letter to the Colonial Secretary calls attention to some .features in connection with the whole question of'direct taxation on go) <I. miners. ... . . These arguments may raise demur, but at least they prove thai all >.'evv Zealand miners are not Content to fuiil] slonw the i'lineiions of mere dinging and delving machines. There is active brain power at work,-and to a good end.