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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 372, 21 April 1876, Page 3

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(%otf (jnftowii^oorr^ppondent.) . ! ' " " './April' lSth. ' - ; _ f Thisj little hblidiuy. time afoitiy disposal, I ; thpught' recreation might be pleasantly combined' withiUsefubiess, if ,of Pullarton's, the deep-sinkjng, and' the ing lotjh, in the genial gloyf;"of .'& ! autumnal day, not a .cjojid, flecked Te"grm{itions. In due time £ arrived at" the water-|-the great : motiv/e,'power jh aljuyial mining in ;New at resff, and the miners.£ither,,ocjciipied in ' gßMnt; preliminary; works s alvtJcipation of an early start, domesjtically engaged,': ihakifiag.,' matters snug for the" daysrjantl lo^^ia^eavy; nights l of the incoming w.intgrxTtheir little patches of oats stacked, and made weatherproof : their. potatQe, pi-oduce pitted; thore--gardens t nQWx if&Xy, ,ing ixtto the " sore and-yellow; leafritoi>!m-" pietely divested of--tbe" early, fruit. some [fine trees, heavily-laden with cider- ' suggesting, crimson-strealced-apples being all that r^MyiblieW rich a,hd luscioitd'aßundd.noeio£ ,the.ilittle Oasisj be^prmyied.'#id»aTirifer'ous'is,lopes . of thd long-standing, probably permanent, l t; r ,iH^; ; What pleasant, the ;infl)ilstrious, intelligent of one or "a few! 'y'ear,sT''the' ),,V 'httwlin^'*ildei , !may be Md'd W " ;^m)l6'aria i bl'6s ! ,a,.rc(sfe,",.if a taste 3 fdf''tlie"''drfltivation of tha.use'flff a'n r o! ii He r a ( u f ti!nir Bfe-Dd't-'M-fly &j.lercised. ~ •*•>■■'>rj-«./.nn .rriTnouaa , s ,-Arfd thil'M ttiaMmj¥syoMmyil}l& actioh of the : Xideri ] tk', , yrhqse | 's'&tydundingsr t be l t^^n' > 'mftcfi' i r 't6il;'' ) skill,; and natural i\bn.l r th'ess™l may,men;tioij ' £heF'feiftd«- l 1 Pp.tt;s, a G-erman. A of towering' g|um trßeV r gi^c',' ! ae , dir4bTe; ; sHade''dnd' : cool comfort ifi' tfie' bWziHg r *ne¥t I! ' 6f i; lhe summer seaspn. ;-Q-re : frame in 'd -rieatly-kbpfci garden,!well; stocked with variously-variegated, s'wedt-smelling •'while- 5 -vegetables of all kinds, and'fruits'Of'm^ny ; llu>es-, cap- r ' tivating to si ght' a'gi -to' taste j wn! so i profusely as to give an inestimable.charm in tlie mind pf a thoroughgoing vegeta;. rmn4 Sucli men,'as i factors to the Colony, and deserve 1 to have thpif usefulness publicly noticed, so that others may go and,"dP : likewise. "-5 .Tho late rain •ha^/ha.dthei ; efXect;of causing the grass to spring again on the mpistj bottom lands: and, the, sunny slppps, of; the,; mellow spurs; and, although autumn is' fast merging into winter, he"'still''lingers lP'vingly in;the land, .and,-vbn'such wt a day*as this I took for'my trails';' shorriof his pristine loveliness.' j '-:'U| -«:i'l : '. Aaoh, : and I arrived atthe'deep^iii : kin"g: ri ' 1 /visited tho Star'bf :; dta^6 ;, G^nfp , a'f(y v tunhel' and far in tlie'bo¥els ; "6f'thpeartn f '- found'two sturdy ; "knigh'ts of "flld'pii I ,'.''' okVbiisy rending the strata of this old, old; ; world, ,anet;Vijw^'na J /' flinching energy butting, their; , ward, in anticipation ,soon ; of/.'itappingthe.. lead/' :• ;A brief summary of,the. ■by this company, now;that they:hayj} sue-,, e'ecded in literally tearing their way inch ■ by;inch through■ moro thani2so'feet:of, almost' may ■of iplac'e. 'There-'are'-sk- mihA^'^lhbji'■ work three snift'saf eight hours each, ttn'-' ! ■ dtr thd mining TQaffagenicnt of, a thoroilgliV , - pradtical, quartz au'd/allifnalTnitfe'iy'mrV' ; Mitchell.■ After sinking a r shaft of 'jrhhitf '' than Ipu.fpet deep, jipd g i eMng' , e i ficell , ent', payable nel jwpnld'be thp, eh'ejippst and-mp^Vfcpe.-:'. method iWont, and, as.J.hay.e already through 250 feet oi'.yiUainously rofekJ "It then-began:to sdftofi and ally'ic]ia , nge;'''liill-ib'arrrreol at thes'.Consais«*< tency, in opposing power, of bottoms Pf the alluviaHG-oldfields of Victoria. But 'this soft' 'i'tSJ' troubles'with : it too, fofit i's 'daiirpj's'ealfty l ,; .and, as diggers' gay,' itliSt!"it ! flaked down in r i s6'itioWiw3. i sides, merous sets'pf timber, 1 pnf robf arid side laths., , .tliie.pnrpfltaljlc. prosecutibiil.o£ } the' wor^.i'^nj 1 about .lOO.i'eet or sp,of this tli'c-i reef landed. th«ta 'bp.. ! jtlip. I .aliuyiaj, through which they are nO.TC progressing, at the time of! my visit.made alto-' gather-over 600 feet?of tunnelingsincethfe) , comtoeUcement. • ■ 'They 'got- no'-prospect t .where the reef and alluvial"'jpinedi;' but, r i this Wtis'not to be expected, ■ as; ; thfe' d'epDh;' l of the'^'nnel there from 'sttrfacS : %6uicl'' - not be' .'m'dre than r seventy' or [eighty 0 feet; *where,as their shaft prospect' ' I^o- foot ground.'" TJiey jir^.pby.'jSarr^iyg 1 ' the tunnel liiigles'cih's g|aim,'jaifd, ' calculate upon, having to furth^rj'^dyanpe 0 ' 'SOO, foetbefpre their claim is rpach}!.diafl| r ' : a' '>. show " cau, be ,exp,ccted.; ,' "carried out in:a substantial,. workm'anJj;k'e.. manner; is':,pursued, with ..and, r /econpmy, creditable alike;toxhanager'and ■ nien ;'and linay remark they COTxteduslyevery information' asked ifbr,«fand' in--■,vjite inspection. ■■''■',' .';-:" ; ; i ',; !:,tr - -•• ; .- - '-i o: . j It'gl>esme•nlUchpleasur6'tbb'fo•bsSß[6; , \jjo_sition to state that Mr!'Ehgrcsbn''s'gafl!y ; . •-H'tbJe ScahdinaviJtiis f as th'e'y are'ep'min'on'ly f called—have s;ha^ft r . .'p(i'jßalloct oh J i^e^.'jt^sti\as^l^|y. "'panned off a small disli, of! <3irt, 'apcT sa^ J • tjhe, yield in thp '- Pversiatingi in calhng,it;tnvejsigraiits,' T ; fine, but, compacts , ftjiners./call. ; such/good weighing goid.;i;lt.is'.jrjiafcy.iioi , eoloifi owing to; the ;pe'culiar/;hue(tc»tT'the, jkashdirt from; which ithwas :eatraetbdl Thid party; bei happy : to state'anything in''e<»iindi>tiou'-wit ; h;it]aeii?-'- : claim that'might- ,; b^'- ) ,sPrvickblb tniriihg b^mffi'milty'ah'a''.tJ'u l bliP' ( generally; l and'^s^ui'c : s ; in , e;'tnifthe r ' imSafflt&V 'WW. fe o friitey' t#HftMft6iP?iyw: A 4. miseflt;%' pom. J w ; lnch; -iOAother, iSAigfetJy jwas a trifle j3.u.,chl;a'. brield would-prodn'ce at least-.lS.dwts. to' jat 60 buckets. v Eaph ~pf Jhese buckets cppjtaiuj mprp, .than ; 2 ,of. jsuch. r 4is he,^. o as r An,d ,f^ jbearing UpOn,.th©'.labQr& and p,e,rspViPrp,n,c4 of. this, .party;.:-. ::-They , ..'began\ ;i pi'Qs poc.tiftg, more than four months ■ back. The first Ishaft'they sunk was lost; fowmgntoiithe [nbn-amval of 1 timber I 'for 'ftlabliirrgi .-;>Tho! next ShiVft W'ftS ; stinkier'loO fee tin-dcjpth,! ! aWdriH;n i: 260'fe'6tin bppysitb'directionHii jbtitj titf 'tJrpsp'ect : obfeineat i;,a 'Strll ! hbpeful ; :' tjley with''' ren'eWdd j ehergy-'the. jpreseflt'one ?(j an|, 'after 'ddsbehding' a dbptlr oflg'6'feet, struckbottom—a mt slate— \ i and got mclj ,(3.,grain,g.tbrtJio' i dish);?* flke.adj J mp|j^QnpdV i '^her.e

"is 'WooufcS'&f&fc'dT a: nice fr.ee>" quartzose gravel intermixed with soil small slate boulders, a la digger, floating rdef.'i It is of a loot or more in thickness, equally auriferous, where they bottomed. ■■ The ground ,is dipping, and tho wash dirt thickening, but they 'are'in sb* little : clret-dnce-'yet' :T Oi-uft' nothing further of a definite kind can. : be said jiist now. The ground makes but Typvy. little water so far; but if-it deepens *(Tr'om!existinginclicutionsO it may icorease. The shaft is-slab l/ed frofia'top.to'.ilifitityih',). not sa^..it/is-a^,well-finished job.' They have promised to give me any information connected with-their working that inay be sought.fpr in the interest of i'-tlie. dijggers. • -They-'are->a r * naM decent lot of men, and their,, enterprise is to the district.'" Humor has exaggerated ffih&if Au2c"e]ss,- andrhas j a stimulus to mining matters—anoßier : jjlS-aere claim having b'een.iaaxked out last Monday. This makes 52 acres now applied for and :fciie< 4§©iP/'.shik- ; ing. j Then?, abaft is sunk close to .the Star, dpf OtagcfCompany's'' 'Douri'dary/''malting ''■ things still more look up_ for them—the pioneers. * A this,, evening to'hear the"ahswer" bf'lS'frV' Eeifl" J :'t6' the deputation ;(A ,^;'ithe_;< L Strathtaieri block, but .in consequence of a most lagree'able,till to-morrow night, if fine. Other pub':lie< matters wilHuenaisp bd'hroughtrforward; '- ! ■'> -'■ ; - ■ * .'J. < ' 1; r'. ! y V. V Wjnter,is. making siiro and. steady ad: yance. It'began to r'airi'before" 'daylight' (Tuesday morning) and''continued more ■or less; till; twelve j9'clocki pn ;W-edn.e,jjday ? night, with,' then, perceptible 'change':"'