MOUNT IDA.
Mr Warden Hardcastle estimates the population of the Mount Ida district at 2300, distributed as follows : — Dunstan Creek, Welchman's and neighborhood, 1400 ; Hill's Creek, Pcgleg, Blackstone Hill and neighborhood, 200; Rowland's Woolshed, 250; Hogburn, Kyeburn and neighborhood, 450. There have been no new discoveries nor new rushes Mr Hardcastle says : — " The district is progressing- satisfactorily. When at Dunetan Creek it transpired in n case I was hearing, that a claim in the deep sinking, Kildare Hill, pays LI 5 per man per week; and at Rowland's Woolshed, near Hill's^ Creek, a disputed heap of washdirt containing about four or six loads, was valued (on oath) at £170. Dods and Company, at Hill's Creek, have got their race nearly completed, and are alreay at work. The prospects shown me by them (about 6 grains to the tin dish) promise handsome results."
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North Otago Times, Volume II, Issue 29, 8 September 1864, Page 1 (Supplement)
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