THE ARROW.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 66, 23 June 1863, Page 2

THE ARROW.

(From the Correspondent of the Wakatip Mail. June 15, 1863. The hard frost of this week has enabled the miners on the Arrow River to repair to a great extent the devastations of the last flood. This week they may expect a fair return for their work, unless the weathei breaks up again, which is much to be depre cated, but I fear is by no means improbable from the aspect of the sky at sunset last even. ing. I can corroborate my former statemeni as to the fact of many doing exceedingly weli on the river, having ascertained that in one claim about 100 yards or so up the gorge, 7(1 80, and 65 ozs., have been taken out of i single paddock, with 16 feet sinking only. 1 have no doubt other parties are doing eguallj as well. The first terrace will soon be pro. perly worked, and as far as can lie judgcifl successfully. Patrick Flannery and partlj are about to cut a race from the Bush Creekg it will commence about a mile and a haH above the township, and skirt the hill to tig terrace ; the construction will not presedjj any great difficulty, though the expense M the last 100 yards or so will be considerable^ Little has been done on the flat this weeHfij Many parties having given up all efforts m free their claims from the \7ater, those wha have continued working have done so undiH great disadvantages, as of course the pafi docks they sunk acted as drains to tm neglected holes. Nothing but a good pull m together can keep the water under, and thffl the majority are too apathetic to undertafcfi A meeting was held on Saturday morning i devise some plan for overcoming the di£ culty, when it was proposed, I believe, j jump all claims not properly worked. Ifl not think any decision was come to, bi great dissatisfaction prevails in the townsbJ; as to the prospects of these domestic dig ging. There is a cheerful side after all t the matter, for some claims are undoubted! burning out very well ; from Hogan's, for in stance, 19 ozs. were taken on Wednesda; and so on during the week, and from anothf claim close to the street very rough gold ha been obtained from the false bottom, whii the prospectors and adjacent parties hai nothing to complain of. One party are sti working at the top of the flat close to tl creek, and I hear have done well the last t« days. I fear the bottom is very deep, as shaft sunk 42 feet has failed to reach it, raj is deserted by the prospectors. * A fine young fellow was nearly killed v the river yesterday. He was standing on large stone at the top of a paddock, some 1 feet deep, when the edge gave way, and 1 was precipitated to the bottom, followed 1" the stone, which fortunately fell clear of hiß He escaped with a simple fracture of the I«i which no doubt the surgical skillin the toffJ ship will soon put to rights for him.