BLUE SPUR.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 213, 29 February 1872, Page 5

BLUE SPUR.

(From our Mining Correspondetit. )

Notwithstanding the unusually dry season, mining matters are in as favourable a state at the Spur as may be expected. The water supply has kept up well, consequently there has been very little lost time,' and all the claims have been in full work. On the Miinros side Messrs.- -White and Co. lately finished their block and pillar work, and. washed up with very satisfactory results. . They are now driving for a large blast, and no doubt, from the fine face they have got in their claim, situated a3 it is in the centre of the Spur, it should pay handsomely from this out. The glory of Messrs. Livingstone and Co.'s claim seems to have departed for the present. They have a deal of poor stuff to put through, consequently their washing up* will not come so quick. On Gabriels side, Messrs. Morrison and Co. seem to have plenty of loose stuff to operate on ; to all appearance they will be able to go on a long time without the use 'of powder, the top weight crushing the stuff as fast as washed away. " • * Mr, Gilbert Ralston, of the Great Extended Co. and Mr. Jame3 Campbell, of the Otago Co., are both suffering from injuries sustained , by falling cement. The former had his shoulder .hurt, and the latter his back. Dr. Halley has both in charge, and no doubt they wUI speedily recover. ' ' •* The Perseverance Co." have got pretty well through their Innqa stuff, and <wiU soon have to do a little more "blasting. Messrs. Hales and Hinde . have .just finished washing -up, after a long-. run, .with, satisfactory results as usual. Mr. Thos. Cousins has Bold his seventh share in the Otago Co. to Messrs. Roach, and Ellis. I believe he intends to follow the usual track of the Blue Spur- Miners; viz , that leading to the Fijis. ' At one time it •sedtobethe saying, "Sell out and go home ; " but now it is " Sell out and go to the Fijis." It is rather curious that no one thinks of settling where he made his money. Perhaps, however, it is out of consideration for the home agents and others interested that they prefer clearing out to make room for Norwegians, Chinamen, and sheep. It is to be hoped the colony will gain as much by these as it loses by the others, for I suppose immigration is not confined to the Blue Spur alone. lam sorry to say that we have been rather prolific of accidents last week.