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KANIERI TOWNSHIP.

(from oub own correspondent.)

July 28, 1865.

The business of this placo has these fe^ days greatly improved, and moro ney ground has beon opened near tho Cam)) Reserve ; somo jmrtios have obtained fir/t rate prospects— -M'Donald's, 1 dwt to tto dish,' Burns and party averages £ oz jo the load, another party whose name I oin not acquainted with, have seven feet of payable dirt ; tho only drawback is iko "WTOTanain the absence of machined the only means they have at the present \mo of beating the water is by bailing withtwo kegs, wluch is insufficient, on accouk of the depth, which is from 18 to 22 %t Somo of the parties have. ab'on/ltcjjWkU. ■Ww VL xU.'i, 'in depth, "whwf*^H*» • sistcd -them iv a great 1 measure;^antj'itho miners are uanguino that wheiv'ftUih^, parties have properly set in, they will be able to master tho water. The Tucker Flat diggings and the, surrounding terraces ore stilt progressing : in a highly satisfactory manner, Pai'tieu are making from £6 to £30 a week per man, and I have not the slightest doubt but payablo gold will bo found in all the flats and terraces for miles up the Kanieii River. The hindrance at tho present time is tho new rushes occurring, whore goltl i 3 obtained under far more easy circumstances, and which prevents minors from pi'Osjiecting deep ground, as this neighborhood is remarkable for. ,

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West Coast Times, Issue 26, 29 July 1865, Page 2

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KANIERI TOWNSHIP. West Coast Times, Issue 26, 29 July 1865, Page 2

KANIERI TOWNSHIP. West Coast Times, Issue 26, 29 July 1865, Page 2

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