THE WAIMEA.

West Coast Times, Issue 602, 29 August 1867, Page 3

THE WAIMEA.

(FKO3I OTTE OWN CO-RESPONDENT.) August 28. The work of mining, during the week, lias been progressing steadily. At Quinn's Terrace, Piper's Flat, gold in payable quantities is still found in a •westerly direction from the prospectors. Stevenson and party, on the flat on the western side of the terrace, have bottomed a second shaft at a depth of forty-eight feet, with a successful result. The holder 3of the adjoining claim have also sunk a hole, from the bottom of which they washed from three to four ounces of the precious metal. A few parties are working with profit on the sidling of the high terrace to the southward. The elaims'on the top of the hill are abandoned, however, as too poor to pay for labor. At the south end of this terrace a party of Italians have tunnelled in from a flat, and I struck payable washdirt. Several parties i are sinking near here, and a few shafts , will be bottomed in a day or two. A report was circulated on Monday last that good ground had been discovered between Piper's Flat and the Arahura, about a mile and a half from the former ▲ place, and a great many miners /were v -ihereby induced to start off to " view the country." The majority of . them returned, however, without finding the new field, the exact locality of which still remains unknown. The lead, at the Fin's diggings on the Fourth -Scandinavian Terrace, is not traced further yet, but the most of the holders of claims in the " line " are earning handsome wages. A small rush took place last week to a Terrace, near the Lamplough diggings,

and distant therefrom about three miles. One party had sunk through a spur of the Terrace, and bottoming a shaft at a depth of about 18 feet, washed therefrom nearly an ounce of gold. Five or six shafts have been bottomed since then, but the sinkers were unrewarded for the labor. Several parties are working on the top of the Terrace, where it is expected the holes will reach a depth of fifty feet before they are on the reef. The track from the beach to Lamplough is very nearly completed at last, but not of such a width as was first intended by the Government. The road was to have been wide enough for drays to pass backwards and forwards, but can only now, be used by horses. A rush, set in a few days ago to some ground near the Taipo. One or two parties havo been working there some time, and earning small wages, About fourteen or fifteen claims are now being worked, and several shafts will be bottomed next week, should the weather be favorable.