MINING HONOUR.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 355, 19 September 1868, Page 6

MINING HONOUR.

(To the Editor of the WestpoH Times and Charleston Argus) Sir.—Will you allow me, through the medium of your valuable journal to discharge what I feel to be a duty to those concerned. The facts are these.— Of course you are aware of late proceedings in the Court concerning a dispute on Giles Terrace, Luke and party v. Perry and party ; also that during the progress of that case, the fact came out, that most of those working on the Orowaite side of tbe terrace were driving through their neighbour's ground. This was the case with Luke and party, their tunnel being carried through our ground, or what we consider to be our ground, contained within our paralels. The party in question struck gold in their tunnel more than seven weeks ago, or three weeks before Perry and party struck the gold in their tunuel, audit' they

were dsposed to take advantage of a point in law, they had every opportunity to take a very considerable piece of our ground from us. Instead of a dispute between Luke v. Perry and party, -it might have been Davis and party v. Luke ; but to their honour be it said, they did not break the faith reposed in them by us, nor did they try tp'take a mean advantage of our misapplication of the .frontage system. And when they drove beyond the gold and satisfied themselves that there was no gold beyond the lead they had discovered, they took us into the drive in question, and showed us the gold they had so long known of, a proof that there is still such a thing as honour among diggers. I am Sir, A, Thomas. Giles Terrace, September 14th, 1868.