BENDIGO.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XI, Issue 573, 2 November 1880, Page 6

BENDIGO.

*BOM AKf OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT. " '.'"P .'" '/'/'■ ~''*■: '• '' ' EToveniber,l. ■ TJiat the shearing season is approaching is ( apparent to all here frbnxthe hirge numbe^ of ■waggers to'..be seen daily, ,15; and .16 of a night being the usual number who obtain |jfns«er at srdgpur stations, The number is ' a great deal larger than in former years; and the majority are ,'strangers to, this district. s - fhis%htewW the/depressed' state'bf the country J when BOme hundreds 'of call a"t one ; elation' aeelcfng ; employment/ Which, at best, •Idols'hot lastiorigeV than'six weeks, and then! i th«' kfcalie' of 'payment is ah^thihW'but'high.' I 1 this' wit! be* a Very succeßsful year' for • as the' lanVbihglsalfirsN ■Class onteiaftd the'wipol is likely to J elip dwitig to the'fine winter 1 . Ardgbur starts ehearihg'about the middle of the month, a "little' earlier' than hsual. '. •'The'tirbrii well'Coi are busy getting out • their'heW discoveries, with very satisfactory 1 results; and sent down last week a very fair cake'forthe month, beingnearby double thie ; quantity obtained for the same 1 time for the •last'six months. When they get the new ' ground profierly opened out they will be able ''to keep'their 20 Btamps going at full speed, "arid; &3 the quality of thestoneis now proved 'to be highly payable, they have only to keep 'the batteries going to obtain large dividends. "Thecbiripaihy are opening outsome new ground f fn the' No. 2 lease,' adjoining the once-famous "'Golden, fyhk, and have got the reef at a 'depth of 330 feet; It is a well-defined lode, and.'of aifcirsize, being fully two feet wide. 'They are now driving both ways on it, one of the ends' being on contract, and as they 'extend ,them the appearance of the lode is 'improving in size, and also in prospects. 'There has been a small trial taken from this, 'which has 'given a 'satisfactory return. They are"'how constructing a dray road to the ■battery so as to enable them to put through latge 'Quantities. This discovery opens out a .Targe area of ground, as the company hold 1,200 feet ahead of where they are now Vbrking, and in all probability the reef runs through this for the whole distance. "', The 1 Come in Time have nearly completed the erection of their mill of 10 stamps, and expect to start crushing in about 10 days from now. The erection of the plant is under the superintendence of Mr Walter Blane, engineer for the Cromwell Co., who has been fcindly lent to the Come in Time by that company until 'he erects their plant. The fact' of Mr Blane superintending is a guarantee!, as fa,r as machinery is concerned, that everything will be correct. From his long practice and great application he is at the top of his trade in Otago in the erectioh Of crushing batteries, and the adaptation of the turbine'to all sorts of machinery. The Come in Time intend to crush on until Christmas, and then wash up, when they expect a handsome Christmas cake. They fully anticipate being able to pay for their machinery, plant, and all other expenses out # their first cake, and declare a dividend as twill.' 1 sincerely hope they will as that is the description of quartz claims required in Otago just now. They have made a new find while cutting their tramway into the line of reef. They find that the whole spur Where their claim is situated is a net-work of quartz and conglomerate, and all of it carries gold in a more or less degree. This is a very important discovery, as when we see such remurie'rative returns from the Wetherstones Cement Co., at a return of ldwt 6grs per ton, with the disadvantage of raising the stuff and blocking it out, this should give far larger returns, as there are greater facilities for getting the. dirt, and the lowest estimate that experts make of the whole width—some 40 yards*—is sdwts per ton. Of course there are better places than others, and what they call the reef—some 30 feet wide—will average fully half an ounce to the ton. lam afraid that the want of water will interfere with mining pursuits in this district, and unless W6 get wet weather quartz crushing and eluicing operations will come to a standstill.