BLACK'S No. 1

Dunstan Times, Issue 228, 7 September 1866, Page 3

BLACK'S No. 1

[from our own correspondent] Two events deserving of especial no'e took place here during the pist week, aort each will, most probably, at an earlv (into increase consiilerably the auriferous yields o r the district. The gr?nt water-race of "Welsh and party w:i< sue c >r i en •over the M.muheiikia river, hut. owing to the immense span and nltitude if the supporting wire-rope, much moed fficulty w s experienced than was generdy expected by even the least sanguine of the s'nareholdQ>s. The bringing in ot'thiscnpa an incredible amount 01 capital and labour. After close upon two years of uninterrup'ed persevering the Company have accom plished this undertaking, and in a few day* they will commence reaping tho firstfru.ti of what is to be hj >ped will prove an abundant harvest No Company in connection with gold mini; g in Ota.-o, can possibly 1)9 more deserving of reward for indomitable perseverance and exemplary patience. Out of the nee the shareholder will not only have all the necessary water to serve their own purposes, but also many heads for hire; and, asmany minershave been looking forward to the bringing in of this raee as a source of employment, we may safely expect to see sluicing op rations greatly extended here before the current month is over. The other event worthy of note, is the amalgamation of four companies in constructing a large tail-race to reach wet, but payable ground, at the rear of Sinclair's store ; further into the flat than any claims previously opened The amalgamated companies are Palmer's, Hynps'.*, Dillons', Gladhill's aid Simpson's. Each company have obtained indubitable proofs that their claims are valuable ones, find in constructing the tail-race referred to, no risk whatever is incurred, as overcoming the excessive drainage is nil that is nee ssary to render the claims productive of highly satisfactory weekly returns Judg ing by the extraordinary amount of work done by the willing hands of the four companies umcr n te, in a single week, the projected monster drain can be constructed in a very short space of time, and if the Government would only subsidise to a moderate amount the funds aid labour of the miners, the whol extensive auiiferou flat at Black's could bo made workable in Jess than two months No effort will be si ared to make the fac f patent to the Government, 'hat their assistance in this matter would eventually benefit the Pr> vi - cial Treasury, let alone improving the con dition of the miners. We have gem-rally at last, police protection in the dis riet. Camp I am informed is to be at onco erected. When the water-races at. present in course of construction, will have been brought, in the hands they will employ in arfdi'ion t" the present number of miners must swl], the population of Black's to.suc'ti an extent as to make the locality r Bcmb : e one of the rushes of olden days- Last week a nvi.er named Bcw, had a narrow escape of his

life, through being all but buried under a largo tall of earth, while engiged working in his claim—he has been Bent to the Clyde Hospital—his injuries are "likely to prove rath,r serious.