A LETTER FROM ZEEHAN.

Evening Star, Issue 8615, 8 September 1891, Page 2

A LETTER FROM ZEEHAN.

The following letter speaks for itself Dandas, Tasmania, August 24 Mr Vincent. Pyke. Dear Sir,-1 promised I would write to you and tell you all about this field as soon as I could gather any information of the field arid what 1 could learn myself. Well, in the first place, I am well satisfied with it—(tut is, as a goldfield. As soon as I came here I went out io a gold rush seven miles from Dundee, called tie King River. I was very looky. The first day I got ioz of coarse gold. Of course, that was for the party. Thera are four of us—all New Zealanders. We are makingabont L2O a weekamar. There are a lot of New Zealand people on tVie river. The most of them are doing well The river is flooded just now. It has been raining for a week without stopping. It is a fr'ghtf al wet country. One is hardly ever dry—that is at outside work, for when it is fine the trees are dropping on you. Now for the silver field. As far as I can gather it will be a good field, for In the first place it is mostly Broken Hill capital that Is here, and they ongbt to know something about it. There are over 2,C00 claims her :, and a great number of them workiog. You would bo surprised to see the “plant” some of them have; and how they got It here with the bad roads I don’t know, l think the railway won’t be finished before New Year. The business people are doing well here, especially t:.e hotels. There is a good basin, ss doing in Nev Zealand goods. Everything from New Zealai d is dearer than any other country’s prodtu . This place is growing very fast. These are about 10,000 people here—that it, ell round the dlalrict. The road, or track rather, from Eundas to the King Eiv r is the worst in the world. Yon have to walk half of the way on old logs and roots, besides going over the biggest peak in Tasmania— Mount Dandas. This place got a great knock by the Bank of Van Diemen’s Land. It will take it some time to recover. People thick it will all come right. There are some people speculating very heavily here in the silver mines. I know one man from Broken Hill has LSO.OOO Invested in the mines. This is a lively place, and a rough one—that is, as far as drinking is concerned—but the people are very nice and civil. My old friend, I have no more to tell you jast now. lam rending papers.—l remain, etc., Deris Pooabtt,