THE ARNOLD DISTRICT.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 177, 2 March 1867, Page 3

THE ARNOLD DISTRICT.

(FJJOM OUR OWX' CORRESPONDENT.:) i, M^wr^Gully;^2Bth Feb^ 18107. \ If we might judge from the activity displayed/ by the businesjs].peippie of this place there seems no signs of doubt in their minds as to the future prosperity of the district:; ..Two new hotels are being erected, and two/stores, one of the formc r r^ in King J^hn^;:leady Indian; Gully, and (ij^'the other in Maori. Gully. Each hotel is - to be presided oyetf by two priestesses, I ■who, I have no doubt, will have an'admiring throng of deviotees, ''.'■'* ' As regards mining matters/ they are Hatisfactory- on the whole. Until the tunnels be T coini)leted of, King John's lead, I cannot be able to state positively how it may turn put. I piily know of two parties who have washed, lip and they are contented. >,Qf course there are always some disappointed grumblers, but what I stated in my last is strictly true in every. respect; nor do I deem" it advisable for ; pe'6ple to come from a distance up here, as there is a sufficielitn^ , besides, the price of provisions is such , that it would require a plft'ty of in en to hold out for at least two or three months. The lead appears tp be running 'higher 'up the hiU^ -.-'apd: foV;: the present the lead is' broken off by a deep gully intersecting -itj as there, jare i\6 -claims taken up beyond this. .? I^^ aiiticipate.the ground around. this neig^b^hpp^ f yfTdjiget a i-are workingmp tlus wir|eri||t||pe heard of some extraordinalry^inSfe:grouhd being struck at the head" of 'Gully, the particulars of which i^i^uriable to ascertain. That portion ".oisiie; ;di^trict, in my opinion, is not half prospected. ,. We ; are^l;in^^te of anxiety awaiting tlie arr)v^;ji>ityf^|Slonor the Superlntondent^we^jmduth, when a 'deputation | from this;[^uiir|ear; will wait upon him. The Implrbyehient fCoinmitteo are to act j in concert witJi^; Jus. It is a thousand pities that the smycyor has not sent in' his report s ;aßfttieJatc fine weather -would be bo well suited^r ; race making. ':;.-. I am 'given "to understand from undoiibted autliPrity that it is the intention of thd Supeniitendent to come and visit us per^pnaUysMi£ifc is his opinion that it ia olcipS&iwanicin^. that the country sUoul^|l^. opened up between here ; ai\d Greyraoutli. I Have oftbnreniOTked to various parties who have been ■unsuccessful in mining to tuni. their? attentiptf|Jpv. gardening as it would pay:. weli,^tliißi^| } wer was always we don't intend^tp|^^vin long on the coast, but uiany are^; compelled to remain, andl (jan^assurethehiit is a most prolitable speculation. ' The same answer was given to rials oh.^e Shotover lliver until ~"" l-'mdiiiMdVpne'ib^two to go into it, and they^ arjis now iii comparatively easy circumstances. Such a tiling as a vegetables - • isnottp ;be lihid here unless it is brought up by boats.;;; the bush is certainly a gVeat ypbatacle, but many parts are well cleared, Slid at this season of the year the under^opd "aiid scrub are so dry it can easUybeibiirnt of. Card Brothers on the New :Riyer? have had a magniticient crrp : of pofea^eslthia.season, which has well re-' : paid tjiieni^fpr "their outlay and trouble they had the ] : - : same obstiicle to o«;ntend "with, they have succeeded, and succeeded well j' let others go and do like-wi3e:.V:27-^M*;,^.-'. ILaureiicei-Castle. and i>arty christened their claim foil -Tuesday last their hydraulic wis iwork and acted admirably. This^ytli^rst party who introduced this . ";j syji^m^pf; working', in the district.; They tw? used it*;fpr spni'j'iiiontlis past iii Riverfcon ■'"■•' ; Gullyj^rttii greiit' effect. TJie clu'is fceuing ; | tooklfpliceat their claim a short distance j belpw^e^tbwnslnp on the east bank of ; the creek' at i«6 p.m. In cfjiisequenoe-of 41 the ttirea^ning state of iheweather'l re-: gret to/say none of the fair sex were present. After the ceremony being perf ormed we adjourned to the cabin of our hospitsibloj. entertainers, and a more social or l)leasah]t' eveuing I have seldom pr never ; witnessed.' It seems to be an understood tluiigSan^bngst the miners here to throw as few 61bs|acles in the way of each other's workingas they ein possibly help, and to live in aiiiicable brotherhood. This is very trying at the j>resent j time -as the creek is filled iip with tiiilings and not imfrequently one party backs the water up against the other^ -but the first good flood will remedy this evil. ,The superiority of the hydraulic system fpf working over the ordinary mode of sluicing is very great, indepehclerit' of the great saving of manual labor, you are perfectly secure from any accident, 1 )vhereas in the ordinary method of sluicing "your" lif e is never safe, r Witness theVnurab 4 er of. lives that have been lost not f>nly here, but in the adjacent Prbvihces ani in Australia. We hope to have the pleasure of ' shelving to the Su^perintehdent this profitable mode of ..; working.