INANGAHUA AND LYELL REEFS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1401, 27 January 1873, Page 2

INANGAHUA AND LYELL REEFS.

The following items of Inangahua and Lyell mining news appear in the Herald, of Saturday :— • A dividend of 2a 2d per 24,000 th share ha 3 been declared payable in the Golden Fleece Company, Murray Creek, on and after the 16th inst. The total sum available for this dividend is L 2600. The application of Thomas Barker and others, for a goldmining lease of ground known as No. 3 North, Adam Smith's, and comprising 9a. 3r. 24p., has been recommended by the Warden. The company is entitled the Golden Gate Gold Mining Company. The Surveyor reported that the ground had been prospected, and a leader struck near to the south boundary. It was decided to reserve the course of Murray Creek and the Energetic machine site from the ground applied for. James Frue and others had an application recommended for a lease of 16|a. on Anderson's line, I the situation being known as No. 3 north. A gold-bearing leader had been struck in the ground. The application of Robert Tapley, for the Larry's Creek Gold Mining Company, for a lease of 7a. lr. 20p. for gold-mining purposes, situate afc Larry's Creek, was heard on Wednesday last. The surveyor reported that the ground had been worked since the first of the rush in driving tunnels and sinking a shaft on the reef. A previous application had been refused, owing to the boundaries having included the course of the river. In the present application the river -was included, as it was intended to work the reef by undermining the rivers. The Warden stated that the course of the river must be reserved. With that exception the application would be recommended. Anderson's machine had to discontinue crushing for the Invincible Company on Wednesday in consequence of the damage sustained by the race during the late floods. It was thought that probably there might be sufficient water in the creek to complete the Invincible stove, but owing to the rain ceasing it was found necessary to repair the race ; this was done and crushing resumed on Thursday evening. The Invincible stone will be through the batteries to-day, and the entire quautity that will be crushed will only slightly exceed 120 tons.

In the Warden's Court, at the Lyell, on the • 17th, the case of O'Brien and Blair v. Carroll and Cairns was heard before assessors. The complainants are the holders of an ordinary quartz claim adjoining the famous Little Wonder to the south, and obtained a certificate of protection for one month, which had been twice renewed for the same period. The defendants, Carroll and Cairns, had applied, on October 24th, for a lease of five acres including the|.r own ordinary claim, together with the ground claimed by the complainants, which the defendants con-: tended had been forfeited by reason of protection certificate having been improperly obtained. The plaint note charged the defendants with having encroached upon the complainants' ground on 24th October, and asked that they be adjudged to desist from interference. Mr Shapter appeared for the plainttffs, and Mr Pitt defended. After about two minutes' absence the jury returned a verdict that plaintiffs oh 24th October last had uot abandoned their claim. Judgment was accordingly given for plaintiffs with posts. This case created great excitement at the Lyell, as it was thought that the Little Wonder Claim owners and their counsel would carry everything before them. As it stands, and as it is not probable that Carroll and Cairns will appeal, O'Brien and party re-enter upon a claim which may be as rich as the Little Wonder, which had been in litigation for the last three months, and which they had nearly given up for lost.