MISCELLANEOUS MINIG NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1641, 7 November 1873, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS MINIG NEWS.

A Mining Accident Bill has been rintro.duced into.) the Victorian parliament. ...... At_,the_plain3i of Jhe Grand Duchess "Company, BaUa rat, a boy^f elPdSwn**the shaft, a de/tF6iE;i6Oft the only injury rece ived ;was:a~scahr wound. The 'Baliarat,"^ Star,"! has 1 news jrom the Northern Territory, from a* private source, to the effect ihkt/thele>u^f not enough quartz opened up to keep one battery going. The deepest" shaft is said to be 2ft. „ " The *«■ Times" says :^" The number of persons employed in colleries has increased in ten years from little more than'3oo, ooo to more than , 400,000, : md there haljcertainly r beeh a" more. . th^ari corresponding increase in 'all the manufactureßln' I which coal is used." .'.-.; A- valuable addition ( has jurt been made .to the Otago], .Mu3e'um;m!the!shipe%f a specimen; of \[ cry staiUse& gold^bb'iaijoed at the Lammerlaw. A'i first sightii' Has the appearance .. pf. an prdinary^rnugget of respectable. dimensipnsiJbutajsbser inspection revels .its jerfecjj { cry)italUnefbrmation. Very small particles of quartz are perceptible • between , crystals.^ |Ex-. perienced persons pro"no*unoe' it to 'fig the finest specimen theyhaye/seen, and, apart from its beautiful appearance, it nnddubtedly possesses great scientific value. - ; : WATER-WOEKS rAT-BEIGHTOIir.;; .-a The 'United: Water-race Company have completed the I construc,tion;9£their I syphon oyer WrigM's ; Dear^Bnghtop , and the,. christening' came off in grand style, the 1 ladies^tdrnirig lf but in :iull : 'force to witness the baptism; This work 1 has been a costly affair to the company. The creek is 70ft deep, > and two sets *pf 12infp:on piping are at present used, but it is jfion-teraplate'dftbadda^third-one'of the same diameter as ;spon: as/ jit may be required^ *The ,wprk .reflects credit on the, parties employed thereon, and shows that' pluck and skill combined/can overcome the most formidable) obstacles so: often met with on the Coast.-, ,!,, r - „•.,■{•'..■;.,.,-'.'. JtYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY. ; As a ' unique specimen of the miseries jntailed on the lpng-sufierin^ 'e : dit6r a 6f a fiew^paper f lsy .QOTresp^MeiSiS'^honßrs^ect that individual ' ilo '•correctly spell, and otherwise make their valuable contributions readable^ the " Wakatip Mail" gives, verbatim, a letter received at that oflice from theiUppeir Shotover. It refers to argold^discoyery, and is as follQW,s : — "Sir etis with much plesur iam gpifig to iinfprmyou / thatiwentinto, \ ahu^in 5 'there wasnopersonin ; ipickedup asmall bag there felibut ofit asmalistone ipickedifcup itwas as fine. aspesamin of, ; quartsreef as everisaw itwasthick with, gold .incloseditinthebagagain wandrin, " wh6the' J 'ownep couldbe iainshureit would go to ounces -,j;othetun r itwill beafortiopijforUieowner icansaynomoreab^putit at^pes^nt iwisn his lotweremine .sir ypudobli^geme andthe publicke atlargetoinsert theeafewlines on thewak'atipmailiamyoursitruelyitf , up pershotSover.-r-shotover October Bthe." :! ! . •:.::•!; SPEOIMBN:SIBAIiIN,G.-,;\i j o \\_ At the Thames rewards s lip tp!t26p!are offered fpr.infprmationwhidhwilPlead to the conviction of any person for specimen or amalgam stealing. Thase -Tewardßi are offered by,."; The^ ibso'oiation f or the Protection of Mining Interests," which has been: fprmedby the direotprs -pi jthe^principal companies on the Thames. Itiißisaid 1 that the action- of ? the association is not confined to offering rewards. A GREAT BORE.

The boring - machine recently commenced working at 'the St;" Gothard mountain. .The first expenses of installation amount^ , ta than' £80,000. The engines' ' are/ [ ptit in movement by hydraulic pamps. of SQO-;horse ppwer^-At the northern extremity of the iunjpelis a waterfall of 95ft, the power, of whichwill be turned to account. At the south, the waters of the Tremola precipitate themselves from the height of 984 ft, and will also be utilised by means of a vertical hydraiilid -machine; >'<Hbp 1 c# j m^ 6nter» I tamed of being able to bore 100 metres on each Bide every month.