INANGAHUA ITEMS

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1691, 5 January 1874, Page 2

INANGAHUA ITEMS

fHERALD, JAN. 3-] The Wealth of Nations Company's ma : chine was set in motion on Wednesday, at 12 o'clock. "Previous to resuming workl repairs were effected, and the machine paddock tilled with stone. ■'■ 'r '. r' ' The Energetic' Company have taken advantage of the opportunity for crushing and have kept the lijachine going during the holidays the water supply; being sufficient for that purpose. : ■„. ■ : ;. The crosscut, from the main tunnel, in jthe.ljew North Star Company's^gronnd, J^as be.en driven 60ft. There r are six ; m r en ' pnjiployeci on the work, and, excepting Christmas', 'work has been continuous through the holidays, " .. ;i ;'" In the Golden Ledge men are busilyi engaged timbering the ground (taken out during iilie past four weeks, : ; As soon as this is completed, driving both north and south will be resumed, and a paddock" constructed for holding stone. ; In the New North Star the contractors have driven 51ft, and are at present progressing slowly in consequence of haying met with a hard bat 1 . -The. present ,0011---tract is let for 100 ft, .but It" is confidently expected that the reef will bemet at about 80ft. An enormous amoupt of,, work has been done on this groundj the number of fpoh of drivj.nrf nny nw<>iin..u. .. iftnom The shaTt In Andferßbn's',is ( now\elo ; wn 120 ft, carrying" with it a well-defined reef 3ft in thickness, showing. good gold. Thetunnel through the Invincible mine is'nowv 656 ft, being 800 ft in since the Anderson's Company took the driving : . in rhand.' gefbre reaching the southern ; boundary of Anderson's mine, 2jOtt will have to: be (driven. .The present' I " contract for 6,oft^ through a* hard bar of rock, is let a : £ L 3 19a per foot. The , company is now free frqm a^l }iabili|y, and a balance, of. L2^s. )ying to' their credit at tlie pompany'^ bankers. ' Crushing wUI be commenced fqr the invincible Qon^pany on Mohdky : nex|, 'a,"4 the batteries arg lively to 'be j)niploy§d fiye weeks. wateprraie will then be repaired; after which brushing will be commended' on company's stoned , of whioh a large lot is now to grass. 1 ' ■ ; Mulligan and party, of the ten-acre alluvial claim, Soldier's Gully, will resume sluicing operations on Monday nextsn During the pagt six months the claim haY yielded ,§fej3pg of gold; which hail been divided, among five shitehojders. The result is eminently satisfactory, and, considering the extent of ground the party have to work upon, proves the claim to be a most valuable one. On ' Tuesday last the residents at the Landing township were, alarmed by 'the cry of fire,. fl?hQn.fiames were observed' tq : BU'dderiiy '.burst from a large unoccupied, ;tibte'l, fbrmferjy the. property' of %r ifames; •Danks. \ Ail efforts tp arrest the progress r of the fire were fruitless, and within a : Very ..short .space of time the building' • valiied at L^QQ to I4OQ. a^ alg'b a splendid 1 .bjlhird table', was; reduced to' ashesJ' 'dlhe' ca^use of the fire c'annoi be'accbitrited : fori' the doors and : windq ws of ihe build- :i ing- had ■ been locked -and bqar4e4 upl by. JMlr Dan^s ; previous to ; $s^ reinqva'l to ; Capleston, and what serves also.to render the ' circumstance more singular is, that the fire should have occurred, at mid-day. ( A v,ery narrow escape from a serious conflagration, occurred on Thursday even-: ing, in,, the, store recently the property of Messrs Stitt Brothersj Broadway. At the close of the auction sale of goods left' over from the bazaar, Mr Munson, ■while, taking dqwn Rawing lamp, let it fall, and .th% grass portion breaking inpp fragments -the floor was immediately in flames,' the latter a3cendihg to a heioht of several feet. ' Fortunately there was nothing in the store which, would readily ignita, and ,■ numbers being present the fire after some I little effort was subdued.