INANGAHtjI MINING NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1858, 20 July 1874, Page 2

INANGAHtjI MINING NEWS.

. ' , ! [HERALD, JULY 18.] Ajax.-r-Th'e/ne,w winze on 3haft is now down^22ft,i thY stone being taken out continues asrfch as that put through at the last crushing. In order to facilitate operations in sinking the winze, and to insure Tthe l safety..oLthe.men.emplpy^d,.aja- TT^, cpeninglnthi§lre^f'B6atihffthi9~slatk^ft: — or 14ft long, has Ifeeitf made^tl^f^^lowio^/ the mouth of .the winze. Hitheirto, when^ _l eve: r¥'sKßr'warlet fr"off,^ffiffTfirnHßeßwr 1™"" whose duty it wa3 to fire-the shot/had no alternative-but to ascendiOOft and get out —- at the top of the shaft before a safe position.could be gained, whilst, the slightest accident, either on preparing to ascend, or in ascending, would probably cost the firematf hk, v life. v; The opening,) apart itom, y, it being, used; as;a, reppsitory^for stools*/:' * offers a' i^e)re^ating.tpiace.-:'tpV >'ail.w)iorw l[.; ,»nay .happen tpbe.beipw 'when a shot is to n ■}.) be" fired. - Anderson's. —The , main ,■ paddock is nearly full nwith.stone takega^from J^e-reef ■„ | in the lower tunnel ; the sione is hot so jj., good as that taken, out of the, incline .','.'*' shaft. i'Last' night the;trucks were set-in:,"'! motion for the first''time since the com- l ' mencementrof.generalalterations"; twelve' -T ' truck loads of stone were sent dqvmtbO--. 1 the mill, the line working well. At the machine-house a number of men arCehi-" ■ ' ployed on the wheel4-ptitting fri extra r -*•' arms for the support of the new crown^;' wheel which is twice the ' .dithenlibhifpf '^ theold one, P .The,,wheel h^s.bee^i moved ;J'j eight feet Irom its pldrrposiMpn --hea^ jthef river, but still stands-on nearly ;t^e;same, j m level as- formerly. The general work of getting,out stone, and crushing.operationst;yrl at the mill will not be resumed,before the 12th of next month, i ;^,-i ■; .-, Independent.—The completion of the contract of BMelvjlle iWd-party,-. may be—.'! 'expected within three weeks, wheirthere -" will remain" 140 ft, more or less,"to be driven to''brlng 'the tifnn'el upialbngside'^ the shaft, the latter being-350ft from ithe mouth #^'the r ittntiel.- -It-is-We' rA-: /opinion of competent.judges" that this r tunnel; wffl v strikr thT reef 'lOW ti^eV- '': yttianthe present workings in the Wealth MJ olNations, and■7'si&wehVWM&hanging wall in the same'company's ground; that if the shaft had been carried, on "down — other 40ft :the' reef would > hive ; been struck ; at present the altogether safe. These opinions iare/o! 'course, formed from 1 Ahe' bearingsf. of ..theT reefcrfoT already laid bare near the boundary; in the Wealth of Nations. .:The rtunnel is to be, >-> brought iip 20^ or 30ft'to the'^stof'£h'e .Shaft. i-WU-h.'.. ■.;'."•'/ ->XX :\>\&ui<(,i\\?i S-yftf.l Energetic—The stamper boxes^'froni Band of Hope"have been secure~d~m~th"eir~~~ respective positions,' the'b'olumns/VrScSed and" the cam-shaft hoisted.into|i^t place. A very large pile of stone is^belngkatored near the mouth of the lbwer tunnel ready to be sent down to the when it is wanted. ;;This)method'sf stacking/ aecef-^ r d\ sarily entailing re-handling, beingclessulcostly than the building of a' paddock^of >■> suitable dimensions 1 ;to• deceive;itjf ■The* o''o'' laying of the of thetails'fdf^the tramway between Band, o£ T Hope machine-site and' Cement Town, ik 1 progressing asfastras possible, and the whole...a will be down not later than Monday jn in)h the meantime the' line is being ballasted. :-'j: One of the most extensive slips that occurred during' the llate stormfcontinnfes'tbv^ '; give some annoyance^ : ;I''-'J-t '1"-' t0! ;!"f-r Wealth;of Nations.—The"head-race.has,, not yet been Mly, r^aired^ r pnly .ttu^e^^'i stampers beinglitt/pperatipn^his morning,'',^!, Numerous breaks nave £ccura^ as four ibeingt.open^ati.pcef.tinae.-in-.qne.riijf place. A thunderbolt is believed to.haye.'? 1 carrier?' away;,af:chain,.Qf „fluming,) a?)-ith§. . day previous to % the,,nighti^nriWhiohr.JiheT:r; storm [occurred, the particular Burning had been repairedjJan'd/wasithoughtitpibe)!!' quite safe, .w,h,en, pn]the:fpllowing.jinpj;ning ■-the.whole-waaipund to..ie upset, without....... any ouf ward or visible, pause. //Six men have been emplpyed during the week 0^ -- UTJ'mm T „; ; THE TIOHBORNE-CASEtrA'lira The following contribution/to the history '\vi- ' of the Tichbprne-caseiis made by theGipfis'"* Lmid Times: —" Iri :aii :61d copy !6fJ the'; '-'* .pioneer of;.newspaper .literature in Gipps :Land, the Gj/ppsjioww? $hiardian.oi June,-, 1856, now before us, we have ample,evi; v _ dence of the fact so obstinately disputed : by Dr Kenealy, that there ;was*ah Arthur Orton inJGipps Land in 1856, employed as, a.stockmah^arid'in this respect,! as. in'n^ost':-! others.; the evidence 1 -' of Mr and 'Jijfs'' M'Alister is thbrou'ghlyrc6wdboratedl! -It 1 '•' will be remembered that. the. date men-•;"'■'■ tioned was^ shortly::aftJßrHhe close 1 of - the '. ,; Russian war,' ftherat subscriptipns. tow^tds ",: the patriotic, 'f uii'd. for.. ihe relief '.of .'.the .", widows and families of soldiers, of "the f:,! allied army killed Lv battle were being collected throughput the British dominions. The Guardian - publishes a list of subscriptions collected* by son, who was then the proprietor of th« MewburnTpark.'ruflP |Ie and his neighborij; of Heyfield, Mr James Macfarlane, head the list with LSO each.-LQther wellfkripwd' ■' sqbatters—some still; resiSeiits^here^lol'ri 1 low with amounts r varying from .L^g'to I'l L 5,; then,^nhderthe t heading' men-of the Mewbum-park, 1 we have, 1 among a score, of other,.naines,^ ,■ that, of. Ortpn^^stbckma'uV L 2.' this man was either a criminal know.as. _._ the ' The Glaimantj 1 or he was. somebody; ; r else; and if; Mr ■ Whalley paiv establishVthe);/ 1 latter as an absolute jfacit^he r 'w|ll!*jfincL” unlimited scope* for further r en r e^geftc L rS-' search, for.the whereaboutsi of >Sir.JJ6geri! ru would still remain aslprofeuhd'a secret as f&■■)t the individual of the Iron Maßk^p'rfthesaii author pf JuiiiusV.-^Thatthe person wh:6; j;u.n; for some' 18 months, between the end of Jj -' 1855 and the winter, of .1857, passed at , Bpisdale, Mewburn-park^ l and Sale as;■ Arthur..'ort6ri,'. js?.as intimately acr _ quainted with young i '^Sir.-7 Roger Charles Deughty Tichb Joriiy;is' "perhaps capable of .prpqf. Q r n one occasion," Or ton, whoever he wasj bought'ahorke'bf'agen- '* tie man who has been a resident of Sale 'for the lastftwenty r -years. 'TKePanimal''^' was a bay with black points, tolerably well bred and spirited^:;and;:)like mqst •horses broken in by stockmen in $hos.e days, given to the ■ pastime '-of bucking with strangers. Qrton, was warned, .of this little peculiarityi but remarking 'that;"; he would cure him of th,at', sprang-qitiokly into the saddle, and was as quickly deposited on the turf again, i He was nptnv hurt, however, and' again he essayed the '.curing' process, but, "after- anpvolonged struggle for the mastery, with the same result.! f Ah,' said- Ortpu, who was .per-, v. tairily a good rider, .wha^verejs^he, 'may 11,'j. have- been, ' You've got some pluck in ybtiy and spme; of the right blood ; lrfi!<jaii/VT; you Tichbprne'Jahd :Wo H thb hpME W&' ! namedawbraihglyr !£iU ■*i '-ir- : '-r"° <>i:i '}j >l