Bannockburn.

Lake County Press, Issue 697, 27 February 1896, Page 2

Bannockburn.

(lake count? press correspondent).. February 24. THE WEATHER for the past three weeks has been ex--ceptionally warm, but Saturday, night saw a change to a heavy gale, which: finished up in rain, with snow on the tops, which has cooled the air. MINING. The Pipeclay Channel finished wash-, ing up last week, and got somewhere about 200 ounces of gold. I hear the property is to be sold next month.— On the Garrick Mr E. Jones has put his reef, which he found a few months, ago, into a company, and they are now busy developing the property; The: reef which, is about 15 inches wide,, is supposed ta go about loz to the ton.. One ton of the quartz taken out and put through a cradle gave 13 dwts of free gold. The worst feature about the reef at present seems to be that it is a flat reef which will be naturally more expensive to work. All the other reefs on the hill are busy taking out stone. Those connected with the Garrick raefc seem to be out in their calculations as to the time it would take to repair the damage at the head, as the water is. not yet in.. CRICKET. The Cricket Club play Blacks and Alexandra on the 6th and 7th of next month. I fancy our team will want to. stick a little closer to practice than they are doing to hold their own with either of the aibove clubs. DREDGING. The Electric Dredge is on gold. So says the “ man in the street,” and I have heard various amounts stated as having been got in one eight-hour shift. There is, I. believe, no mistake as to the dredge being on it, but as to. the amount .got none but those interested know. I believe anotherdredge is to be on di ,- -jtl? ou follower cl dal. A spare pi >:e ->• •< out- ‘ between the t«vj claauo ■•-us