MINING ITEMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 189, 11 October 1872, Page 3

MINING ITEMS.

Mtstxg Co>T3TiE3rpi;. —The Tu:ipeka Tm.es 1 t-u/gtsfs the *lioliliii« of a'con ference gf miiiinj delegates at Jjiwrence, to consider the propriety of establishing a Central Miner's As sociation, the duties of which would lie

toexsMvisea general super* i-i' l " over t-..e interests of the whole mining community ; to. s,elect suitable representatives to send,.tp the Provincial Council and General Assembly ; to watch the course and in 91 icuce of legislation upon , gold field* subjects ; and to co-operate with the local committees in alleviating local grievances. J f no further new rushes are discovered, it,is expected the large, popuhtion at the \ariou< diggings n,t the ■South A t'rit?an diamond fields will soon disperse, • as'employment cannot continue for sn"h numbers. . , . op to Tnjs , llox .R. Campbell. —The deputation that.i.wai ted upon the Deputy-Superintendent, on P rid ay last have been informed thatJsr. Warden Rob.inson's report on Mr. Campbell's application would .be .lorwarded to .the Waste Land Bo.ird, with an instruction, that the .(xovernment considers it desirable that no further steps, in reference to the application, should be taken until further offu-i il notification ,is. sent -to

the Wiirdep, to act with tii'e app.i -ations on October 29r,h, in the w.ay.the' Grove rnmcnt instructs. A half interest in the mine has been sold for £5.03/ A late telegram from West-port says: —"There are great expectations from ■th". Little Wonder trial. Fifteen tons of stone were put through the ripple boxes leading to the stampers, leaving twenty-eight ounces of loose gold which was retained. The aggregate yield anticipated is five ounces-to the ton. which i< equivalent to £2390 per share divir'e id At Bal'arat gold sinking is being carried 011 in very close proximity to business premises and residences.' The ' Post' states The town inspector and the cleric of works for Ballarat East visited the Plank Koad this morning on a tour of inspection, and found anu m b tu' of peo p1 e sink ingsh af fcs i n .and around tenements and driving under foot-pith and road. The stuff being goc was very rich. Up to - the 30t hof .June last the province of Nelson had received from its goldfL-d.ls the sum of £l-13,975, the proceeds of the export duty 011 gold alone.

: The 4 Northern Miner'gives a list 'of the eriiViin - *8 at the three local m;v :uhines.-since tfye Ist. July.. Without ;cmintiii<j; the rich stone from the ißroaghton .goldfielrl, of \vhich""no return has vet been obtained, there have .been 1.373jt0ns uf the 1 Charters Towers reefs crushed, with a yield of :3,97J.»z Sdwt beinir at an average jot* about 2 >z 18J.\vt to the ton. - The Heefton correspondent of the ' Hrey Argus' says that " the town of iKe»:fton waa builfc two year?! before its time, and it has enjoyed .a kind of fic- ! titiou's prosperity since its existence first, from the quantity, of money brought into it from other parts, and next by the oiitlay of bet\Teen'£2O,OoO anil' 25,000 in public-works in the im- . mediate district in less than six i months." .