THE LAKE DISTANCE.
(FKOit our o\ys correspondent.)
May 25:h, ISO!
The weather since my last has been thoroughly wint'y j baid frost with clear fine days; there has been no fall either of rain or snow; the rivers C3ntinue very low, indicating that there has been no symptom of a thaw on the higher ranges.
Mining news is on the whole satisfactory, though from various causes, the escort —this time—will not be quite up to the average. On the Upper Shotover, the Terrace workings are being tackled in earnest. Water rsces are being brought in and made available for the sluicing, and a few weeks will, no doubt, prove the soundness of the speculation.
The tracks to Qu'jsnstown and between various points of the river are in a very dangerous state, and are getting more so every day, owinjr fo the loose nature of the ground being sensibly affected by the severity of the frosts. A fatal accident at Moonlight Creek, the particulars of whicli, will be foun-i in the report of the inquest on George Faller, which is selit herewith, shows clearly what these mountain tracks are and what fearful risks travellers ruu in attempting them. Mr Eeetliam, tin Coroner, in returning from the inquest which way held at Moke Greek, ran a very narrow risk of his life on passing the dangerous sidiings, and did not rea?h home until 3 a,ra., in a frightfully "cooked" condition.
Accounts from the Arrow continue cheerful. Little apprehension is entertained of any d:staiit rash depopulating the District. The (Jardroaa Valley diggings have become so important as to justify the Government in appointing an officer in charge so as to says the mining community the labor and expense of a, journey to the Arrow Camp, on all business trivial or impoi tant. Mr Schaw, at present Gold Recaiver at the Arrow is likely to have the fir^t appointment, and the inhabitants of the Valley must he congratulated sliould they secure tlie services of so efficient and experienced an officer. The track over ths Grown Range is very bad and likely to hi worse and it is the general opinion tLafc the money to be expended on cairns would be better laid out in rendering passable the worst parts of the gully.
THE LAKE DISTANCE.
Otago Daily Times, Issue 764, 30 May 1864, Page 5
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