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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10899, 4 September 1897, Page 6

NOTES FROM TUAPEKA.

(Fr.oK Our Wetherstonrs Correspokdest.) August 30.—A1l those ei:?a?«l or intereste/d in mining were in hopes tbat the frost had left us on the 20th inst, when the.rain set id. me r.me Sour took all the advantaje tlisy could, elevating up to midnisht. They rise such a large quantity of water—more thaD their races will carry~ana, ; having very little, storage, when if cioes come j a downpour a lot runs to waste. I have heard | some of the men say that between the dry season and the frost they have not. averaged aOs a weet. , One of the original shareholders inlormeu me tbat , if the Consolidated Company had cut iinother race a few miles in length at an expanse of aboxu i.sno from the Waino'ri River, and a good distance below the head of the present race?, they could have had plenty of water in the dry season, and that there would not be so much snow to contend with He further told me that the level of the race with sufficiant fall would come hign enougn to cross Penton's Saddle, and drop into the other races. I understand that i* the only place where a race from the Waipori River can go through to the Spur without expensive tunnelling or some extra miles of cutting. The Lo<!al Industry is bucy working away, the Phcenix dam being about two-thirds full. The Gabriel's <Jully Quartz P-eef Company has taken up 20 acres more ground. They still keep tunnelling on ahead. They have gone through several small leaders with a little gold in them. I understand that there is a body of stone on one side of the main drive, but they will keep going ahead till they strike the reef in the face _ The Golden Rise washed down last week. Their paddock would he about a hal£ acre in extent. They are satisfied with the gold they got—that is, as far as any miner can be satisfied with whatever gold he gets. They have shifted their elevator and commenced another paddock. By the look of the dirt, they expect more gold out of this paddock than they got from the last. Last Warden's Court day they got their 70 acres I granted. They will soon commence to bmla a i dredge.