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Otago Witness, Issue 847, 22 February 1868, Page 7

DUNSTAN.

(FitOJ£.OUR< OWIf,,COIIRESI?ONDENr.) , , .. -....., if ,;y;ii..j^el>ruaiyl7th,,JLß6B. . The proposedyMiriing . Conference, has caused afconßiderable' amount, of .discussion ; in- mining-. 'Circles ; the affair is looked . - apon vby ; some; .very, favorably,, and by .-- t)ther3' othe"'VeEy h reverse." ■.- The . worst - feature' inithoi.matterlia.. the short, time. ' allowediby the^-Government between the notice'arid the 'day. of nomination, which rcaxcelyr, gives voter 3 an"' opportunity of 4naking<a r selection, . orsgiving any :,con-. ' siderationavtoithec'subject;.. a most imTjorfcaht -matter, when any alteration in the Hining iißu'leai. and i Regulations is j>re- ■ - " ■meditated'.')'! tHowever^ at -is satisfactory >■ 'to know, that tthe^ Government are. .not lonmindfiiLofMthel mining!! interests,. -and \~'~". that at leaat) their intentions arfe good. * '-^^•jThe-liite^flo'ddsihaVe'happily not-been so '•£ jaeßtrudtitßl.'t'o -nuning properties' as "was beyond (the flooding isp}£ a feiWipaddockaJv and sundry, breaks, in, damage .done has-b ewr 1^5 liut Alight. s^He ' weatlier -promises -a' f^Javorableimrit'er.'seaSon: 0■ f The Molynoux $$''«nd Ka^arapKiviiislareiamng.fasty and v yeryrf6w4_weekfc3TOll,'r.d6ubtless, , see 'the |/;'tiaualtßctiyity > .bn^he bfeac-h workings, and A^Sti^QhinQsa tffr'iendsjonce -again reaping, a v |^..sroftfcabl6''iawjadtj' hu& nviib-A, &vljv £ :.^iil .

1 Any Government proclamation for the protection of the Chinese, 13 perfectly useless in this' district.' The introduction of these industrious people > has always been looked upon with- favor 1 here, and every facility has been given them for pursuing their occupations.' 1 There is any amount' •pf ground iov thtat 1 to • work, and their numbers might be increased by thousands, without 'harm to anybody.' i ' • • •«.- That' once' 1 busy locality, the Fraser River, is] again rising into public favor. Although comparatively deserted for the last four years,' as "worked ' out, late investigations have- proved that a really very profitable 'Goldfield there exists. The previous .workings 'wefo confined to the bed of the river; ' but' since attention has been directed to the ' "terraces," gold has been found in numerous places, and water r?ces are now being; cut to sluice tho ground away wholesale. The Chinese are doing remarkably well in this once abandoned locality and are earning from 20s to 30s per day a man. ,The ground is all pretty shallow, and being at a good height above the ' river, there is plenty of fall for . sluicing. The gold is invariably coarse,' and , nuggets weighing from five to . ten. pennyweights are frequently obtained, i' There is a capital opening here for .miners during the .summer' and .the w . early, .part of the months ;. and when the .severe weather sets in, there -is always plenty of profitable employment to be found a . short distance off, in the banks of the Molyneux. The prospects of the miners at the Car- ( drona are very' healthy,' and' in a number of casos fortunes^are being -made. • -To a miner with capital, the Cardrona is' a most desirable field.. Its development is slow, but nevertheless sure"; and patience and perseverance,' guided by ordinary judg-' merit, -cannot' -fail to be productive of a rich'reward. ' ..■•> „'.■ , , , The' Pirate, Homeward I 'Bound, -and Ginand'Raspberry.Companieß' claims have paid, for; months' past, from L12:,t0L20 'perjroek to theiri shareholders ; ! besides,, a number of other claims lower down the creek are also i doing "well. ll Business ap» pears to" be •tolerably I brisk, ■ and two new public-houses of considerable. pretensions' ar.e in course of 'erection. - A .mail' coach runs once a week between Clyde and Cromwell ; and to tbe enterprise of Mr- William Smitham we are indebted for supplying a long-felt wantl ■''•'.- r J . .