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Otago Witness, Issue 1442, 12 July 1879, Page 8

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'(FROM OUB OWN COBBEBPOITDENT.) There hav.e been two shafts pinking through ■th» cement, aad both havo met with encourageMerit.; In my Jaat, I named the Vulan Co- as sinking. That was an error, "it should have bo'en the Nelson Co., who have since, at about .9Qft, reticliod-: payable prospects in blue cement, and .penetrated it Borne 7ft or Bft, but had not touched the " pug " when I last heard. They ch»re taken up another leaee of 8 acres, under .the designation of the Nelson Company, No. 2. T>h« John O!6roat Company have also reached tbe Hphg" at about 68ft from grass — with »lk>ut 4ft oement containing gold, Both these dshafts :ato nigh Lerfler's freehold (formerly Bdit's agricultural lease). A stone could be thrown from" the Nelson Company's shaft over ■Leofler'* fon'ce. The shaft is ovor 300 yds south «? .th«'Biohmond Hill Company's mill and shaft. Soth (hafts being a good distance fromthe tested Mtghbonrhood ; the result may be marked as a itop. forward in oemant exploration The City «£.D*blra Co (Mark, Trouges, and Co ), have MMmnoood an inclined tunnel, purchased and «ro» ed the whim for haulage purposes, and uca making progress. The Extended Co. have flaishad their tunnel, are driving out cement, fixing tk« pipisg, Ac, and will ere long set their auMkiaery in motion. The Bichmond Hill Co. 's •h'ed and xaaohinery sura being erected and well j|«rward, i ..and . ■will not be much behind the former. Tho Somerset Co still proceed with thfcir -winze, tho strata looking favourable. --.'•Pp-to midwinter the weather .was clear, and A&rd frosts occurred— some nights reaching 12 .tfejr'ee'a frost. A few inches of snow fell on the -th» 22nd ult., with cold variable weather to 28th, »kd l ott- 29th there was driving rain and mist ifroni'tthe ! - easterly quarter, resulting in floods -'tod'muob damage, particularly in the lower, 'j&lrts— as on the river flat. There will be much repairing work in some of the mining claims. T»« river- was, high, flowing by on each side of fcfc? bridjr*. With- the wet change, the roads .ftni 7 tracks i bare become soft, and traffic is 4115(5311.- The vrcb turn appears to have set in aa'd tise'^wprßti may be expected through this 'wottbh: 1 As might be expected, good progress l&ijMi'en: made in iarming operations. Stock osa in good state — very different to what they -wore this time last 3 ear.