Notes from Grey Valley (West Const).

Otago Witness, Issue 2425, 5 September 1900, Page 20

Notes from Grey Valley (West Const).

(Feom Our Own Correspondent.) > 1 AHA.UEA. \ | August 29. — Prospecting operations are being | actively carried on in. this locality. < ■ An ong others., the. Zealandia Syndicate have ■ a gang ot men engaged in this neighbourhood. j A Air Di'im, of Ahaura, and hrs staff of pros- ; pectors will shortly be testing the value of [ sevcial claims- situated in the Shell Back disj trict, som" four or five miles from Ahaura. } Mr Jay 1-5 nuikhig^goocl progress with the con- | structinn N of pontoons for several dredges on the ' Ahauia River. : j ORWELL CREEK. I The contractors have completed the darn for [ the Erickson's Reward Company, and the poii■loons will be launched in the course of a few days. li'o <-Tfi-yi Tor the Oiwell Creek Compai.y (now till 'cr constrrctio i) will be completed ni about v. month or five weeks. Ihe company have a. goon many men engaged blocking up an old i taihace, which will take a week or so to com1 plete. • > | SNOWY P.TVER. ) Mr Naylor, with a strff of experienced pros- • pectors, is now busily engaged prospecting a. r umber of claims on the Snowy River, situated f-semp 10 or 15 miles fiom Totara Flat. I paid : si vi=il to t)xe Snowy River severs 1 months ago, j and, according to what I could gather from ? the old miners in that district, it would appear i ' that the Snowy has been known to be rich in ' ! gold for many year", but no one knew how to j Igpt it out. Probably some dredging company ( will have a try. j