Notes from Clyde.

Otago Witness, Issue 2433, 31 October 1900, Page 19

Notes from Clyde.

(From Our Own Cobrespokdent.)

worked prior to shifting to the western boundary of the claim.

The decking and framing will be completed on the Cairnmuir dredge by Saturday next, when the pontoons will be ready for the erection 01 the inachiiieiy.

Directors of dredging companies in the gorge would probably save money by calling for tenders for the supply o£ coal lather than prearranging for a supply. Competition is veiy keen in the coal trade here, and advantage should be taken of this in the interests of shaiehoiders in dredging companies. Mr George Fenwick, of the Otago Daily Times, passed through Clyde yesteiday on a lour of the goldfields. October 27. The biickets are about connected on the Vincent Extended. Very little more remains to be done to complete "the fitting up. The Vincent dredge will x 3r °bably resume work on Monday, after undergoing j jpairs \o the buckets and hangers. The dred^s may be 1 dropped down-stream to take a cut on the oa-,+ side of the river. i , October 29. Mr Tonkin, of Dunedin, has^purchased the Dairy Creek coalpit. The mine has been recently developed to the extent of proving the existence of a splendid coal measure for steaming purposes. The rain of Saturday night brought the river to a. level some 10ft above the normal. Though rain again fell throughout Sunday night, the river fell some 3ft, and i's still Mhng. The dredge Builders lost a considerable quantity of timber, the rise was so sudden and unj expected. The weather is still threatening. j The Vincent dredge is undergoing repairs.