Notes From Roxburgh.

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 23

Notes From Roxburgh.

(Fnoit Ouk Own- CoitßEs?ON T nF.xT.) fiOXBURCH, April S. 'Ihe Lc.jr Vpllcy di' dye < ommercod operaI f ,n ou h'. top elf mi yest.-riiav ii'OT/ii'ig at II o't-'ock T»ie Jubilee chod<rc '-esterd.iy took pnother sudden rtii. down the nvei. A knot :u one ci the hnrs g->vo wjv, and sli" went down the Ftieani with ;i lush. Fortunately sh: 1 kept ir the eu:ifiit, a.d passed soni" dai.'--erous rocks =aiely. when the anchor held and brought her vi). Xo dainpge v"s sustained. The Golden Bed dicclge stopped on Mond?y as a new tumb'er is to be put in. It was ex})cftecl to rrrive to-day. The E.icelsior dredge is be'nj; got "cr.cly t> start as soon as the river <-hc.va signs r . a, nam<i:!ciit drop. Auril m The MoKneux Kohinoc. i- at r-"- «= t ,it owing' to p bieakage It wili h'telf btMord.iv beforo ft lie gets ynothrr stait The "Mam Lead Hercule-i dredge i, workma; splendidly, with \ cry fan prospects. Ov. ing to a difficult, m disposing of the tailings, how our, the manager is experiencing a great d»a' of trouble He n. tends wash-Kg-up to-morrow, 1 believe Th" Kttuck cli-cklc 1 . ".-hich has been working pi tlio barf-, has had to be s-lnftcd out again, as '•he ran the risk ot being tilted up owing to the liver falling. She will now commence dredging out in the river. The managei of the Excelsior dredge has been lure io-day looking for men to man his dredge

It is a difficult matter to get men with certificates, and the inspectors are very particular in this matter now. The Teviot dredge is still closed down. There 1b some talk of this company trying to procure part of the old Roxburgh Lead claim. 5 The river is lower now than it has been since Wst October, and is still falling, but there is a fcood deal of drift running.