Notes from Arrowtown.

Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 22

Notes from Arrowtown.

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August 21.

In dredging there is so far nothing exciting to report, though mary miners look forwartJ to hear good accounts of the Shotover dredges', tho PnncJ Arthur ar.d the Maori Point. Both are in localities where very iich gold was goti in lha early days.

There is a steady increase in the number) of hydraulic plants in the district, a britncht of mining that has not been exploited with tha ercrgy and discrimination it deserves. The obstacle in the way is the initial expense. However, Messrs Lynch und Hamilton have acquired the plant of Messr3 lister Bros, at Sawpit Gully, near Arrowtov.n, mid are about shift* . i»ig it to their spec near the Sandhill, Shotover, to work portions of the claim gone ovec by the defunct Riley Electric dredge, which! - dredged long stretches of the Shotover Rivec above tho Sandhill, and not without success.

Messrs Hay Bros, are s"fcour procuring a. ne-w plant to' work their claim upon the ArrowfRiver, al>cut a m:'^ Le c,v Ai-oivtowv.. claim contains mostly I'e.v ground, and lias! been prov.-d payably aunf?rous to a degrea that, with improvt'l means of working, promises to give very handaoma returns indeed?. The claim waa originally marked out by another! party a3 a dredging area, for which it was scarcely suited. Messrs Hay adopt the nghb principle to turn it to tho best account.

The weather for a fortcyht p?.st has been txe-eedmgly frosty, the thermometer often fall* aig in the morning to l'deg and 20deg below freezing point. The day 3, however, were delightfully fine, with Italian skies, in which) not a cloud was visible. The livers may bo sa^d to be at their lowest for the present season as the sun is beginning to have a visible effecft upon the snow, of which there is anything bufc a large quantity upon the hills.