The Goldfields.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 45, 1 July 1890, Page 2

The Goldfields.

Maftiakipawa.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Saturday, June 28. The gold brought , down this week was far below the average; There has been a lot of extra water in the creek, and the tailings have been working their way down, with the result that several wheels were : stopped through the flume boxes being, filled with tailings. The Just-in-Time’s big flume broke down with the weight of tailings, and the water was running down the shaft; but the wheels are nearly all spinning round gaily again now, and most of the claims will be drained again by Monday night. The Wairarapa have, not yet started their wheel, and considerable dissatisfaction is expressed by claims below them, at their want of energy. The Te Ore Ore kept their wheel going all through the week by keeping men constantly clearing the flume boxes while the flood was up. They are on a fair road to prosperity now, and expect to be on the gutter this week. I hear that £2OO was offered and refused for 50 feet of the upper end of the Golden Hope. ; The Waihi will be up to their upper boundary this week, but I believe they have some ground to work yet at the lower end.

The King Solomon Company party, put the water on the wheel on Monday, and on Tuesday the directors were up, and were more than satisfied with the trial of the new plant, which is without doubt a credit to everyone connected with it. The wheel is 22 feet in diameter, and was built from plans prepared by Mr Dugdale, and built under his supervision. The Mahakipawa Company are now down 94 feet, and are getting amongst the boulders. They are to be congratulated on getting so deep without touching the reef. I think there is every probability of their bottoming on the gutter. There was a committee meeting of the Miners’Union on Tuesday, when it was decided, to at once send the necessary funds through to the Miners and Labourers Association of New Zealand, to entitle us to be a branch of that Association.

The football match Mahakipawa v. Marlborough came off on Saturday, Marlborough winning. Our men fought a good battle,'and, I think, had they been as well disciplined as their opponents, the result might have been reversed. If they could only manage to practise regularly and constantly they would be hard to beat. New buildings are still going up. Mr Collins, legal manager of the Hibernian, is getting a new place built for an office.

Mr Oliver, of the . Lucky Hit, met with an accident on Monday in carrying a log, he fell and put his shoulder out, but I think that a few weeks rest will see him all right again. He is building a substantial house on the Hibernianjease.

I understand that Mr Watts, assisted by several Mahakipawa people, intends to give a performance on Saturday, and, judging by what we have seen of Mr Watts on previous occasions, I think we can look forward to an enjoyable evening. We have two milk carts from different farms coming round daily now. As showing that we get the genuine article, I will relate an incident that occurred the other day. One of the settlers who provides us with milk has a little dogj and is in the habit of filling a bowl that is planted in the ground with milk for its benefit. Judge of his astonishment on coming out in the morning to find the bowl full of butter; and a frog sitting on the top of it. The frog got into the bowl of milk and by continually paddling to get out turned the milk into hutter. This is pretty good proof that we are supplied with the genuine article. The new supplement to the Guardian is highly appreciated, and everyone I met expressed their satisfaction with it.

- DUNEDIN, ■ : . June 27. The Gallant Tipperary procured a cake of 280 oz of retorted from 660 tons. •••' HOKITIKA., June 27. The Mount D’Or Company’s total washing 1 was 2710 z, value £1,030, and a dividend of one shilling per share was declared. The mining; manager reported very favourably. The expectations are large for yields in the future.