Mahakipawa.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 67, 16 September 1890, Page 2

Mahakipawa.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Saturday Evening.

The fine weather this week has enabled the miners to get all their claims in working order. Everybody has got the water out. The Alice Fell Company are down about 40 feet, and I think another fortnight or so should put them on the bottom.

The King Solomon are down about 20 feet. They have had very heavy water sir.ce the flood, and it looked as if the pump would hardly manage to beat it, but it does manage to keep it down, and the drainage is getting less, so, given two or three weeks good weather they should be on the bottom. The Hibernian start work m the drive they were in before the flood on Monday, and as they had good gold when the flood drove them out, they should give a good account of themselves next week. Our Boys got an ounce or ftwo with good prospects for next week. ' • The Long Time have got a fair start again, and are on gold. The Just-in-Time will be in the face on Monday. In fact all the, claims are in good working order, and have repaired damages from the big flood, except the Prospectors, who have a lot of work to do yet to bring up their tail-race ; and the Venture, who have still another week or two's work to get to the face. So, taking one consideration with another, prospects look brighter than they have for some weeks. The Hidden Treasure have succeeded in taking out a pot-hole that has been filled up twice just as they were ready to lift the bottom, and although not coming up to expectations they got a few ounces out of it. There is quite a little rush in the Last Chance Gully. There are four parties of men sinking. McKenzie & Co. have bottomed one shaft on the sidling, and are down 15 feet with another one. Mr J. Cox and his mate have bottomed one shaft, and are about to sink again, and expect to be on the metal "Later on." Mr Pym of the Dramatic Company fame, has also taken up a claim. Diamond and party have bottomed in the Whalers,, but have not struck anything payable as yet. G. Pope and party found the water too heavy, and are driving a tail-race into their, shaft. The Prospectors' Creek, Anderson and party are building a wheel, and Teehan and party are taking in a tailrace. The Number One claim (Stanton and party) 1 hear only got a few penny-weightslast week. A two-ounce nugget has been got in a left-hand branch of the Prospectors' Creek, there have been two parties working there for some time, but I understand that they have found nothing really payable as yet. Both the Prospectors and the Whalers creeks are now being thoroughly tested. Should they both (and the Last Chance Gully) prove payable it would liyen things up considerably, and if the Company on the flat bottom on the metal we can look forward to a prosperous time''later.on." Our juvenile footballers were very much disappointed at the Havelock boys not showing up for the football match on Saturday. They had made extensive preparations to give them a good reception, and were determined to give them a good dinner and a good beating. The C.F.C.' held a meeting in the evening, and after passing a vote of thanks to Mrs Mcßae,Mrs Mowat, and Miss Mowat for their kindness in assisting to give their expected visitors a good reception, they „ declared ; the football season closed, and decided to form themselves into a cricket club. , Mr Voss and his happy family gave a performance on Thursday evening to a rather small house. As a rule performances in the. middle of the week are not a success here..

The Surprise Company did not come pn Saturday, although they telegraphed from Picton and the Theatre Royal was lit «P- P S Qem 9 *hey could not arrange with the proprietors of the fast and furious royal mail steamer to bring them through.. Quite a crowd were in town waiting to see them. This is another proof how badly a road is needed,