Mahakipawa.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 73, 7 October 1890, Page 2

Mahakipawa.

(From Our? Own Correspondent.-)'

The best record I hear of this week is the Wairarapa with 50oz, and several more parcels were brought down,; but even yet we have not altogether recovered from the effect'of the big flood.

The Prospectors -expect) to be up to the faoe again in about a fortnight,; and the Venture will soon be in working order again; The Golden Hope have such heavy drainage in their main drive that they are unable to work in the face. They are building a wheel and intend to put two six-inch pumps into the Wheel of Fortune Claim (which is driven out and full of water), hoping by this means to cut off the drainage. The Just in Time have apt been down thjs. week,, '.they are rising the wheel and have logged the shaft up five feet higher. An eighth' sleeping share in this claim changed ■■ hands for £IOO.

The King Solomon are going down steadily, and will probably bottom next week, and it is confidently expected that they will be in the deep ground this time.

The Alice Fell Company (*h. the reef last week. It js rumoured that they gqt an encouraging prospect, They bottomed a bit too soon, but by their measurements must be close to the gutter. Some shares in the Mahakipawa Company changed hands this week. The operations of the King Solomon and Alice Fell company are being anxjously watched by shareholders of these and adjoining leases. I think there is very little room for doubt that the flat will turn out "good enough." The fact that five ounce pieces have found ijheir way down to the Hibernian goes tq, prove that the gold has cqme dqwn. In most creeks the gold gets finer as you get down lower, but here with heavy gold at the foot, and no fine gold in the creek it is reasonable to suppose that a great portion of the coarse, gold and all the fine must be on the flat.

A committee meeting of tHe, Miners' Union was,held thjs. evening (Saturday). It w ; as resolved to hold a general meeting on Saturday, theilßth inst.i!';All; members are, earnestly requested to: a'itend. , ~ . . .. ~ | A requfsition'was brought here forj signature to ask Mr Fe]l, of Picton, tp represent this district at the coming., election, and a good .manj signatures, ■' were obtained. The fas \\\s Mj. I'e.lj js, a 4§36rved}y P,P,pujaE mar} us, and jjljajj.Jje,. Jg ijfllpiqg fa-'W»ms W* prosperity qt this place by hit e»tsr»i

jsrisejn our mining companies might be an inducement to some of us to fjsigjtfihe requisition, but the fact that ;it is /well known that he has on more .than" one occasion distinctly stated that he did not intend to come forward, so emphatically that any of us that heard him.can ; besure that-his 'final,''gave'"'any'of us that were so disposed the chance of paying him a slight compliment without fear of its -being -• -'- ■■■■■<■•■■ - -•- ■• - " ; : I hear a-good deal of election r talk, and 1 think that the miners here, as a whole, take a deep interest in the election of a representative, and the general opinion is that your local man is the man that will and can look after this neglected district. Many enquiries are made as to when he is coming!; through to Hook 'us> upC '.-We have had'a Visit "from "a ; Mr" Phillips, but I.do not think he will. ; get much support here. : I give the miners hero credit for having foresight enough to see that an energetic, local man is the ) man to push'things along for this neglected district.

Our new school is not yet finished, but is only waiting for the windows. I have strong hopes yet that shall have a school in? time for'the next generation. Months have gone by since the Education Board decided that the time had come when a school should be- built, -pi;:should siyHt is fully timi they made' up their minds that the time has: come when the school should be finished.