THE WAIMEA,

West Coast Times, Issue 555, 5 July 1867, Page 2

THE WAIMEA,

(from our own correspondent.) July 4. The favorable results obtained from mining at the new rush on the fourth Scandinavian Terrace, and the new ground near Piper's Flat cause an influx Of miners to. the district daily. At the old workings near the left hand branch of file' Wainiea Creek, such as Italian, Callage han's, Maori, and German gullies, and in and near the right haud branch at Fox's, Greek's, and Red. Jack's diggings, the scarcity of ■water is much felt, the rain of last week being too light and of too short continuance to do much good, and therefore failed to enable the miners to "make their large heaps of washdirt of much less extent. At the M"ew Bush near ' pipee's flat a great many parties of miners have set in to work during the week, and at least a mile and a-half of ground between the flat and the Avahura rivet i? takdh up: including a high and "likely-looking 1 terrace at the back of the one on which gold is now found. During the week another shaft was bottomed at a depth of sixty feet, on the western side of the" prospectors', and nearly ii pennyweight of gold to a dish of wash obtained, making the fourth, shaft on gold. 1 am glad to say that no "duffer" is bottomed yet. At the rush at THE TOOT OF THE'TJUC'K from the beach to Stafford Town, another shaft is bottomed on the flat, and a rich prospect obtained. On the top of +ho terrace Boyd and party have sunk to a depth of forty feet, and M'Laehlan and party to a depth of seventy "feet, and slabbed as they have gone down. On the northern side of M'Lachlan's a party are down ninety feet, and not bottomed. They are now slabbing to secure the shaft. Three or four pnrtieH at the fin's rush, Ou the fourth Scandinavian terrace have been fortunate enough to obtain golden holes, and the ground is now being tested for a mile and a half. A churn next ta the prospectors was bottomed a few days ago by Lisk and pm-ty. who at a depth df twenty-five feet, found a foot df wash on a false bottom giving lidwt to a dish. To the south Orgiston and 'party and Peterson and party have both bottomed on the blue clay reef at a depth of thirty, five feet on payable washdirt. Further south, on a bank of a small creek, another party have found wash which will give good -wages about twenty feet from the surface, on a main bottom. Several holes have been sunk without ■ gold- being got, but these are very shallow. The present workings are ou the sea beach side of the fourth terrace, and. if they extend in a southerly direction, will probably miss the third terrace ond run through a large flat at the foot of it, as this terrace does not extend so" much in a beaehward direction as do the fourth and second terraces. Ground is now marked out across the fourth ten-ace and through the flat as far as the second Scandinavian Hill. The population is about 800, and there are already three stores to supply their wants. The LAMPLOUOH has lost a portion of its population lately, through the counter attraction at Piper's Flat and Fin's Hush. The load at present found is k-aced nc further north-, wards than it was last week, but at the southern end, beyond the prospectors, a good many parties are working ground giving wages, a little gold being found to run through about four feet of washdirt. A. few shares have been sold in claims on the lead lately, fetching each from Ll3O to L 175. A rush took place on Monday to the terrace on the eastern side of the paddock, near the Police Camp. The cause of it was that Bourkc and party had bottomed a shaft, and at a depth of twenty-five feet arrived at washdirt which' would give wages. Their shaft caved in, and they at once commenced sinking another oue close by, and on this becomiug known a great many parties marked out claims, but of which none are yet bottomed. The {ground is situated about 120 yards from the eastern side of the lead which runs through the paddock. Great progress is being made- with the dray track from the beach, the greater portion of it being corduroyed. The work will be completed at the present rate of progress, in a fortnight. The Lamplough township .is becoming quite a settled place, and some extensive houses arc now to be seen in it. There aro two large dancing-saloons — the Metropolitan Hotel, belonging to Mr Horn, and another, opened this week by Mr King. Mr Manson has erected a very large and substantial drapery and clothing establish- , ment, aud I was glad to see that a medupjf ' dispensary, well stocked with drugs and chemicals, next to Saylc's store^haa been opened by Mr Schubart, th<yapothccary, formerly of Kauieri. Of stores, bakeries, pud butchers' shops there is no end. The Government have commenced the work of cutting tracks in'earnest, several parties of surveyors and assistants being now busily employed in surveying, and laborers in making roads five feet in width throughout the district. The police at Stafford Town were put" to some trouble last week, by a storekeeper named Webster, from Lamplou^h reporting that he had been robbed by two men, on his way to Stafford Town, of L 59 and a business license. Sergeant M'Cormack made several journeys through the bush in the hope of making an arrest, but without success. The storekeeper is now non cst invent us, and it is believed that the tale of the robbery was a fabrication to account for the non-production, of Webster's business license at the Warden's Court, at Stafford T6wn, ho being defendant in a dispute about a/section at Lamplough. Mr Ballin, a publican of Stafford Town, was rather severely kicked last week by one of the escort horses. The main track being narrow, he stood on the edge of it, but this did not prevent an accident, the horse kicking out at the time and striking Mr Ballan on the knee. Fortunately no bones wero broken, and the only inconvonieuce experienced was his being con; fined to bod for three or four days.