GREY RIVER UP-COUNTRY DISTRICT.

West Coast Times, Issue 1329, 25 December 1869, Page 3 (Supplement)

GREY RIVER UP-COUNTRY DISTRICT.

(PROM OUR OWN CORKESPONDnNT.) Auvuba, December 20. In mining matters there has been a steady improvement to notice throughout the greater portion or" die Gre) r Kiver Upcountry District during the. pa-t week or two. The favorable change in the state of the weather h s done wonders lor the mining population, and to that we may chiefly att ibute the present satisfactory state of affairs. There are scenes of bustle and activity to be seen all over the diggings, and everywhere the people seem to bu in high spirit. New discoveries of payable ground have been reported jfrom vari >us quarters as having taken place during last week a-ul thowek before, several of which promise to become of considerable importance, inasmuch as they will increase' tlie quantity of gold produced within the J

district, and give profitable onployment to large immlie s of mine s. In giving publicity to the above I'acts, I would beg to state that it is not ray intention to hod out any false inducements to parties at a distance, as. I would nit like to induce miners who may he profitably employed and c nifortably located where they are, to come all the way up here for the sake of a few new rushes, the extent of -which arc not over any very large area, and in a district like the Napoleon, with a numerou ; mining population, the ground is t.iken up within a very short of time. It is a rectification to know that, during the continuance of the line weathor, some good at lea t has resulted to^ the district. T ii'cnn the seting out of prospecting parti. -s in various directions. At the pre-ent time, prospectin: is being carried on systeimlienlly through the ranges on the right-branch of Xob'.e's, and it i'Mxpectcd that before long something pa^yab'e will he struck in that qnniicr, a* the country is likely looking. I Ik- small rush about uhich I made mention in my last as having set into a .>pur on the righthand branch of Xoble's, promises? to turn out well, to judge from pr=s >nt indication*. Tlie pi o»pccts obtained have averaged nine grain- to the dish in three feet of washilirt : the sinking i-s fifty-feet or thereabouts. Several shafts are being put down, and the ground has been taken up for a considerable distance from the claim of the prospectors, which as yet is the only one on gold. From Napoleon Hill there is nothing of an extraordinary nature to icport upon since my la^t communication. The township is looking lively now as ever. The claims on the lead are still looking well ; operations are I being proceeded with in thu ■ sual manner, J j and t'-c results from the 1 .te washings have proved satisfactory, by what I understand. At the Mosquito Lead matters are looking healthy, and a steady improvement is to be seen. At Brandy jack's, the lead continues to be improving, that is to say, i the upper part of it ; and operations are i being vi^or u*-ly pushed forward by all the parties at work h re. The daimholeers lower down have all, more or less difficulties to contend with : but, neverthel-s, entertain the idea of success, ..ml are setting in to w >rk with a will. -t Half-ounce and Duffer's things are beginning to look up ag.iiit after the rain. On Speculator's Rush ;m<] Canadian Terrace matters are progressing favorably. The sports at Napoleon's are announced to come off on the 27th and 28th, and the programme which is now pub ished promises well for t!>e size of the place. The accounts to han 1 from > o Town a~e of the most satisf ictory character. The n.:w riush, by all accounts, seems to be prog 'esMng f i orably, and promises to be of c insiilerable importance. I intend visiting that locality in a da}' or two, and shall forward the full particulars to you by the vory h'r.-t opportunity.