CALEDONIAN.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 331, 22 August 1868, Page 7

CALEDONIAN.

FROM t>UR OWN CORRESPONDENT

Squires and party's claim, which is situated next to Marshall and party's, has considerably, improved, and is likely to prove more remunerative than was at first anticipated. At Ballarat Terrace, Hopley and party's claim is proving a valuable piece of ground, and they are making about £ls a week. On German Terrace Conrad and party have struck payable gold in their tunnel, and have come on a good class ofwashdirt.

On Giles' Terrace very little business of any kind is doing, in consequence of the absence of the miners in Westpsrt, at the case ot Luke and party v. Perry and others, which has created a considerable amount of interest amongst the mining population both on Giles' Terrace and elsewhere. The decision in this case will be of the utmost importance, and I hope that it will have a salutary effect. Evans and party are stacking their washdirt and will soon be in a position to extract the gold from it. Davis and party have gone over the lead in their tunnel, and state that it has dipped, which is not an infrequent occurrence in other diggings; they commenced their tunnel seven feet lower than that of Evans and party, who are a few feet further down the river side than them, but now find that they should have gone at least twenty feet lower, and as this mistake renders their present tuunel not very convenient, they purpose commencing a new tunnel in a few days, when there is a certainty of their coming on gold, as it has been struck at one side of them by Evans and party, the prospectors, and at the other side by Perry and party. Some business places have been erected on the Terrace, and a dancing saloon is in course of construction; the number of huts has largely increased during the past week. At Deadman's work is going on steadily, and the population is considerably augmented during the past eight or nine days. It was rumored yesterday that gold had been struck by a party one mile and a half north of the present workings, which is not at all improbable, and when provisions can be had on the ground here, we may expect to have this one continuity of diggings from the Caledonian. The Concert in aid of the hospital is to take place on German terrace, at Mr David Barrie's iron store, on Friday next, and from all I can learn will be a success, tickets are being disposed of, and bills through the township make the approaching event still more widely circulated. The track between Giles' terrace and German terrace is in a very bad state and in some places a party walking has to go up the side of a spur which is actually perpendicular, and only got over by the aid of roots, &c. A large portion of ground has been cleared by Mr Long at the half way house, and it appears to be admirably adapted to the growth of esculents, and a fine paddock could be made here which would be quite a treat for any cattle which have been on the the coast any time, as the ground is protected on every side by terraces well timbered, and not open to those cold nights which so often visit the Buller and its vicinity.