MINING
I have heard that a party at Lake George is making between £4 and £5 a week; not so bad coming into one house, Ly Chong and other Round Hill diggers have told me that from 12 to 15 years ago they took from one paddock on the old railway line, about two miles west of Oraki, as much as £4O worth of gold; they cannot now make out the same place. Some Chinamen have been poking about the vicinity this while back. The reason why Ly Chong knocked off after getting such good results was that he could not get fall, and gold at Round Hill was then easily obtainable. Grand prospects are being got at Lake George, but there is the old cry of want of fall to work. As the lake at the most is only a big lagoon, I do not see why it should not be drained. The prospects received are enough to make one’s mouth water.—Oraki correspondent.
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Western Star, Issue 1389, 14 September 1889, Page 2
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164MINING Western Star, Issue 1389, 14 September 1889, Page 2
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