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i i'.'i BRANDT'CRBEK. ?- ';
1 DaUy'splamsy Callage: Tree Rill.-— It
is .stated that;/. the,- three lease '? claims
belonging , to,, the 'Messrs Daljy* and
situated on Cabbage Tree Hill, comprising.,
together an areaof 27-Jr acres, aro under n
contract for sale toMessrs.W. D. Grubb and .
WilliamHart fpr£5000' cash, andatenth
interest in any^comgany : which' may be'.
lunnsa-.iu worit iiiib .uiaiuj, uuuu -tuu
ambun t'-islargei th'e purchase, is considered
a good one, as it is' believed by competent'
judges that enough Ro)d will be bbtaioed
from-';th'a 'stone. 'already, ^raised by thb.
Messrs' I)ally;tbipBy-;the purchase money.,
We.are informed ,-,by:.a, gentleman who rer.
turned from Brandy Creek on Saturday'
that;'- the! :-Mess?s ^ Dally have still
a number of'1 'men ?employed inraising
atone and also' in'' Re' ting out washdirt ???
which they are sending down to the
Middle- Arm,. Creeknto be sluiced .- ,- Some
of 'the -stone- inithei heaps is remarkably,
riob',''Bom'e!ofi:the!'.ji;i'-ld b iig coarse .and.
well in the stoi.e^ but most of the gold
appears^ to';bet Jppse'in' cavities -ih-' the
qriartzV'or bniy slightlyadhert-nt.;-- . '
I ? Florence'' JS'ightiiigalc.— Our informant'
states that, they, are getting out'sbine rich'
stuff froni' thi'a' claim,' similar to.tU'e' soft,,.
sandy dirt ',.? whioli ..tliii . Messrs Dally/ liavo '
boen s'uicing. They hiive also obtained
some rnioe.i gold-bearing stone from the
reef.-;. ,; -1-ti;.i.j. i'.-'i; .-'? . . '...'? ?--.
j Otherc'Discovories.i:— Mr .John' Dally
ktates that he pud his brothers know of;
another -very Hclv'rbeP.in a locality whoro
theyintend to a'pply!forclaims1sllortly, but'
.that they desire to take such steps as will
effectually secureitheir interests, as they
consider;, they have notjbeen fairly, treated
in. respect ;'io.f.. certain other c-lainu which
they; bed.-, applied for. .It is' said that a
Lirgo reef, about nine feet in thickness, has
be8ii discovered at the riprtherri^rid ot the
Cabbage1' 'Tree-' Hill, somewhere near
Brandy' Creek/and that'gold has been ob
tained' by' pbuidingup 'the stone and pan-'
nirig off. ' Mr C. A. \ Williamson, a store
keeper at' the gbldfield, .showed bur infor
mant some exceedingly rich stone, which
had been found, in a claim. on the uitst sid«
of the; road down in, the,: fla', and sup
posed to be on the lineiof ©ally's roef. Mr:
-Williamson also stated that he had found
surface specimens of gold-bearing stone on
ithe Ophir Co.'s township.land. Mr Jas.
Brimblo, who is in charge of the land
belonging to1 the Opliir Co., has found gold.
uponit in several places;, .,''.. ..'.''
fEast City of Xauiicestoii G.' 31. Co. . —
The ^mining manager,! underdate.the 6:hj
inst.,[repbrta' thatthejshaft, has been sunk,
tb-adepth of 289 feet.iand that one or two
feet more would: have 'bean/sunk during;
the :weekbuti for,thetimboring!up. He
had at' the time oH writing about 19 feet'
to timber,, which would* 'bo finished on'
Saturday ,' evening. ? ! tinking - about' the;
8Sms.',/:' ,' , .',' ' '. ,'',''''' ', ', ! ' '' ;'.''.' ,:''
! ? [East Morning . Star^ff-l 'jM,.[ ;,Cp— The
miaing. mahiig3r) writing 'on the 4th inst, ?
state's that the sinking ;stil 1 ;V continiiis
favorable, andtha'j the quartz veins, nre
keeping: in the shaft:,7\Vater, about namo
quantity:; in- shbft.i .It;. /Ms :? ^notified:
tbat!afithird:callcf one .shilling, per share
haS'been made bn'thejlhares of this epm
panvV dunahd; pavabln'onthb ISth inst.
'Wet* 'Morning Star Ci'M Cb.v-Tho miiin
shaft is now down C8ft';,' iiimborecland
centred ; and the 'winze , shaft is down in
tiieiO3ftlpvell2ft. Rep.^ftVqia.thic.V.^ith
good; payable stone ,,. The ...lenders, for lhe;
erection of pumping, ajid, ; winding gear,,
andengine,i:together( with housing, havo
been '??' accepted. 'From ' 'a . '..'.telegram
received ? by Mi' ???'R.-1.' H.' Price 011
Saturday, we learn tliat the reef wis' cut
at.'hiilf-pastnine that:;m;5rning. showing
gold: Plenty 'of water. ''
'??; -New, Native jtqittfi!'.G.M.':Co,—A.'teU'
gram iwas. recoiyod^by Mr K. H. Price,
legal .manager) on Monday, . convey in^ the
intelligenee that the reef was cut tlirouah
and; was found to ,bef'.4fr., .thick. , The
mining manager reports that the reef' was-
cut at the 26Uft. level 50ft.. from the shaft.'
The lode is 4ft.- Gin; , 'and1 the stone is'
looking better than when but at the 200ft.
level.' The men haye been engaged this
week squaring up laiid, timbering to face;
About aO tons of first class stone has been'
raised from the Northern Reef. Water.
?very'jieavyv'.' :?'.-... ; ?.,;?'?.-'?;!? ,-?,,; ;?'., ,''
. , Daily's Reefs.— -The arrangements with
reference to the. salOi,of this i valuable. pro-
perty were concluded, (yesterday, ;;!'und
Messrs Grubb and iHart.i the purchasers,
proceed toth^claim.^to-dayv to make pre
liminary 'arrangemehfs J$6t 'working tho
mine effeotually. ??'.?_? _
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