✨ Survey Reports and Water-race Lists
that its mineral resources are being rapidly developed.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
A. D. WILSON,
Assistant Surveyor.
J. T. Thomson, Esq.,
Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.
REPORT
OF DAVID BARRON, DRAUGHTSMAN.
Survey Office, Hamilton,
27th July, 1867.
Sir,—I have the honor to forward returns of Water-races in this district, as per annexed Schedule.
Tunnels.—The only Tunnels that are in the district are used for Tail-races—they are of so varied a character that it is hardly possible to classify them. At the Hogburn or Naseby there are a great number of them from one of the branch gullies into the main gully, the extent of which I would estimate to be about eight miles in length. At Hamilton, one of the Companies have had twelve men engaged for the last three months in tunnelling a tail-race through solid rock. At the Serpentine a Company have been engaged in something similar, but have had to give it up for the want of the necessary funds.
Quartz Works.—The Quartz works in the district may be said to be nil, with the exception of a small machine that has been at work for some time near Hindon, with very poor results. A number of quartz mining leases have been taken up, with the intention of starting companies; the returns from the trial crushings have been so much exaggerated, and the prospectors demand so much as a bonus or price for the mines, that no one will invest in them.
Aqueducts.—I have not been able to ascertain returns of Aqueducts or Fluming in the district, with the exception of the Shag River Company’s.
It will be seen, from the approximate position of Clark’s Diggings on the tracing, that they are not within the Gold Fields.
I have the honor to be Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
DAVID BARRON,
Draughtsman.
J. T. Thomson, Esq.,
Chief Surveyor, Dunedin.
List of Water-races in the Mount Ida and Taieri Districts of the Otago Gold Fields.
Left Column
| Name by which Race is known. | No. of Sluice Heads. | Length of Race Miles. | Terminating at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band of Hope ... | 2 | 10 | Mount Ida (Naseby) |
| Mirror ... | 1 | 1½ | „ |
| Nowsome’s ... | 1 | 1½ | „ |
| Undaunted Co. ... | 5 | 12 | „ |
| Hitt or Miss ... | 10 | 9 | „ |
| Mosquito ... | 2 | 8 | „ |
| „ | 1 | 1½ | „ |
| „ | 1 | 6 | „ |
| „ | 1 | 1 | „ |
| Comincod’s ... | 1 | 7 | „ |
| Enterprise Company... | 6 | 8 | „ |
| Band of Hope, No. 2... | 5 | 7 | „ |
| Mount Ida Company | 4 | 6 | „ |
| Baxter’s Sluice ... | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Lewis’s ... | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Conga and Company | 10 | 16 | „ |
| Carling and Company | 10 | 11 | „ |
| „ | 1 | 0 | „ |
| M’Master & Company | 4 | 3½ | Gimmerburn |
| Duncan & Company | 1 | 1 | Eweburn |
| Josske and Company | 6 | 6 | Rough Ridge |
Right Column
| Name by which Race is known. | No. of Sluice Heads. | Length of Race Miles. | Terminating at |
|---|---|---|---|
| O’Sullivan & Company | 3 | 6 | S.E. of Rough Ridge, in course of construction |
| Pandene and Company | 2 | 4 | Kyeburn |
| White and Company... | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Gronberg & Company | 1 | 1½ | „ |
| Osterberg & Company | 1 | 1½ | „ |
| Christian & Company | 1 | 4 | „ |
| Archer and Company | 3 | 5 | „ |
| Hare and Company | 1 | 4 | „ |
| Lewis and Company | 1 | 5 | „ |
| M’Intosh’s | 1 | 4 | „ |
| Harrington | 3 | 3 | „ |
| Nicholas & Company | 3 | 14 | „ |
| Stoddart | 3 | 2 | „ |
| M’Intosh | 4 | 5 | „ |
| Osterberg, No. 2 | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Indian’s | 2 | 1 | „ |
| Slovak ... | 1 | 1½ | „ |
| Hardaere & Company | 8 | 7 | „ |
| Samson and Company | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Archy and Company... | 2 | 4 | „ |
| Swan and Company... | 4 | 18 | „ |
| Brown and Company | 4 | 4 | Clark’s Diggings |
| Frater and Company | 6 | 3 | „ |
| „ | 6 | 3 | „ |
| Grayson and Company | 6 | 4 | „ |
| Gogarty and Company | 3 | 15 | „ |
| Greer and Company... | 3 | 4 | Sowburn |
| Victorian Company... | 3 | 4 | „ |
| Sowburn Company | 4 | 2 | „ |
| All Nations Company | 4 | 1 | „ |
| Simpson and Company | 3 | 2 | „ |
| Simpson and Company | 2 | 3 | near Buchanan’s Station |
| Pearson and Company | 4 | 4 | „ |
| Hamilton United Sluicing Co. (Registered) | 5 | 9 | Hamilton |
| Perseverance Company | 5 | 5 | „ |
| Rise and Shine Co. ... | 1 | 6 | „ |
| Cornish Company ... | 4 | 6 | „ |
| Bailey and Company | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Udie’s ... | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Robert’s | 1 | 1 | „ |
| Victorian Company | 6 | 7 | Hyde |
| Enterprise Company | 6 | 12 | „ |
| Homeward Bound Co. | 6 | 20 | „ |
| Sowburn Company | 4 | 6 | Three Mile Creek |
| Nicholson and Co. | 1 | 1 | Sutton |
| O’Regan and Company | 7 | 20 | Macrae’s |
| Botherway and Co. ... | 8 | 9 | Fullarton’s |
| Mareburn Company... | 1 | ... | in course of construction |
| Shag River Company | 12 | 50 | „ |
| Bremner & Company | 2 | 1 | „ |
| Morgan and Company | 1 | 1 | Filly Burn |
| Brown and Company | 1 | 2 | „ |
| Oliver and Company | 1 | 1 | Horse Flat |
| Thirston & Company | 1 | 1 | „ |
| Harris and Company | 6 | 2 | „ |
| Cooper and Company | 2 | 4 | Serpentine |
| Swedish Company | ... | 3 | „ |
| The Last Chance Co. | ... | 2 | „ |
| German Jack’s ... | 1 | 3 | „ |
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1867, No 497
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Report of A. D. Wilson, Assistant Surveyor on Mining Operations in Woolshed District
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- A. D. Wilson, Assistant Surveyor
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- David Barron, Draughtsman
🗺️ List of Water-races in the Mount Ida and Taieri Districts of the Otago Gold Fields
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