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Nearly new cases are reported in neighboring counties. Hometown Hero Conner Blevins. By Marlee Pinchok. As the complainants did not join issue, the cases proceeded separately. By defendant's counsel—I was only absent from my work one day and three-quarters.
I never asked Dr Otway for my wages. Captain Ackerman's son was left in charge when his father and Dr Otway left. By Court—My duty was to attend the mill, and put in quartz for crushing. George Irwin examined—I was engineer at the quartz mill.
Cannot say whether Henson was absent or not. George Ackerman, sworn and examined—I am son of Captain Ackerman. The plaintiff worked for thirty-one days. He was engaged at 15s per day. By defendants counsel—Dr Otway is my father's partner. Other labourers were working at 15s per diem in the same capacity. By the Court—All our laborers were working at 15s per diem, with one exception.
In this case the Court reserved judgment. By defendants' counsel—I had been working for three previous months, at the rate of 15s per day. Judgment reserved. In this case the agreement produced held good for three months at the above rate, and at the expiration of the term the complain- ant still continued to work as usual for another month.
A letter was produced in Court from Captain Ackerman to the complainant, where in he stated that he wished him to take charge of the mill until his return. Mr Randall gave notice of appeal. Otway, Ballarat. October 18 On and in the neighborhood of the Black Hill there are several parties, who have been for some time past prospecting in quartz reefs, confidently expecting to find rich veins in that locality.
November 12 The Steiglitz Diggings. It is not a 'poor man's' diggings by any means, but offers a splendid field for the investment of capital. Hooley and his party, who first made the great discovery there, expect to get a ton of gold from their claim, and in this opinion they are confirmed by the opinions of others well able to judge, and who are quite disinterested parties. Four of the claims are now doing well; I believe I may say, indeed, exceedingly well, and, as yet, there has been little or no endeavour to find another equally rich spot.
Surely Hooley and his friends did not strike the only spot in that wide and rich- looking district, where gold can be got by the hundredweight. Some machinery has arrived here, and is on its way up to Steiglitz.
To Enterprising Capitalists. The Auctioneers in drawing attention to this investment need scarcely suggest to the intelligent capitalists of Victoria, that the time has now come when the great object of obtaining gold from our auriferous regions, must be assisted by the powerful aid of science, and they consider that never in Victoria has such an opportunity been offered for a safe investment of capital, and never such an opportunity for developing the valuable mineral resources of a colony, more gifted with the richest auriferous deposits than any other country in the world.
Those who are conversant with the topography of the district of Ballarat must have observed how the various Leads, which have startled the world by their extraordinary yields, have emanated from the Black Hill of Ballarat and the adjacent ranges, and when we consider the extraordinary richness of the quartz, we are confident that those who have the capital, and energy to explore the hidden treasures of this district, cannot fail to hit upon a rich mine of wealth.
Nature throws these advantages in their way and science boldly proffers her assistance. A Quartz Crushing machine, attached to one of the richest claims in the world, is now offered to the public of Victoria, and will be the pride of the man who has most enterprise and energy to realise for himself and family a name and a fortune. The valuable machinery belonging to this property is situated at the foot of the Black Hill on the banks of the River Leigh, where a never-failing supply of water may be obtained; a substantially built tramway leads from the summit of the hill, from whence an inexhaustible supply of timber is procurable.
The machinery of the most complete description is enclosed in a substantial building with enclosed yards and every accommodation. The Quartz Claim is 50 by yards. The Auctioneers having detailed the great advantages of this magnificent property, have merely to mention that the machinery is in every respect complete which they are now requested to submit to public competition, and must reiterate to the enterprising gentlemen of Victoria, that never again will such a chance be offered to them for investment.
The yield of gold is from 3 to 15 ozs to the ton, and the power is equal to crushing from 10 to 15 tons per day. Terms—One-half Cash, remainder an approved Bill.
Date uncertain W. Otway is registered as a voter at Steiglitz. The "Nature of Qualification" is that he holds a miner's right. The Engine is twelve horsepower, the Machine is Dr Ottway's improved Chillian Mill, capable of crushing and amalgamating six tons per day. Apply on the works opposite the Australian Hotel, Forest Creek. March 1 "Otway, Wm B" appears in the list of unclaimed letters at the post office at Marysville, California [] , a town known as the "Gateway to the Goldfields".
From a Correspondent of the Geelong Advertiser. The cry for "more machinery" has at length brought a good many quartz-crushing companies upon the field: these machines are now in operation, and six or seven more will be in readiness in a week or two, so that the supply in this direction is ample. At a meeting held on the hill at the head of Regent-street last week nine persons were nominated and elected as members of the Steiglitz Local Court, viz: — Messrs.
After a short consultation it was decided that a court-house should be erected near the place of the meeting, in the open space at the head of Regent-street. With a vote of thanks to the chairman, Mr. Richardson, the meeting terminated, and the miners quietly separated. No post-office arrangements have yet been made, and much dissatisfaction is felt on account of the want of this convenience by the general public.
April 15 Our crushing machines are busily all employed, some of them engaged for a good while forward. The Steiglitz Quartz Crushing Company have contracted for the crushing of tons from Davis's reef, and all the others that are in working order find plenty employment.
Some parties on New Chum are waiting for the completion of the machine of the Port Phillip Mining Company, which is erecting under the superintendance of Dr Otway, not far from the head of New Chum. Owing to the removal of tents and stores from the township to the neighbourhood of New Chum and elsewhere, it looks rather deserted in the meantime, but for all that business is in a much better condition, and the general spirit of confidence is restored.
As a piece of finished mechanism, this machine is certainly the first on the goldfield, and its entire arrangements reflect great credit upon the learned proprietor. I have no doubt that it will be found to be fully as successful in extracting the gold as any other of the quartz crushing machines now at work. May 6 The New Reef is extending its limits daily, and the miners there are in high hopes of striking something astonishingly rich.
Our machinery is nearly all completed. Love's and Otway's commence in earnest this week, and as they are all engaged, we may ex pect to be able to report of more rich returns shortly. Amount of gold extracted during the week ending July 5th, ozs. The scarcity of quartz is gradually beginning to make itself apparent, during the past week only two machines have been constantly employed. We have before stated that the number of machines upon the field are more than sufficient to keep the ground clear of quartz, if once the accumulating heaps which had been awaiting the crusher, were disposed of, and the truth of this statement is now apparent.
As if to add to our superfluity in this way, another machine has arrived from Mount Blackwood, and is to be erected somewhere be twixt the township and Dr.
Otway's on the Creek. Until the population be much increased, this can never be the case unless indeed, the companies in connection with them enter into mining matters themselves and crush their own quartz.
August "Dr William B. Otway's Reef later called the Copenhagen November 21 Quartz mining on Bendigo has attained to such perfection that, some time since, when Dr Otway attempted to lecture the quartz miners of that place, he was hooted out of the room. The rush has been caused by the finding of 3 ozs. Some others have been tried, but have not yielded more than one ounce to the ton.
There is no doubt that gold to a certain extent will be found amongst those tailings which have not originally been subjected to a proper system of amalgamation, but the amalgamators now most widely adopted on this field, constructed on Otway's patent principle, have proved themselves effective beyond what was at first anticipated, and trial after trial having been made, no gold or, quicksilver has been found to escape from them, that is if any degree of care has been exercised in regulating the speed of the machinery.
Mining operations are for the present suspended on this field, and a short interval of rest has succeeded to a busy and bustling season. The quartz crushing machines still continue to pound the quartz and produce the precious metal to gladden the heart of some one or other lucky miner.
In last communication I mentioned that the quartz crushed at Tyler's machine was from the claim of Herring and Co. January 23 We visited Messrs J. We observed one pumping engine in the course of construction of fourteen-horse power. Dr Otway's Chilian mills may now be considered the best on the diggings, and orders for them are still on the increase, and are now fairly distributed through the various diggings.
May 22 Another extraordinary case of abuse of power on the part of the police occupied the attention of the Bench of Magistrates yesterday morning. It appears that Sergeant Hudgill and Constable Murray, in endeavouring to take a drunken man to the watch house dragged him on his back through the streets.
Ottaway, and a gentleman named Greig, feeling shocked at the treatment the luckless wight was receiving, stopped up to the police and quietly remonstrated with them, urging the necessity of getting a wheelbarrow or dray to convey him to the station-house,—Mr.
Greig also offering to assist the man to walk, if he was at all able to do so. Upon this good-natured interference these two gentlemen were summarily ordered to assist "in the Queen's name.
They were shortly afterwards liberated, and the charge against them investigated at the Police Office on the following morning, when it was of course dismissed, the magistrates intimating that an investigation into the conduct of the police would be instituted.
I hope this inquiry will result in some reform of our police. From every district news of a fresh and prosperous nature come in, and a fresh impetus is imparted to mining operations; so also may a further increase in our produce be anticipated. A reef, which was worked and abandoned upwards of a year ago, situated a little to the north of Dr. Otway's machine, has been again reopened. Quartz of a highly auriferous nature has been produced, and quite a rush has set in that direction.
August 15 On Saturday last a small quantity of quartz and mullock, weighing about 5 cwt. Otway's machine, producing 74 ounces of gold, or at the rate of ounces to the ton. This claim has been worked unsuccessfully for upwards of twelve months, all the original shareholders having either sold out or abandoned their shares. In consequence of this rich find the neighbouring claims begin to assume a more active and promising aspect, and probably we may soon hear of further discoveries of a like nature.
Geelong Advertiser. September 3 These [mineral] specimens l owe to the kindness of Mr. Barker, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Tanner, and Dr. This latter gentleman is certainly well known to many of your readers.
Otway, for more than twenty years, has been engaged in quartz mining, and has visited the mining districts in Mexico, in South America, in Siberia, and in California, which country he surveyed for the Government shortly after the discovery of the gold-fields. He was, I am told, the first also who introduced the Chilian mill in Victoria. Otway is in Steiglitz owner of a quartz crushing machine and Chilian mill in most excellent working condition, and provided with improvements of his own invention Otway stated to me, that he frequently had detected mercury several hundred yards from the mill, where it had been carried in small globules suspended in the current of water, and which, at length being deposited, had agglomerated into larger and visible globules.
Otway mentioned, that through his long practical experience with quartz-mining he had been particularly struck by the advantages that could be derived from the process by chlorine, could chlorine be obtained at a sufficiently low price.
Early to mid-October James Dow publishes notices in several newspapers regarding what appears to be a copy of Otway's improved Chilean mill:. October 16 Dr. Otway obtained quartz that yielded 3 oz, to the ton [at Black Hill, Ballarat] , but somehow it did not pay him.
The report ends by stating "the reef known as Otway's is favorably reported. Only two quartz crushing machines are at present in operation, and these are not steadily employed. A new machine is in course of erection to the south of Sailor's Reef, on the creek.
It is on a different principle from any now erected, and crushes with horizontal rollers placed side by side, and revolving towards each other; the quartz when pulverised sufficiently passes through a series of sieves, and thence to the amalgamator, where it is forced through a column of mercury — the heavy gold having previously been retained by a slide attached to the sieves. In a few weeks this machine will be erected and at work, and we shall then be able to judge of its merits.
This will enable the miners to produce a much larger quantity of quartz, and employ in a short time all those, indepently, who are now depending upon occasional wages employment.
In other words, it would widen the sphere of labor on this field, and conduce to the permanence of the portions of it now being worked. For the purpose of thoroughly testing the field, and with the confidence of those acquainted with it, several of our influential residents contemplate the formation of a Mining Company on Steiglitz. There is little doubt that under proper management this would result in much good to the district and to its promoters,— more especially if a cheap and effective system of crushing could be introduced at the same time, and in combination with it.
I have noticed on several occasions extracts from the local journals of other gold fields, in which, after stating that their respective districts stood of course acknowledged as being the first of the quartz mining regions.
The arguments of stamper v. Chilian mill were argued pro and con, and a state of uncertainty seemed to pervade the ideas of the several authorities as to which method was really superior. Upwards of a year ago this matter has been finally proved on this field, and we can afford to smile at the self complacent assurance of those who arrogate to themselves a stage of advancement which they cannot maintain. Upwards of a year ago the tailings from the stamper mills were crushed by the Chilian mills— Dr Otway's patent— and one and a half and two ounces to the ton extracted therefrom, proving beyond a doubt the superiority of rollers over stampers.
From other fields we hear of this being done as a novelty, but with us it is an old song. But although the principle as at present adopted of crushing in mercury, and passing the tailings over a sheet of mercury gives much satisfaction as to the production of the gold from the matrix, the cost of production is such that no comparatively poor quartz can be made profitable to the minor.
The cost of providing timber for burning the quartz, with the necessary labor required in the operation of crushing, and the wear and tear of machinery, are such that they cannot crush profitably to the crusher under the present rate, viz.
The present system is a good one, but is nevertheless susceptible of improvements, which wiser heads may suggest. March 17 An investigation into the circumstances attending the decease and burial of William Henry Vale, of Steiglitz, took place before J. Clow, Esq. There were present of the jury - Messrs. Reports having gone abroad that portions of the skull of deceased and portions of the intestines were left uninterred, the jury called upon Mr.
Clow to make inquiry there anent. March 23 In a hearing regarding an encroachment, "Dr. Otway was sworn, and produced memoranda of amounts of quartz crushed for defendant. He said: I have crushed 28 tons 18 cwt. They produced ounces of gold. There are 13 cubic feet in a ton of quartz.
I have crushed no other quartz for Cox since the 15th January. Cox brought the quartz to me, but I do not know from whence they came. April 5 We hear that the Chilian mill once set up by the P. Company in connection with their Clunes contract [possibly purchased from Otway when the Port Phillip Company set up at Black Hill] has been put aside, as not working so satisfactorily as the stamping batteries.
Several other reefs are being opened in this neighborhood, miles apart from -the original discovery, the quartz being sometimes about six feet in thickness and close to the surface. There is therefore every likelihood of a permanent and highly remunerative quartz goldfield being established. Four tons from one of the neighboring reefs will be crushed at Dr Otway's machine to-day, and the result will shortly be known.
Quartz that would barely pay crushing expenses at present and which leaves no return to the miner could then be made to yield a handsome dividend to the producer, while the crusher would be equally remunerated by the increased quantity he will be able daily to dispose of. Dr Otway is busily engaged in the erection of extensive stamping batteries, and it is to be hoped that a satisfactory result will be attained through their agency. With few exceptions, every reef yet opened on this field will prove remunerative to the miner, if their quartz can be crushed at the rate of 25s or 30s per ton, and thus a wide field of enterprise will be thrown open to the laboring public.
Mining and business affairs on Steiglitz are quiet. The formation of the Mining Company is anxiously looked for. The Government still maintain silence on the lease or royalty matter, and whether we will shortly be able to chronicle a reply to the company's application seems doubtful. If official promises are worth anything an early reply may be anticipated. During the past week mining affairs have assumed a more hopeful aspect, although there is a considerable amount of depression.
May 28 New Reef near Ballan. Robert Evens, or Kangaroo Bob, as he is called not only by his familiars but by all who have occasion to speak of him holds the prospecting claim, and has fallen into a decidedly good thing.
Last week nine tons of quartz, from his claim, were crushed by Mr. James Welsh, of Mount Egerton, at the ma chine formerly worked by Messrs. Good stuff it must be to turn out so much; and the machinery must also be good and well managed, for a quantity of quartz, which the owner considers of equally good quality, was crushed at the Steiglitz machine Dr. Otway's without any such satisfactory results. On each of these articles was engraved the words:— Presented to Dr.
Otway By the People of Steiglitz, July, Mr Lawson, in representing the several articles to Dr Otway, remarked that as they were symbolical of peace and friendship, so also the wishes of those in whose name he offered them, were, that peace and prosperity might be attended in all his efforts, and that he would retain in every position a sense of the respect and esteem in which he was held by them, the people of Steiglitz.
Dr Otway replied in a suitable and feeling manner, and after a short re-union the deputation dispersed. August 19 Steiglitz. September 28 Discovered in , this gold field has since attained to and occupies a position as a quartz mining district of considerable importance.
The reefs at present being worked on Steiglitz are Sailors, Boxing, Davis, New Chum, Ballarat, Victoria, Portuguese, Yankee and Dundee Reefs extending over an area of six miles in a north and south direction, but within a parallel of half a mile in width. The reef first discovered was Davis's, occupying a central position near the bed of the Steiglitz Creek.
The last named combines the two systems of crushing now principally approved of - the stamper and Chilian mill process, and the stamper process only, with shaking tables. In both cases amalgamation by mercury being resorted to. The other two machines crushed by the combined stamp and roller process most commonly in use in the Colony, known as Otway's patent. The other two machines crushed by the combined stamp and roller process most commonly in use m the Colony, known as Otway's patent.
November 18 Mining. Sunbeams and oxygen gas, stampers and crushers, Chilian mills and mills that are only chillying in their results, the whole world of quartz mining enterprise seems to be in a furor of speculation and experiment. From Dr Otway's ancient apparatus to the latest scheme of retorts or mirrors, the lovers of adventure have a wide range over which to exert their choice and spend their money. The old showman's announcement of "You spends your money and you takes your choice," may have been verified amply enough as to the facility with which the former portion of the compact is generally effected but we have a fancy there is some reason to doubt whether there is always an actual taking of one's choice afterwards, or if so, whether or not it is always worth the taking.
A considerable amount of money has been expended in Ballarat of late in essays to prove and carry out the several new processes submitted for trial in reference to the extraction of gold from quartz; but as yet, we regret to say, but little if any actual good has resulted either to the projectors or their supporters. Whether it be from want of funds, or partial failure of experiments, none of the projected processes have, at the present time, so much favor or confidence in the estimation of the public as the comparatively old fashioned plan of stamping batteries, as at Clunes and elsewhere.
By a reference to a communication by Mr Schmeling in our columns to-day, our readers will perceive that great doubts may be raised as to the commercial practicability of any scheme of smelting; and it cannot but be a matter of regret that the experiments, made with certainly some amount of promise, in connection with the Wilkinson's patent, were not carried out in combination with an efficient crushing apparatus of some sort, so that the advantages, if any, resulting from the calcining process might have been well and truly ascertained.
We yet hope to see this question fairly and thoroughly tested, and some satisfactory basis obtained on which to rest future calculations and adventure in this all-important department of mining industry. January to May? By order of Provisional Committee, W. Otway is listed as one of the Mining Institute of Victoria's representatives for Steiglitz. January 19 THE alluvial diggings [at Steiglitz] proceed vigorously, and will soon overbalance in importance our quartz workings.
Fourteen ounces were obtained last week from Love's claim in the bed of the creek near the township. Two ounces per man was netted at the Yankee reef alluvial, and near Davis's claim another party are at work with fair success. In consequence of the finding of several rough specs in the garden ground of one of the residents of Newtown, a branch of the town- ship situated on the bend of the creek towards Dr Otway's machine, several claims have been marked off in this direction, and it would seem upon the whole that the alluvial mining of Steiglitz so long neglected, stands a fair chance of being tested shortly.
How it happens that there is, or can be a dearth of quartz mining statistics, is to me rather astonishing, since there exists so many means of ascertaining the various amounts of quartz raised conveyed, or crushed; and also of knowing the amount of gold produced therefrom. In fact there can be no doubt that much more reliable statistics could be obtained of quartz mining and the profits or losses incurred through that branch of mining industry than in any other.
The quartz are never removed without being weighed; their exact weight is not only know but recorded in almost every instance, and the amalgamated cake produced does not leave the floor of the crushing mill without its weight being also recorded.
Here we have at once then the means of obtaining any kind and quantity of statistics in reference to quartz mining, and that too of a kind which cannot be disputed, for there can exist no motive for distorting or falsifying such records on the part either of the miner or the crusher.
By the courtesy of the gentlemen connected with the Steiglitz Quartz-Crushing Company and Dr Otway, I have been placed in possession of the quantities of quartz crushed and the amounts of gold obtained from January to January on Steiglitz goldfield at their mills, and also the number of claims from which the quartz have been obtained.
I give their figures as reliable authority and sufficient groundwork for any calculations which may be made so far as they are connected or concerned, but it must be remembered that other mills have also been at work and produced returns during that period, the exact statistics of which I cannot at present obtain. The amount obtained and herein tabulated, may, however, safely be considered as equal to two-thirds of the whole gross produce of Steiglitz gold field during the year referred to:— Amount of Quartz Crushed from January, , to Jan.
Average yield of quartz per ton— 6 ozs. Value of gold at L3 14s per ounce—L31, 18s. Yearly salary to each party or claim— L 2s 8? Yearly salary to each miner or other party employed - L 2s 9? Even at the first and lowest average, omitting any other contingencies, I question if any gold-field in Victoria can show a better return for labor than Steiglitz has done during the past year.
March 12 The Steiglitz correspondent of the Geelong Advertiser communicates to that journal some interesting particulars relating to the produce of that gold-field. During last year the amount of quartz crushed by the Steiglitz and Otway Companies was tons 10 cwt, the total produce of which was ozs.
The writer states that this may safely be considered as equal to two-thirds of the whole gross produce of the Steiglitz gold-field during that period. April 2 The It appears that Dr Otway was employed packing up some papers, the candle, which had been placed on a table near the mosquito curtains of the bed, by some means ignited the fragile drapery, and almost in an instant the flames had spread beyond control.
The alarm was given, Mrs Otway and her child were quickly removed, and also the papers of importance connected with the present Quartz Crushing Company - and the struggle with the flames began. By judicious coolness and fortitude the shell of the house still remains standing, but a considerable loss has been sustained of furniture, clothing, and private papers.
In his endeavors to extinguish the flames the doctor was severely burnt about the hands, but no other serious bodily injury was sustained. Who does not remember the works erected some four or five years since by Dr Otway, at the Black Hill , and after him, by Mr Milner Stephen , at the same place; and who does not equally remember the profitless results, and the consequent disappointment and disgust which ensued?
Not very dissimilar were the ventures there of the Port Phillip Company , of the same company at Dead Horse, and of other parties in other portions of this district, when crushing apparatus of some kind or other was erected and experiments made - experiments made with sanguine hope of success, and with occasional gleams of even bright promise, but ultimately abandoned as unremunerative to the experimenters.
Dr Otway and his fellow-experimenters at Steiglitz made quartz mining more attractive by their success, in that quarter May 11 "William Beauclerc Otway, Esq. May 23 "W. Otway, M. THE partnership hitherto existing between the undersigned, carrying on quartz crushing at Steiglitz under the style or firm of "The Patent Chilian Mill Quartz Crushing Company," has this day been dissolved. Lawson, Esq. Witness to signature of Dr.
Otway — B. DOW, H. Witness— A. To be sold by auction on 20th June, if not disposed of by private contract before that date. Terms liberal.
Apply in Melbourne to James F. This was an action for the recovery of balance of account for work and labor done. The defendant in this case was Dr Otway, of the quartz crushing company at Stieglitz, and the plaintiff was an engineer to that company. Mr Atkins appeared for the plaintiff, and Dr Mackay for the defendant. Mr Atkins in opening the case said that the dispute had reference merely to the number of days which the plaintiff had worked.
I have a document which will show the number of days I worked. Cross-examined by Dr Mackay— I made that document from week to week, accord ing as the work was done.
Examination continued—This book contains my work from day to day. It refers to my work from the time I began my engagement to the time it closed. There were many days during that time when work was suspended, and of course I have not charged for those days. I admit being paid L 10s on different occasions, and I now claim the balance. It appeared, on cross-examination by Dr Mackay, that the plaintiff was engaged as a mail contractor and a farmer, and that he was occasionally unwell, and frequently had to go to town to attend law courts during the two years he was employed as engineer in Dr Otway's company.
The remainder of the hearing of the case had reference to daily accounts. Verdict for the plaintiff for L28 16s 8d, over and above the amount paid into court, with L7 17s 6d costs over and above the amount also paid into court. From our own correspondent. The meeting of the shareholders of the Perseverance Mining Company took place on Friday evening last, in accordance with the motion of adjournment passed at a previous meeting.
Otway in the chair. About 90 shares were represented. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Dutton, Rastrick and Woodgrove were appointed to canvass the district of Darriwell and Sutherland's Creek, for the sale of shares. Goulden and Grieg, part of the deputation who were appointed to dispose of shares in Geelong, gave in their report. Their time being limited, they had been unable to wait upon the parties promising, a second time, but they had instructed the other members of the deputation to do so, and had no doubt that the full complement of shares would be alloted.
A vote of thanks was proposed and unanimously accorded to the portion of the deputation returned, and an adjournment of the meeting took place to the 20th instant, to meet the remainder of the deputation. It would thus appear that there is now no doubt as to the starting of tlie Perseverance Company. Already upwards of shares are disposed of, and the deputation are at work in Geelong and elsewhere increasing the number, and others are merely waiting the result so as to be certain of the going on of the company before making their investments.
It is possible, therefore, that at next meeting this will be finally set at rest, and the necessary shares subscribed for. July 20 2pm The Black Swan clears the heads. Otway is included in the passenger list.
July 23 Otway arrives at Launceston on board the Black Swan. July 23 In an inquest regarding the death of William Glascock, one of the miners giving evidence states that when he could not get the doctor at Steiglitz to attend the dying man, he travelled to Meredith in search of Dr Otway, but he was not there. July 26 The engine forming a part of the crushing plant known as Dr Otway's, has been disposed of to a party on Portuguese reef, who intend to erect it on that reef for mining purposes.
Undated "W. Otway; M. February 18 Referring to the present system of amalgamating, Mr. Roberts, remarks—"Dr. Otway proves a loss of 5 to 10 per cent. It naturally follows that if the velocity of the water will convey globules of mercury that distance fine gold is equally liable, and to a far greater extent even.
This was another phase of the dispute with the Ballarat Quartz Crushing, Amalgamating and Sub liming Company, the action being for services rendered in connection with the purchase of the claim and plant of the company, the special service being connected with the examination of the title of the vendor of the machinery which had been sold at the suit of the creditors of Dr Otway, the former owner, the services in question being rendered in Plaintiff produced some account books as those of the company, but it appeared they had been in the custody of the Court in the case Edwards v Herring and others, and his Honor commented strongly on what he characterised as an improper obtention of the books while in the custody of the Court.
Mr Cuthbert, as attorney for Edwards stated that the books were im- pounded for a short time only, and at the end of that time they were released.
Defendant Caselli was called to prove the books, and he deposed that he believed plaintiff had been retained by the company. Plaintiff had offered to exonerate him from all liability if he would give his evidence willingly, but witness refused to accept the offer. There was no sufficient proof of authoritative retainer, and the plaintiff was therefore non- [indescipherable] without costs. September 25 Dr. Otway, a gentleman for many years connected with various scientific and mining societies in South America, California, and Victoria.
He intends to devote his attention to analysis of the rock formations in this district, with a view to test their metalifrous properties. There cannot be a doubt as to the fine field this district presents to the scientific student as well as to the lover of nature, and it is to be hoped that the doctor's researches may tend, in some degree, towards the development of the natural resources of our neighbourhood.
October 5 Lecture. Otway has kindly consented to deliver a lecture on Tuesday evening next, on the subject of Gold and the development of mineral wealth in the County of Auckland. The charge for admission will be one shilling; the receipts to go towards the prospecting fund. October 5 GOLD. Admission, One Shilling, to go towards the funds of the Prospecting Association. Reserved Seats 2s. October 12 Lecture. Otway delivered a lecture in the Court-house on Gold, etc.
October 30 To-morrow evening Dr. The lecture is given in aid of the funds of the Prospecting Association, and it is to be hoped that Dr. Otway will be met by a large audience, testifying their willingness to further the object to which he has lent his services.
November 2 We have taken the trouble to visit the ground now being prospected by a party of eight men, who are sustained in the work by the Prospecting Association, and we can bear witness to the continual labour and zeal of these men in the performance of their task. It is true they have not yet realized that success which we might have desired, but they have had sufficient to warrant our perseverance in the search.
We had the pleasure of bearing company with Dr. Otway, a gentleman highly qualified to judge the ground, and his opinion coincides with that of the Rev. Clarke as to the richness of this district in Gold and other minerals. November 2 Considerable excitement was created in town on Wednesday morning last, by a report that the party out prospecting under the auspices of the Prospecting Association, had struck gold in the neighbourhood of Mount Imlay.
Several gentlemen, accompanied by Dr. Otway, started for the locality indicated, on Wednesday morning, and returned on the same evening. The prospectors have been most persevering and industrious, and have performed the work in a systematic and satisfactory manner. They are deserving, not only the support of the community, but of the highest praise.
Otway is of opinion, that whilst we are turning our attention to gold fields at a considerable distance, we overlook others of equal importance at our doors.
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