The Victory Co. for the present will carry on mining operations at the new shaft ©nly, owiug to their having an in sufficient number of hands. At a con siderable distance from this shaft, the manager very recently examined the lode at the surface, and obtained additional favorable prospects, both as regards the quality and quantity oi the quartz from the line of reef up the gully.
I am informed that operations will be resumed at an early date to further pros pect the A. B.C. Company's line of reef up the Lammerlaw Creek. Messrs Bar clay and Co. are fully deserving of success in their efforts to obtain a payable claim in the district.
