From what can be learned from Kopec the place is turning out well in gold and tin. The Paterson Inlet Mining Company are pegging away at their silver reef, and are now into it abdut 10ft. The stone is improving, and great hopes are entertained of its turning out a success.
The fishing has just started here, but men are very scarce, and the Bluff and Foveaux Straits Company are getting men down from Port Chalmers. Those that have arrived seem quite sanguine of being able to make good wages all winter, and indeed they ought to, as the steamer is coming on all fine days except Saturdays and Sundays. In the event of her not coming through bad weather the men can turn to and split and salt the fish and get paid for the extra work. I mention this for the benefit of fisher men.
THE HAWKESBURY BRIDGE.
