THE WEEK'S MINING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2237, 14 January 1897, Page 18

THE WEEK'S MINING NEWS.

The return of gold from the Mount Morgan ' Qold Mining Company for the past half-year \ was 76,8920z, an inoreive as compared with tho - previous half-year of 35^50a. • Mr W. ( J. Stanford, manager of the following companies, Teports the battery returns for : December, 1896, are as follow :— Glenrock Company, bSoz 7dwt from 200 tons; AVestralia and j New Zealand Gold Jfixplorers (Limited), 620z 9dwt 12gr from 2(52 tons. — Lake County Press. , ; The North Otago Times says : "Mr T. C. Den- • ' nison returned from Xjondou the other day, and , , with those interested will, we understand, at ' : once make the required test of the Balruddery • ' estate for tha precious metal." ' Our pphir correspondent tsleffraphs : " Mining i operations at Matakanui will noon be at a stand - 1 still for want of water, and the vegetation is j fairly scorched up." , '. An Auckland telegram states that the return • : from the Hauraki mine is 21200z (of the value of i £«2(5O) from 330 tons. The Alexandra TTerald snya :— " Ab most of the dredges in this din* riot are owned by private parties it i 3 very difficult to giva the returnß of gold per week, but it is acknowledged th»t, without'exception, all tho dredges are getting very payable gold. With reference to the foregoing, 1 i v correspondent writes thus:— 'l think that it | i should be compulsory for the owners of all j i dredge 3 and claims employiag over a certain ; number of men to publish their returns monthly, and then the end would coino of that childish ttecrecy which seems to be observed among ! dredge-owners — a relic of the old digging days, I whea each individual digger was afraid of his I neighbour encroaching on a foot of ground.' " j