MINING NEWS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 402, 21 January 1904, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

On Monday last Mr Alex. Aitken, •mployed on the Perseverance No. 1 dredge, met with a rather painful accident whilst attending to his duties on the dredge. It appears that Mr Aitken had been below oiling, and" ifter coining through the hatchway to the deck, his head fay some means came in contact with the main driving belt, with the result that he sustained a scalp wound (caused by the clip on the belt) and was rendered unconscious. The sufferer was taken to the Dunstan Hospital, where he was attended to by Hyde, On enquiry yesterday we . learned that he had regained conscious- " cess and was progressing satisfactorily towards recovery. . The New Golden Grave! Go's dredge and claim were sold by auction at Dunedin last Saturday. Mr 0 Black * was the purchaser at £375.

UPPER CLUTHA NOTES. ""■"*"■* i (From our own Correspondent). The dredging industry on the Clutha k slowly developing. 8o far, the river claims have proved to contain payable gold, white the Sunshine, which is a Bank c aim, has not so far proved payable, not being able to get away from her own tailings. The Rising Sun, I believe, got about |0oZ) and is likely to keep on gold forthwith, barring breakages. The Revival cannot bottom, but is still paying more than expenses—something like 18oz this week, I bei lieva. Tins dredge » evidently too small for the Clutha, The Golden Reserve (late Upper - Magnetic) has been launched, and —fJiinwy will be going on apace. This dredge has been lengthened, and is now 115 feet long, and can dredge op to 52 feet. The Rise and Bhine No 2 is ready for action, and will start as soon as passed by the inspector. Near Cromwell an the Kawarau, the

Junction Electric has been pegging away all the time, even when the river

was at its highest, bat the returns, of coarse, have not been very great, but atfll have paid expenses. The Hartley dredge starts to-morrow

(Monday). All the rat, excepting the '.' Riley's Beach, have been busy getting ready after the holidays, and with the present low river returns should be pretty regular after a week or so.

CHICAGO GOLD DREDGING COMPANY,

The annual general meeting of shareholders in the above company was held In the company's registered office, Alexandra, on Thursday evening last, 14th inst. Mr Geo Spencer (chairman of directors) presided, and there were seven .shareholders present. The balance-sheet and directors' report (which has already been published) was read and adopted unanimously. Mr Jas Kelman was unanimously reelected to the board of directors, and Mr S J Luke was elected in the stead of Mr A Kyle, who had signified his intention of retiring from the Board. The directors' fees were fixed at .£SO, . being the same as last year. Mr F Young was re-elected auditor ' at a remuneration of £5 be. A general discussion then ensued as to the advisability of replacing the present dredge by one of greater capacity, and it was finally decided to leave the matter in toe hands of the directors to do what they thought best. - if the opportunity for purchasing a cheap and suitable dredge presented The date of the next annual meeting was fixed for the second Thursday in January, 1905. A vote" of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting.

DREDGING RETURNS,

The following are the returns for the week ending Saturday, January 16th, 1904:

SI**. Waikaia. ozdwtgra 74 11 0 Golden Bed, Miller's Flat, 6dya.. 68 9 0 paraaverance No. 1. Alexandra ... 53 8 0 - Moa Ho 2, Alexandra.... 63 0 0 BMng Son. Upper CJuiha 43 10 0 Perseverance No. 2, Alexandra... 40 6 15 Olrig.Manuherikla, I24h 39 0 0 Earnscleugb No 2, Alexandra 87h 38 0 0 Roxburgh Jubilee, Roxb*rRh,140h 35 14 0 Alexandra Lead, Alexandra, ... 34 9 0 i Ettrick, Boxburgh, ISObre ,... 30 15 0 Enterprise No 1. Alexandra ... 30 12 0 * Nugent Wood, Wafkaia 30 2 0 - Waikaka United No I, Waikaka 29 12 0 Earn*cleughNol,Al£xandra,124h29 6 0 Central Charlton, near Gore,.188br 27 7 0 Central Matanra, Matanra, 26 2 0 Waikaka, Waikaka, 192h» ... 25 15 6 Enterprise No 2, Alexandra ... 24 10 0 s ,lfacCharIton, near Gore, lSShre 23 12 0 Gabriel, TuapekaFIat... 23 0 0 Waikaka Queen, Waikaka 22 5 0 > Otago, Miller's Flat, 5dy8 22 0 0 Moljneux Kohinoor, Roxburgh.. .20 12 18 Charlton Creek, near Gore 20 0 0 * Upper Waipori, Waipori. wk ..> 20 0 o Royal Waimomu. near Gore 19 8 0 Waikaka United No 2, Waikaka 19 7 0 ' Hesseys Waikaia 18 10 0 Waimumu Extended, Gore IS 9 0 Revival, Upper Clutha M 18 7 0 New Prince Arthur, Shotover ... 18 0 0 Golden Ban. Millers Plat 16 12 0 Enfield, Waipori, 16 8 0 Golden Gate. Millers Flat, 6dys 16 6 0 Ixchdale. near Palmerston, 15 18 0 Sneddon's Freehold, Waikaka, wk IS 10 0 Bide and Shine, Op'er Clatha ._ 14 0 0 Happy Valley. Tnapeka.'wk 13 6 0 Inch Valley, near Palmerston ... 13 0 0" -Waikaka Syndicate. Waikaka ... 12 10 0 Ngapara No 3. Nevis, 128hrs ... 10 13 0 Taniwha, Toapeka River 10 11 0 Morynonx Hydraulic, Alexandra 9 8 9 ■. Sunshine, Upper Clutha ... 8 10 0 i LawTence, Tuapeka Flat, 6dya 7 0 0 Oceanic Steam, Waipori Total for47 dredges 1 5 0 0 183 11 0 Stafford Waimea, West Coast, 109h 14 0 0