BLACK SWAN (TAPU).

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 158, 6 July 1899, Page 7

BLACK SWAN (TAPU).

Kelly and party, who are working a tribute in the Black Swan mine, I crushed 10 tons of ore at the Sheridan battery for a return of bullion worth £34 11/2. ECLIPSE. The contractors are making good headway with the erection of the new ten-stamper battery for this company. The water-race has already been completed and the aerial tramway to carry ore to the mill is in course of construction. HIT OR MISS. A parcel of 20 tons of ore from the Hit or Miss mine, Puriri was crushed j for Greenaway and party, tributers, for a yield of bullion worth about :h l"°" KARAKA. A parcel of 40 tons of ore crushed by this Company yielded bullion worth £50 6/. This ore came from the leading stope on No. 2 reef. The drive on the same reef northwards is lin 800 feet, and test crushings have given encouraging returns. KURANUI-CALEDONIAN TRIBUTERS. Tribute parties in the above Com- [ nany crushed 35 loads of general dirt. Bg the Pf month for a return of bullion valued at 33 1 1,/ 2, /4- " : must also be borne in mind that lOOlbs S picked stone valued at about £200, was stolen from the office during: the month, which stone also belonged to tributers. waiotahi. • Cleaning up was completed at the Waiotahi Company s battery for a yield of i2sozs of bullion. This should be worth about £350. Owing to the end of the company's financial year, the above return was not for a