MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 30, 4 February 1916, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

GOLD EXTRACTION ESPERqqJ (By Telegraph.-Ow^Corresp ODaeilt) (:. this fc» ■. The Waihi-Paeroa Gold fraction r has been experimenting j or "V o ' time past with a view to adopting ffi method of concentration, and these perimente have led to the installation* 1 ; a YUlney concentrator, so that forn data on a practical scale may j, c ??* tamed. Should the practical tea(j- ; 'X successful 20 or 25 vannera will )%"■ stalled to do the necessary concents" tion. The management ia now eiae?" nienting wkh an "oil froth flotation" proctea for concentration. MIXING SOHOOL, ESA-MS. '-■ (By .Telegraph.-Own Correspondent) ' WAIHI. this d^; rollowlng are the resuits o£ vnlttu held in DecoMber lajt j, .conuectioa with, the Vi'ulhi iSchool j( iliaes: —> Practical Chemistry (junior).—FU-st-clait .0. BeU. Thiixl-ciass: 1.. (j. Ellis. -~™" Practical Dry Assayiag (senior).— pu-t £las=: O. Bell, H. Carter, K. tjaunden Practical iJry Assayins class: L. C. tills. T^ I'ractical Wet Assaying (junior).—Tim class: B. Saanders. T* Jdetal Mining.—tfecond-class: C. Klnn. I ford, W. H. aoott. 5* I Ventilation. —Third-class: C. Kinesfonl ! Pumping and Winding.—Firat-dMB. it ! Crawford. Second-class: W. H - aL.tr ' Tiiird-class: C. Klnjrsford. m - ', .General and Mining Geology.—Smobj. ' class: M. Naughton. . j ■Practical iLithematics.—First-clasa: L !C. EUia, il. Naughton. 'Secoml-cla«i.- r , ißlrch, C. Klngsford. ' J ' j Mechanical Drawing.—First-class- ' V I P. Clifford. S. Wilson. ' Electricity (senlori. —First-class;.-E P Bradley, P. P. Gordon. Second-clasa- »' .4. O'Snlllvan. * Electricity <junfor).—i'irst-class: J n Darby, S , . MacwiUiams, C. McEntei' P A. Clifford. :. ' r,