MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 269, 12 November 1937, Page 4

MINING NEWS.

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. Golden Dawn.—Report for fortnight ending October :>o :—No. .*> level: Crosscut west has been driven Soft. T!u» country is still of a splendid class. At l!M)ft in a leader fiin wide was cur. The last rift of driving is full of fin all strinirers quartz, with a little water coming out of the face. Drive north on No. 4 reef has 4>eeu driven Hft. Keef i*in wide, value £4 1 ."►/:{ per ton. Drive south on No. 4 roof driven iilfft. Keesf loin wlde t value £1 H/S per lon. Bottom intermediate level : Crosscut east off No. 2 reef driven J.'ift. Country is still of a good class, hut no reef has yet "been cut. Stopes—-No. level : On reef goinp info west wall, reef averages 14in wide, value £'J ll» «; p<»r ton. On No. 2 reef north of old pass averages KJin. value £4 3/6 per ton. On No. 4 reef north and south of crosscut west, reef averages 11 in wide, value £."i 14/S per ton. On west wall branch reef north, reef averages 12in. value £2 12/ per ton. Bottom intermediate level : Underhand slopes on No. 1 reef south, reef averages ISiu wide, value £1 4/ per ton.

YIELDS OF COMPANIES. Mossy Creek (West Coast).—3soz 6dwt from 8171 yards in 130 hours. Worksop Extended (West Coast). —13oz in 13<» hours. Arpi (West Coast). —There -was no washup on account of repairs being made to tlie machinery. MT. MORGAN PRODUCTION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The .Stock Exchange has received the following report from the directors of Alt. Morgan. Limited : —Production report for four weeks ended November lo : Ore jiiined. r>7.J<2B tons: ore treated, sulphide i!s..V>o tons, oxidised 20.H<>7 tons: r&tliiiated production gold, 5110 ounces. copi>er tons.

GREY RIVER DREDGE

A progress report covering the installation of the new dre<l<re on the property of (.rev Kiver Dredging Company, Ltd. (West Coast I, has been issued to shareholders. All work so tar completed has been most satisfactorily done. I'p to October :t". 87 per cent of the total steel order had been delivered, and a further S per cent will bo delivered early in Decemlx'r. The remainder of the order is scheduled for shipment from London during November. Orders for all machinerv have been placed in England. with full delivery promised by January of next year.