MINING NEWS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9365, 14 March 1896, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, March 13. During the four weeks ending the 7th iu3C. 1950 tons of ore have been treated ab the Waiiu Company, yielding £6602 worth of bullion, and from tailings £664 worth was extracted, giving a total for four weeks of £7266. Owing to tha exceptionally dry se.isou the water puffer available was very small, and necessary repairs to boilers interrupted steam power for several days, the result being that not two-thirds of the usual quantity of ore passed through" the mill. tiaurakt North ciu«hed 70 tons general stuff for 93uz gold.

! Another prospecting party has been formed in Hamiltou. The necessary capital has been subscribed by a number of residents, and the services of a well-known prospector, named W. McLean, have been obtained. Work will be commenced at once at Tarawera, on the Rotorua-Tauranga road, where a number of reefs are known to exist. Should bhe country prove uninviting, ib is likely that either Kaima or the King Country will next be considered. The followiug are the quotations of the leading mine 3on the Auckland share market:—Now Moanatiri, sales 10s, buyers j 10s, sellers 10--* 61; Victoria, sales 3a ild, I buyers 3j 101, sellers, 4d Id ; Golden Link, sales 10_.J, 9_-l, buyers 91, sellers Is; Kapai Vermont, sales 6s 81, 6s 91, buyers 6s 9.1, sellers 7s; Byron Bay, sales Is ld, buyers Is, sellers Is ld ; Central, sales Is 7d, Is Bd, Is 6d, buyers Is sd, sellers Is 6d ; Golden Spear, sales sd, buyers 4d, sellers 8d ; ivauhoe, sales 9J, buyers 3d, sellers lOd ; Queen of Waihi, sales 2i 91, buyers 2s 6d, sellers 2-. 6I; Talisman, sales 10d, 9s lOd, 9s 9d, buyers 9s 91, 10*; Waihi Silverton, sales 71s, buyers 70s 6d, seller* 73s ; Waihi Extended, sales 6d, buyers 6d, sellers 6"j 1; Wuitek*uri, sales 90s, buyers 87a 61, sellers 95i; Woodstock, sales 243 6J, buyers 245, sellers 255; I Hercules, sales 101, buyers 81, sellers 101 ; Bunker's Hill, sales 63 91, buyers 6* 6d, sellers 7s; New Golconda, sales Is 4d, buyers Is 2d, sellers Is 4d ; Castterock sales 6d, buyers 6d, sellers 7d; Welcome Find, sales 2s 10 1, buyers 2d 8.1, sellers 3s 3d. Buyers —Alburnia East sd, Broken Hill 61, Cambria Is 4d, Clunes sd, Golden Point Is ld, Huzelbank 3*, Monowai ss, New Alburnia 4i, New Whau ss, Puru Consolidated 9d, Waiotahi 255, Aorere 13s, Balfour 6£d, Invicta sd, Jupiter 3s 3d, Kuaotunu Is, Maori Dream Is 6d, Maoriland 7d, Midas Is 6d, Waitaia 3?, Alpha 4i 4d, Day Dawn 4d, Golden Fleece Huauui Is 2d, Imperial Is sd, Ivanhoe Bd, Nil De-peran-dum 6j!,d, New Zealander 4d, Portsea 2d, Puriri sd, Stanley 3d, Talisman Extended Is 4d, Victor 3s Id, Waibi Consols Is sd, Wealth of Nations 4d, Waitekauri No. 2 7d, Young New Zealand Is 2d, Zion 6d, Sovereign 91, Coromandel Freehold Proprietary Is 6d, Four-in-Hand Is 2d, Hauraki No. 2 lid, Hauraki South 7d, Harbour View 4d, New Tokatea Is 4J, Pukewbau 6d, Pride of Tokatea lid.