MINING NEWS.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9522, 15 September 1896, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TK-EGEA.MS.) AUCKLAND, September 14. " The folloAving are the quotations of the leading mine, on the Auckland share market :— Business 1)on_. Sales. Sellers. Buyers, a. d. a. d. Adelaide * - .-. -.. Is 10d 111 1 9 Broken I rill .. .slid, lssd" 1 6 1 3"' City of Auckland 2s 7d, 2. 6 d 2 6 2 5 Golden Morn .. .. 1.7(1' '1 8 16 Golden Print .. .. 2_3_ 2 5 2 3 Haz-llmn- .. .. 4s 8d 4 9 4 6 HauraUi Queen.. .. Sil 0 8 0 . Moanatairi .. .. ■< 15s 9d 16 0 15 9 New Whau .. .. 9d 1 0 0 8 TarauOrsek '.. .. Bs6d 3 6 8 3 Piiru Consolidated 6.3d, 6- 2d 6 3 6 1 Sheridan .. 4slod, 4*9 d 410 4 9 Victoria .. 3.9 d, 3.8 d 3 9 3 8 Ajax !_d 0 5k — Juno .. .. .. lid ' 011 010 Jupiter .. .. 53 U. 6 0 -It) Kapai Vermont .. .. Hi. U 0 10 9 Maori Ureal-. .. .. ls 7:1 ' 1 8 1 6 Albert .. .. .. 2s, 2. Id 2 3 2 0 Byron Bay .. .. Is4d 15 13 Germanic .. .. lid 11 0 10* Grace Darling .. .. 4s 6d 4 8 4 5 Kouiata -. .. B'd 0 9 — Koinata Triumph .. Is 4d 15 13 Nonpariel .. 9£d, 10id 0 10_ 010 Pandora .. ._ lid 1 0 0 10 Portsea .. ... 2. lid 2 11 2 10 Queen of Waihi .- 1.6 d.l 9 16 Rothschild .. _. 6_d 0 7 0 8 South British .. .. 9d 0.08 Sovereign .. .. Issd 1 5 1 3 Victor .. .. .. 5s 3d 5 6 5 0 Waihi Consols .. .. lid, ls 011 10 Waihi Extended .. lid 0 11 10 Waiiii South- .. .. Is6d 16 14 Waitekauri No. 2 .. 3_d 0 9 0 7 AVoodstock .. .. 553,563 58 0 55 0 New Zealand .. Is 4d 15 13 Harp'ofTara .. lslO-i, 1.9 d 111 19 Crown Imierial.. .. Sid, 9d 10 0 9 Bunker's Kill .. 7s lOd to 7. lid 8 0 7 8 Fortuna No. 2.. .. 7id, 8d 0 94 0 7 Hauraki South .. .. la 9d 110 19 Pride of Tokatea .. 2.4 d 2 5 2 4 -__l_ndia .. . .23, la lid 2 0 111 Criterion .. .. Is4d 17 14 Buyers. Cambria 2* sd, Cardigan Is 9d, Comslock 9d, Golden Opportunity sd, Kurunui Is 4d, Lone Hand lOd, May Queen 10d, May Queen Extended ls 3d, Moanatairi Extended 6d, Moanatairi North 6d, Moiiowai 63, Sew Alburnia ss, Mtta Reef 7d, Alpine Fluke 3d, Golden Anchor Is, Golden I/ink ls sd, Kuaotunu 2. Id, Maoriland ls 7d, Midas Is 2d, Try Fluke I.s 3d, Brilliant 4d, Oriental 4d, Prospect 6d, Excelsior 3d, Fiery Cross ls Id, Golden Giant 6d, Golden Spur 3d, Hercules ls 7d, Hit or Miss ls, Ivanhoe Is 6d, Jewel (paid up) ls Id, Mangakara United Is, Bay View 2s Id, Britannia Is 4d, Coromandel Freehold Proprietary Is 3d, Cuirassier 7£d, Empress Bd, Eureka sd, Four-in-Hand 2s 6d, Hauraki No. 2 2s Bd, Morning Star 9Jd, New Golconda ls Bd, New Tokatea ls, North sd, 1-ij-iny 9d, Progress Castle Rock ls 3d, Tandem lOd, Welcome Find 4s 3d, City of Gisborne lOd, Central 3,-, Nil Desperanduni 4id, Oceania Is Id, Ohitiemuri s'd, Owharoa 2s 10d; Russell lid, Stanley ls 2d, Sterling Bd, Sybil 9d, Talisman 17s 6d, Talisman Extended 2s 6d, Teutonic s\d, AVaihi Dredging: 3d, Waihi Pinnacles 4d, Waihi Silverton 535, Waitekauri Prince lOd, Waitekauri South 9d, Waverley 2s 6d, Wealth of Nations 9d, Golden Hill Extended 2d.

DUNEDIN, September 14. The dredges on the Waipori and Molyneux rivers continue to get fair returns. Last week the .Jutland Flat Company obtained 30oz of gold, the Upper Waipori Company 17oz 2dwt, the Ettrick dredge 16oz for three days, the Roxburgh dredge Boz, the Edina dredge 25_oz. Messrs Green and Son haA*e discovered a reef one foot thick at the outcrop on Raggedy range, near Ophir, vyhich assayed at the Dunedin .School of Mines Boz 7dwt to the ton. All the available ground has been pegged out. WELLINGTON, September 14. The Franco-New Zealand Mining Syndi.cate, ha*»*ing beeD successfully inaugurated, has commenced operations. At a meeting, at which the following members were pregent—Count Jouffroy D'Abbans (in the chair), Mr D. McLean (representing the West Coast shareholders), Mr John P. Harris (representing the Nelson shareholders), Mr F. B. Farmar (representing the Wellington shareholders) —it was arranged that Mr J. P. Harris should proceed to the Coast for the purpose of securing further options. Mr Rene Proust is already on his way to Paris, on benalf of the syndicate, with a large number of mining options for flotation, m addition to which he has in hand the flotation of a powerful French Company representing a capital of 50,000,000 francs. The syndicate now formed in New Zealand is backed by the wealthiest representatiA*es in France, and is determined to conserve the interests of its compatriots, not only in miniug, but in other lucrative undertakings.