MINING NEWS

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10638, 24 April 1900, Page 2

MINING NEWS

The following are yesterday's quotations %f tho Stock Exchange of Canterbury:—'Dredging stocks-^Buyera—Premium—Ahaura River, 9d; •—-ymer Lead (paid), 14s; Boundary Creek, 8a; Crcasus, sb; Comin&saioner's Flat (paid), 15s; Dobsou No. 2, 2s 9d; Erickson's Reward, 8s 3d; Golden, United, Is 6d; Grey River Consolidated, 4b 6d, paid lis; Grey River No. 2; 2s 6d; Hokibtka Junction, Is; New River, 2s 6d; Vinceni,, 58s. Sellers— Al, 5s 6d; Alexandra Lead, 13a; Alymer Lead, 3s; Bald Hill Flat, 4s dis.; Blue Bell, Is 9d; Caledonia, 2s; Cardrona Lead, 23 3d; Corrrmissionera' Flat, 6s; Dark River, 3d; Dumbarton, par; Dunstan Lead, 30s; "Erick-son'-e Reward, 8s 6d; Golden Gravel, 2s; Golden Horseshoe, 3s 3d; Golden United, 2s 9d; Great Woodstock, 2s; Greenstone Creek, 4s 6d; Greenstone Junction," 8s 9d; Grey River, 13s 6d; Grey River Consolidated, ss; Hokitika River, 8s 9d; Horowai, par; Kohinoor No. 2, 2s 3d; Kohinoor Extended, 2s; Lady Roxburgh, 5s Gd; Leaning Rock, 2s; Lioness, 3d; Molynoux Hydraulic Company Dredge, 32s 6d; Maraden No. ,'i, Cs; New | River, 3s* 3d; No-town Creek, 5s 6d; North ; Beach, 2s; Orwell Crock, 15s; Pactolus, 17s; Pactolus No. 2, 2s 6d; Pactolus No. 3, Is; Paul's Beach, 2s 3d; Point DOr, Is 3d; Rise and Shine, Is 9d; Reeves's Proprietory, ss; Red Jacks, 2s 6d; Ross Flat, 9d; -Saltwater Creek, 17s 6d (paid); Scotia, la 3d; Tacon's Cardrona, 7s 6d;. Teremakau, 4d; Te-viot, *.7«; TuckerV Flat,, 4s; Vincent, Gle; Vihcent Extended, 32s 6d; Watterson's Consols, Is 9d; Woodstock, 3s 9d. Mr H, A. Bruco, legal manager of the Alpha Gold Mining Company, Preservation Inlet, has received the following telegram from Mr Macdouald, resident director, Invercargili:— "Twenty-two ..;ciunces: sixteen ■ pennyweights gold. Manager reports improving.'* (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) DUNBDIN, April 23. To-day being St. George's Day, there was no sitting of the Dunedin Stock Exchange. The following were the Otago Exchange sales at premiums: —Ahaura River, Is 3d, Is 4d, and Is 6d; Alexandra Lead, lis; Brandy Jacks, Is 6d; Cardrona No. 1, 2s 6d; Elec* trie Extended, 14s 6d; Endeavour, 16s 6d; Erickson's Reward, 8s; Gold King, 6* 9d; Golden Gravel, Is 6d; Golden River, 2s; Greenstone, 3s 3d; Halfway House, 335; Kelly and Casey, 15s 9d; Manuherikia, jEG ss; Meg and Annie, 22s and 22s 6d; Nelson Creek, 20s; Old Dunstan, 3s 9d; Pactolus No. 2, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, and 2s 7Jd; Point d*Or, 3d; Prince Arthur, 3d; Reeves's Proprietary, 4a; Robertson's Cardrona, Is; Second Mag- j netic, 19s and 20s; Teremakau, 4d; Vincent ' Extended, 325. Sales were also made at the following prices:—Alpine Consols, 425; Central Electric, £6 Is 6d; Golden Point, 255; Hartley and Riley, £13 ss, £13 7s 6d, and £14; Klondyke, 225; New Alexandra, 31s; Vincent, 62s 6d, and 635.

Dnriiig the week ended to-day returna were reported from thirty-five dredges, the total gold yield being Slloz 7dwts 6grs. Additional returns: 650z sdwt; Upper Waipori, 28oz lOdwt; Jntland Flat, 270z Bdwt; JEvana'3 Pla*, 13oz lSdwt; Charlton Creek, lZoz; Shotover, lOoe 7dvrt; New Alexandra, 9oz 6dwt 12grs. The directors of the Galtee More Company, Matmherikis, have decided to close down.

WELLINGTON, April 23. A second stock exchange was opened thi,s morning, a feature being a board of honorary members, -who are to examine the prospectuses before the exchange is allowed to quote the shares in companies.