MINING NEWS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11152, 19 December 1901, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

Reporting to the secretary (Mr F. H. Labatt; of the Greenstone Creek Company, under last Thursday's date, the dredgemaster states that the dredge will reousre an overhaul during the holidays, and" he purposes laying ncr up in order to «io this on Saturday. The principal repairs required are the rebushing of the elevator trays and the putting in a new set of pins; the screen and drop shoot also require slight repairs. Ihe work will be done by the dredge hands, and the dredge is expected to be in thorough good working order by January Glh. The drc-dge-maater telegraphed on lueaday that he had been unab.e to wash up, as he was still engaged m repairs, owing to the recent breakage. WEST COAST NOTES. (SPECIAL TO "TUB PRESS.") GRJEYMOUTH, December 18. The weather is very cold and the rivers are running freely, and the week, therefore, so far a3 dredging is concerned, will be unsatisfactory. Further reports from the Totara Flat Company's dredge are very discouraging. Ihe Maori Gully Company's dam broke away, causing two days' ce^ay! ihe .Alaori Queen Company's dredge stopped yesterday through the bending of the tumbler an an. The Old Diggings Company's dredge haa resumed . but the return will be poor. +« «, t i , cks Com P an y's dredge is trying be am * Ci Tfi- aC6 aOd m ° re ? OOm - Thl ' 9 ™" be a more djfiicu.t task than at first supposed. U>e prospecting of the Red Jacks Creek ' S^ pa^ y 8 cl * lm ,, :s being proceeded with. If yerSTo termr a,PUaa «*««"™» *"* OTAGO~NOTOS. (SP£«Ai TO "THE PBESS.") Th« n * DUNEDIX, December 18. ihe Dunstan Lead Company's dredge is 40cf tfi e W ttk better lUOk ' Md BhoU:d "» The Central Mataura Xo. 1 Comnanv's Company mu9t now fac ft total loss of their useful little machine'fitted with new boiler, etc., at considerable expense. it i a likely" to, last a wVe^r SO on e h Uppe l^ ag ?v tic Company's dredge will Xint ♦r r r ng * 1 the . Annie< 2 ueea cI A adjoining the Gentle Annie and the Meg and Annie properties. The terms are that the SWg. fold won" 6 a CerUin PCrCeDt^ THE GOLD The second annual meeting of the Reeves's SrTth^Th o^ 11 ? i 9 k«'d on JanuAn he J lteci ° 18 , in their report, refer to the difficulties met with owiig to the roughness of the ground, r.nd to the delays consequent on the breakages caused by ?he Wai 86 r^ 10 tO COpe the ™& waeh. The dredge is now, however, working more satiefaotonly, nearly all the working having been renewed; and a good run ejected without further mishap. The growid has proved uniformly good. Tno whole or the Company's liabilities have been wiped off, and there remains a cash balance in the bank of ms I9e lOd. The debit to the profit and lees account is £ 1100 Hβ 2d. Since the m f en v men \ Of operations in November! 1900, to November 30th of this year, the gold T^^S^j 4 *% 70 ? 6 5 18dwt 13^B - va '«ect ? 82 a "• Conc lnding, reference is mad^ markel ?W Compßßy s P ro Perty. oa the