MINING NEWS.
The pontoons of the Commissioner's Flat Company's dredge will be ready for launching in a few weeks. '_~_. The secretary of the Red Jacks Company received the following telegram from the dredgemaster on Saturday:—"Cannot wash up till Monday. Heavy floods all week." WEST COAST DREDGING RETURNS. Returns from the -dredges of the undermentioned West Coast gold dredging companies have been reported as follows for the week ending December 21st:— ox dwvgr Greenstone Junction (189 hours) ...70 0 0 Hokitika River (*97 hours) _• J » Leviathan (76 hours) ... ... 80 0 0 North Beach (197 hours) 27 0 0 Maori Queen (120 hours) ... ... 1* 1» 0 Hau Hau Creek (93 hours) "'_______ Total ..". - - 19619 ° OTAGO DREDGING RETURNS. (PB_S_ ASSOCIATION- T___G»A_.) DUNEDIN, December 22. The following dredging returns are reported:—Royal Maori, -Sox lOdwt; Chicago, 330_; Eamcleugh No. 11., 990s 9dwt; Earnscleugh No I. 270s 17dw?; W-i-iumu Queen, 230z 15d'wt;' Success, 230. Sdwt sfei; Alexandra Eureka,-Oosiadwt; Molyneux Hydraulic, 20oz lOdwt: Waikaka Queen, 18o« Mdwt; Gold King, 18ox 9dwf, Lawrence, 18ot; i Tuapeka, 15os 7dwt: Ngapara No. 111., 14o* lOdwt; Junction Electric, No. 1., 14--. WEST COAST NOTES* <sp_ci_i *o "ran pa-SB.") GREYJ-OTJTH, December 22. Yesterday practically closed dredging for ths year,, although a few machines, will continue till Tuesday. --■■ "-■ '-.*-., . The Grey River Co_»p__y's dredge waa interfered with all the Week by flood. In any case there was no reason to expect much improvement. , , , The North Beach Company's dredge got _7ox for 127 hours' work. She ia gettt-g into a better clam of wash, but the gold continues very fine. _ ■ :''_,- , Ihe Nelson Creek and Pactofow Company » dredges are repairing and renewing. The Grey River Exienaed Company * dredge kept working into __» bank during the week, and will waahwn on-Tuesday. The mac-ane is being excellently [handled. , , The Hokrtika River Company's dredge got 41o_ for 1-7 -ours' work, .Boulders, are plemtnful, but not so large as at the opening up of tbe claim.- r "; The Greenstone Junction, Conrpany's dredge got 70os for her final wiU-Vnp:»is year. Sne is no— in * good piece o_ wash w*m a considerable area in front indie-ting noher materia, ahead. _ , The Greenstone Creek CompaipV dredge is gradually working into better gSpund. The Greenstone Three Mils' Cfcwnps-y • dredge ia expected to get a fair start iv January, and they are taking precautions to prevent tike mishaps to ttw*e; ol the past three menitbs. '■ The A.l. Gm»p*iiy> _*i(l continue work till Tuesday, and than w«|jb up tor the ye_r. ; >"'"--v- v ».;■;.' -- '•>■ ± :j ,-« -.'"■■■ '"" ---' ". -" ;'__» New River Company's dredge continues pottering away/ doing but little good. Th* Maori Queen dredge is doing better, but is not powerful}._o'ug_ for the tight ohamoter of *_* it-. Her return was 14os 15dw4 for 190 hours'work."■■•, The Leviathan return ot SOos was a gre_t disappointment to the -h-re.ho.dsni.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11155, 23 December 1901, Page 3
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