MINING NEWS.
| [ Tho ma-fter oi the Reeves':- Proprietary Company s No. 1 dredco rc-'.rts that since beiirr. fitted v.-ith new gear tho machino ha-s turned «;vcr a -rood rk... ef cm tue v.-aeh is very rouirh. 'Pho euiount and chnrnclor nf the groi.-nd turned over could not have b*en dcnlt with by thu dredge with the gear p-t-viously on i*. The contractor for the pontoons oi the Company's Ao. 2 dredge [lato lUorrimi.c) commenced work on Monday. Tho contractor for the tl-.ru has also started opera- I tions. and wi-'l be linished in time fox tho I launching ot the pontcon.*. I _ Tho master of the N'c .v Coinmi.ssioner'a Flat j Company s dredge reports h.iving dredged to a depth of 30ft. He anticipates th.a,t bottom | will be reached between eigbt or tcu ieet ; clecper. The Welcome Company's dred;*e has stop- ! ped ior ihe purpose o: putting thu new screen j on. An Auckland telegram states that the Komatri ReHs crushed 1-260 tons, which vi-ld.'d | ilio.o. 'iha total output t,r> date amounts I to j A Press Asrociation telegram from Dunedin I si:r.tes tka-t at a meeting cf the shareholders of j tho Major U..bin Gold _>r-„;jni<r CVmpauy it was decided to go into voluntary liquidu- ! don. " i
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11649, 31 July 1903, Page 3
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