WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11750, 26 November 1903, Page 3

WEST COAST NOTES.

(SPECIAL TO "THE I'BESS.") GREYMOUTH, November 25. Verylittle material i. being shifted by tb« New Woodstock Company* dredge, owing to the tight ws.h. The Greenstone Three Mile Company, dredge, which sank early on Monday morning, was pumped dry and put above water this morning. So far as can be »een the hull sustained no damage, and the .inking cannot be accounted for in the manner first supposed. It is expected tbU dredging operations will be resumed in a day or two. Ohe New Commissioner's Flat Company', dredge met with an accident yesterday. The

The Rosa Day Dawn Company washed up on Saturday, obtaining ■ 19ox. The- drfdfe ha* been shifted up the creek some little distance from Donnolley'e ttrenm. Wlien she "twrted work Ihe wa«h was jnuoh «h*llfwer tJuu further down, and it iw necessary to build a eerie* of dam* to get the dredge into the main stream. This has been the wise of expense. The difficulty ha* now been overcmnei, and a fortnight should «*• the company in full .swing. ' ' . A crashing of 147 ton* of elf-no from tn* Alpine Company's mine resulted in a return of MJox of retorted gold. The atone treated wa* generally .considered poor. The retnra wa* a pleasant surprise. ' The weekly report of the Garden Gully Company states that the drive is now advanced 10ft from the starting point. This week » double ihHt will be *t«rt«d. The indications continue favourable, the reef maintain_g it* *ike and quality.