MINING.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13958, 3 February 1911, Page 8

MINING.

"WEST COAST NOTES. ' :^l|9

{SPECIAL TO "THB rKESS.") "■ GREYMOUTH, February 1 The loss of the keystone borer on tt« steamer Parisian*, lehkii w*a burnt at «a» last week, will bo felt in Wartinnd, vh«» <f arrangements had already been made for ila use. A party contemplated borrowing it ior '. tho purpose ot prospecting thoroughly ihe bid, , of the Tcremakau Hiver, with the object of • putting a. powerful dredgo on it. The loaj qj . '* the bore, howovor, hus not killed Uio projtct, , for it is probable that prospecting- by another ' method will &hcrtly bo ptrt in hand. The Kocp-It-Daik Mino managtr reports iej '. follows for the month of January:— Stopping ha« he«n carried on below JCo. 4 levei, soath ' workings; 778 tons of quarts have been wot to tho battery and crushed foT «. rtlum o( 9iioz sd\vt of gold from tho battery, and 990 a 17dwt of bullion from cyanide, a total o{ ls)3oz 2dwt. 4 l«vol hae bwai extended fourtoeu iw>t for tho month. Tho contractors for einkir.p tho wimo below No. 7 Jwd haw sunk » fiuthcr dopth of 3Sft. This complete tlmir contract of sixiking 125 ft. Fox tho Itat 3t'ft of sinking tho rt«t wae runnjns »n the opposite direction to its viswal coar»e. Th* atono is eolid uiut hard, much w»ter coaiisg from it. Wo will continue sinking » fee , f«« further in tho north workings. The Ctidy ' . croswut, No. 7 level, has btjwi eitendrd 32£t In tho last J2ft ox 14ft of driving wo. have •-' passed through etringors of Gmiili pieces of r)Uiirtz. Tlio old jrolden lodge vinre on tfe« ' surface has been cleaned up and sunk etvea foot, a total depth of 62* ft. The track feu« carries bouldeoa of quartz.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGRAM.) REEFTON, Fobruuy 2. The state of tie mining industry here il " " remarkably activ*. The Consolidated in& ■ Progress Companies are working very shorthanded and ere advertising for fifty miaeti at 10s per day.