MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

' WELLINGTON SHARE MABKET.. Another extremely, auict 1 dav "was oxnerienced yesterday. A sinslo'snlo of Waihi at 755. 3d. wan thn onlv ■ transaction recorded. . -The,Jbuyinß and celling . quotations were as under:— • Buyers. Sellers . £s i. Con. Goldiloids .1...::..,....'..'' ,Dl 9 • 0 Kuranui! Caledonian' ~C..'yvO 1-'3- : ' 5 Mow Sylvia' 0.3 2 .. .• 0,-3 4 Old . Hauraklv, :. '. 0 1- 9 • — RMOB- 0 2 0 0 2 3 Talisman ;...; i.. '2 7*6 , 3■B ■6; Victoria 0 12 ' 0 1 3 Wtiihi, ....: 3 14 3 3 IS 0 Waihi Keifs 0. 2 4 ■ 0 2 6 Wnihi Grand Junction... 19 0 19 3 Woitanffi ;....0 21 . — ■ Watchman 0; 2 9 STOCK EXCHANGE. .. (Uy Telegraph—Press Association.), ' Auckland, February 17;... The 'following business v\vas dono";on the , Stock Evchango this morning:— '. Jtonowiu,. 2s. .i sd. •• Saxon, it. i f»I.". • Waiotahi,'3S. 5d... Crown, .4s. :4d, ■ • • Ooldsn. Cross,' 6Jd; ■ . .• .'. Maor'.lind, 4d. .. n,■>: Tairu.i Monarch, 21d. - • Talisman. £2-7s. 9d: .. - • • , Wa.iht ltects. 2s. 6d. ; \ ■ Grand Junction, £1,95. 3d. ■ ■ Waihi, buyers, £3' 135..4 d , :, sellers £3155. The following business-was dono at tho 3.15 p.m:. call .to-day:—• , • Now Syjvia,,3s.j 2d. •• , Waiotahi;',3s, 5<J, '. , " Old Hauraty,' Is 9d ' Tjirna Monarch 2'd - ; II Talisman Consolidated; £2 7s.>-9d,- ,: . v Waihi, £3 14s. 6d. . ■ Mountain Kins. 3Jd. , ■ , . New Waitala.'llil. • Monowai, ,2s. 6d. Good-Hope, 3d. Handsworth,. .'JLd. j 'Waihi Poets'vonsolidated. 2s.'7dr . - National £6 2s.v " ' ' .'•'.'.y' J'.,"' ; 'sm Dunadinj.irabr.uiry , Stock Exchange <saies:— . ; . •« ! Union Steam, £1 175.. 6d, ' Sales' ~-V ■. ' .}' ■■ Waihi, SJllSj. 6d. ' j; ' Donaghy's Hope. £1 4s. 6d. , ;

; ,BBpKEN:'piLL; PEOPISIETAIIT. ;r By Telerrap.hr Press llotv-Copyright, , . Sydney,'. February'l7. The. half-yearly report of .tho ■ Broken •Hill Proprietary Company shows that;tho 'net profits amounted'to. £102,928.' The'output of silver was 2,683,8CC0Z.,■ : an incrcnuo -of 684,C980r., and of-lcad 44,554 tons, 1 an lncroasff of 13,419 tons,; compared with tho previous half year.' ' - ; .^,!GOLp,;,W§pOyEEIES.,,..," ; '. :fiy Teicgraph.'-Sp(:olai;C(ji;r(repoiident.) ;i "' ' Westoort,\ February.;l7..,. Gold discoveries aro-reported from Banpahnnnock,: Central ißnller, about 26 mile 3 beyond ■ Murchison. 1' .The find hac boon mado in tlio riyor terraces, hitherto n6Klected by' prospectors, 'and can ,bo 'easily worked 'by driving, and funnelling. Two mon. working twelve'hours,; won cold to tho. value .of £29,; purely by nanning. A very'. cohsiddrable extent ' of country, has been' pegged out, and ,; taken:. up.: and much more is being applied for at tho next, sitting ,o'f. tho Warden's; Court. • , - DREDGING. . ... ' (By Telegraph— I'ress Association.) -, ' , Duncdln, February 17.Dredging returns:—Manuherikia. 410 i.; Central'Oharlton, 17dz; > 4dwt.; Waikaia, 12oz. 2dwt.; Koputai,;- soz. 7dwt. ( . T.wo : million children' per annum die beforo reaching the age of 12 months in tho 50 provinces of European Russia. \ Tho Jordiin is the most crooked river known, measuring two-hundred and thirteen miles iu.a distance of sixty miles. ■ One Ynrmouth boatowner, v wlto owns only earned-,more, than .£10,001) during tho. recent•• fishing season of, ten; weeks. • I,' .• The battleship' - Irresistible, which has spent all last-year- in dry dock; at Chatham, undergoing .an JiSO.SSS refit, ,is now ready. • . . • ' . : - The third battalion of - the Coldstoora Guards, which has now been more than four years in Egypt, is expected to arrive Home about March 23. > ' " I