MINING NEWS.
» AUCKLAND'S GREAT GOLD-PRO-DUCER AGAIN. [by telegraph— rhess association.] Auckland, This Day. Another splendid return is to hand from tho Waihi mine— £24,444 worth of bullion from 7715 tons ore. Ukeftox, Ist July. Following are tho gold returns for tho week: I—Big1 — Big River, 116oz amalgam from 65 tons ; Bullur Dredge, 12oz Sdwt gold for 130 hours' work ;' St. George, 270z gold from 27 tons ; Keep-it-Dark, 3 86oz gold for the month from 674 tons. Dunedin, Ist July. The following dredging returns havo been reported: — Clyde, 171oa ; Matau, 530z ; Magnetic, 83oz ; Enterprise, 530z ; Hartley and Rilcy, 440z ; Golden Beach, 340z ; Molynoaux Hydraulic, 270z ; Manorburn, 250z ; Ettrick", 17oz ; Nil Desperanduin, 14oz ; Ophir, lOJoz. The ' Undaunted Company, Matakanui, for ten months' sluicing, has obtained 8900/ gold -from "tho boxes alone. The final return at the middle of this month is expected to be well error lOOOoz, giving 200Qoz for eleven months. Dunkdin. Tlll9 Day. The Vincent Dredge obtained 590z gold for the week. In our advertising columns will bu found the prospectus of the 'Ford's Creek Gold Dredging Company, Ltd. Tho company is being formed to work a wellknown claim of 100 acres situated at tho junction of the Groy River , with the Black Ball and Ford's*Creek3. Tho claim is «ta,tcd to have been very rich in the early days, and if is now proposed to • work it. with an up-to-date dredge. Only 1500 shares have been reserved for Wellington, ho that early application is necessary to secure an ink rest at par. Messrs. Harcourt ajid Co. tire the local brokers.
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Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 3 July 1899, Page 6
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260MINING NEWS. Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 3 July 1899, Page 6
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