MINING NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 87, 15 April 1901, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

{.DZ TELEGRAI'H — I'RESS ASSOCIATION. I I ; DUNEDIN, 14th April. | Additional dredging returns to hand are as follows : — Electric, 310oz ; Golden Beach, 83oz 6dwt ; Matau, 68oz ; Gromwell, 68oz ; Success, 460z 7dwb ; Perse- j verance, 40oz 18dwt; Golden Gate, 3loz 14dwt; Golden Bed/28oz lldwt; Nevis, 28oz ; Waiinumu, 230z 15dwt ; Wahnumu Queon, 230z; Chicago, 220z 6dwt; Otago, 20oz 3dwt; Alexandra Eureka, 20oz ; Waimumu Central, 19oz ; Ngapara, I6oz; Golden Treasure, 14oz IBdwt; Magnetic, I4ozj Waikaka Forks, 13oz;' Lawrence, llozj Molyneux Hydraulio, 9oz sdwt ; Inchholme, 802 9dwt ; Nauniai, 7oz 9dwt. Sa^es on the Dunedin Stock Exchange were recorded to-day as follows: — Alpine Consols, 45s 3dj Alpine No. 2, 42s 6d, 425; Arthur's Point, 20s; "Electric, 63a 6d; Gold King, 15s; Gold Queen, 20s ) Golden Liflk, 20s; Hartley and Riley, 132s 6d, 1335. , DUNEDIN, This Day. The following additional returns are io hand:— Clyde, 390z; Gabriel, 15oz ■ Sdwt ; Lawrence, lloz lOdwt ; Empire, 6Zoz lldwt; Enfield, 16oz lOdwt; Meg and Alinie, 460z 14dwt 12gr; Waimumu Extended, l3dz I2dwtj Nelson' •Creek, 71oz for 130 hours' work. GREYMOUTH, 14th April, j Following are the available dredging returns: — Pactolus, lßoz gold for 137 'j hours' work-; Grey River, 9oz for the keek; Duller Junction, 31oz for 116 j hours'; Buller Dredge, 28oz gold for two weeks.' ._ j The return for the Reef ton Kirwan's j Reward was 1430z of amalgam from' 108* tons (top plates only). The Grey River dredge waa not dredging on the bottqm last week. There, 1 seems to be uncertainty as to getting the ladder lengthened. Some insist that a new dredge is necessary. Orders have •been received to . get the Fold's Creek dredge ladder lengthened by Bft. The Waipuna was not forking last week. CfiRISTCHUROH, This Day. The Greenstone Creek Goihpany re£orte a return of 3o« for its first wash-up on Saturday. *-[bt telegraph— own correSPONUEnt.] , DUNEDIN, This Day. The Magnetic dredge-master reports: — " Buckets patted and top tumbler. All are in the river, but will be able to get them." .< - The Great Western dredge, which cost £5600, was put up for auction on Saturday, and passed in at £500. The Secretary of the Four River Plain Gold Dredging Co., Ltd., reports that last week tne dredge obtained lOoz 9dwt for 118 hours' work. ,