MINING NEWS.
The Premier Waikaka report a return of 16oz of amalgam for 151'hours’ work. The Waimumu Extended report a return of 17oz 6dwt for 150 hours’ work. The Gabriel Gully report a return of 9oz 15dwt for 110 hours’ work. The wash is looking well. The Paul’s Beach report a return of 12oz 18dwt for the week; The Inch Valley Company report a return of 15oz 17dwt. The Waikaka Forks dredge has been partially dismantled, with a view to replacing the revolving screen by tail boxes. Time has proved the unwisdom of the use of screens on the class of land in the Waikaka district, and boxes arc now generally adopted all over the field.—‘Mataura Ensign.’ A telegram has been received by the secretary of the Red Jacks Company confirming the purchase of an additional area to their claim. The necessary machinery is nearly all finished, and the screen and elevator have arrived from Sydney. About^O,oooft of timber is on the ground, and the erection of pontoons in about to be commenced. The Equitable Stock Exchange resolved this morning to have no call over on Wednesday next, the day appointed for the reception of the returning troopers. The dredge-master of the Globe Dredging Company reports 7oz LMwt gold for five days days and a-half. The wash is improving in depth and quality as the claim proper is approached. Still opening up, and dredging ground already worked by the Little Waikaka Company. The secretary of the. Gold Queen Company reports that the dredge resumed work on Thursday afternoon, and that the machinery is running very well. Owing to the paddock being silted un there was no wash-up this week, - ‘ The Round Hill Alining Company report a return (for December and part January) of 2570z, value £1,015. The mine has now shut down owing to the scarcity of water. The paddock at time of stopping was about half washed down. The Charlton Creek report a return of 250z for 126 hours’ work. THE SHARE MARKET. DUNEDIN EXCHANGE The Dunedin Stock Exchange report the fo.lowing sales this morning, the figures, in parentheses representing the highest sales last Saturday ; —Arrow Junction, 52/, 51/6 ; Arthur Point. 4/ dis; Golden Bed, 30/5; 51/6. 51/3, 51/5, 50/, 51/, 50/9, 50 9, 60,6, 50/3. 50/ (665) ; Grey River Consolidated, 4/6 (5/9) ; Halfway House, 42/6 ; Inch-Holme, 9/; Leviathan,‘43/; Magnetic, 02/, 52/; Maori King, 1/6; Metallic, 25/6 (25/9); New Alexandra, 18/, 18/, 17/; Old Dunstan, 5/5 dis; Waipuna, 30/. TDK OTAGO STOCK EXCHANGE report the following sales yesterday afternoon ; Ahaura, 9d, 9d ; Arrow Junction, 35/ ; Buffer Junction. 2/9; Charlton Creel;, 06/6 ; Gold Queen, 32/6, 32/6 ; Grand Junction, 6/6; Halfway House, 42/6, 42/6; Leviathan, 40 j ; New Alexandra , 20/9. And this morning Central Electric, 75/6; Gentle Annie, 45/6; Gold Queen, 32/9; Kelly and Casey, 31/6; Kawaran Bridge, 13/6; Mcrrimac, 36/; New Alexandra, 20/5; Second .Magnetic, 30/3; Upper Aiacr. netic, 34/5. ° THE EQUITABLE STOCK EXCHANGE report me following sales;—-Al. 27/6; Central Electric. 75/; Electric, 48/6; Gold Queen, 55/6 ; Leviathan, 41/, 41/ ; Alosquito, 2/6 : Reeves's Proprietary, 25/ ; Roxburgh Jubilee, 5/. Quotations; Ahaura—Buy 6d, sel 9d. Aldinga—Sel 5/. Alexandra Bonanza—Sel 5/ dis. Alpine Consols—Buy 41/, sel 45'. Arthur's Point—Buy 5/6 dis. sel par. Bannockburn Creek—Buy 15/6. Bendigo—Buy 5/6, sel 7/. Bignall’s—Sel par. Boundary Creek—Sel 24/. Broad Creek—Sel 2/ dis. Cairnmuir—Buy 52/5, sel 35 '. Caledonia—Sel 5/. Charlton Creek —Sel 40/. Dart River—Sel 1/. Davis Bend—Sel 6/. Digger’s Pride—Sel par. Dobson No. 2—Buy 25/. Dome Creek—Sel par. ! Duke of Wellington—Sel 1/. Electric—Buy 48/. sel-49/. Erickson's Reward—Sel 8/6. First Chance—Buy 27/6, sel 29/6. Foley's Creek—Sel 20/6. Galvanic—Buy 50/. Garvey Burn—Sel par. Gentle Annie—Sel 45/6. Go.d Chair—Sel par. Gold Deposit—Buy 5/, sel 3/6 dis. Gold King—Sel 20/. Gold Queen —Sel 55/. Golden Banner—Sel par. Golden Bed—Buy 28/6. Golden Chain—Sel 6d. Golden Falls—Sel 23/. Golden Gate—Sel 150/. Golden Reward—Sel 1/. Golden Ripple—Sel par. Golden River—Sel 7/. Golden Treasure—Sel 105/. Great Woodstock—Sel par. Grey Duck—Sel 55/. Halfway House—Buy 41/5. sel 42'. Hartley and Riley—Buy 150/. Inch-Holme—Sel 5/ dis' ' Junction Electric—Buy 51/. Kawarau Consolidated—Sel 1/. Leviathan—Buy 40/9, sel 45/. Alagnetic—Buy 50/, sel 35/6. Aleg and Annie—Sel 67/. Alikonui—Sel par. Aloa Flat-—Sel 22/6. Mokoia—Sel 50'. Alosquito—Sel 3/6. Aloonlight—Sel 1/. Oceanic Steam—Sel 1/. , Olrig—Sel 19/. > Orwell Creel;— Buy of, sel 5/. Otama—Sel 4/ dis. Perrett’s Junction—Sel 6d. Reeves’s Proprietary—Buy 25;, sel 26/6. Remarkables—Sel 4/ dis. ' Rise and Shine—Sel par. Roxburgh Jubilee—Sel 5/6. Royal Sovereign—Sel 2/ dis. Ruby—Sel par. Sailor’s Bend—Sel 40/. Saltwater Creek—Sel 2/6. Second Alagnetic—Sel 32/. Sixteen-mile Beach—Sel 19/6. Teremakau—Sel par. Teviot—Sel 6d. Trafalgar—Sel 9/. Vincent—Sel 44/. Vincent Extended—Buy 45/6, sel 46/. Waimumu—Sel 28/. Waimumu Central—Sel 28/. Waimumu Extended—Sel 16/. Waiora—Sel od. Watterson's Consols—Sel 5/. Willoughby's Cardrona—Sel 1/. Yellowstone—Sel 1/.
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Evening Star, Issue 11451, 19 January 1901, Page 6
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