LATE MINING.

Evening Star, Issue 11693, 26 September 1902, Page 5

LATE MINING.

Alpine Consols: 460z lOdwt llgr; 120 hours. Enterprise No. 1: 5305? lOdwt 2gr; week. Enterpr.se No. 2; 360z 13 ,wt 9gr; week. Junction Electric: 220z lldwt; week, Waimumu: 370z Idwt; 118 hours. Wannumu Extended; 18oz 14dwt; 120 hours. Inchdale; 16oz sdwt; 132 hours. Spec Gully : lloz 12dwt; 130 hours. The dredge-masUr of the Leviathan wires that the dredge is. working steadily, but there will be no wash-up this week. ■The dredge-master of the North Beach reports that last wen k'a return was obtained from the sea side of the cut or the sh.ngle lead. The prospects were improving a little. The o'evator had caused a httle (rouble, and he would have to stop during the week to put angle irons on the trays, but he would keep tlie dredge go ng nnt.l the new material arrived. New bearings had been put in the Jjottom tumbler. He h{id just shifted to the back lead, and expected a fair return this week. The dredge-master of the Alpine No. 2 wires that he got ihe winch cngii e fixed up, and started dredging again yesterday. He will wash up to-morrow. The dredge-mast er of the Garibaldi reports under date 20th inst. that when they stopped (indg.ng the gr und was very tight, with b ghoul. er.s, and the wash was looking sligh ly better. Thev would have had a larger return last week could (hey Have kept going to the end of ihe we k. He looks ior an improvement after passing the old course of the Roaring Meg, as it seems to be scoured out at ihe junction of the Meg with the Moonlight Creek. The dredge-master of the Aldinga reports having had some delay in getting tne tumbler from the foundry, but it was got aboard on Thursday night. They Lad lo <l l some fitting work on it and change the outside hearings, but got a start at dredging at eleven o'clock on Friday night. He has worked eight .chains ahead by four chains wale from the boundary, and reports the ground lather shadow, hut he exp.ct.d it to 010,60 towards be .nd of th s week. Tutre will lie a wash-up 10-d. y. The dredge-master of (he Great Woodstosk reports under date 21st inst. thatlast wesk's return was for 118 hours’ dredging. He thought he noticed a slight improvement in the wash on Saturday morning, but nothing to speak of. The giounsl was very tight, and the buckets took a lot of looking after. The dredge-master of the Three-mile (Greenstone Creek) reports under date 2Cth inst. that last week the ‘dredge was working the same part of Sie face as the previous week. Th. 1 ground had become much easier, and a large amount of material had been treated The be-urn was rather a surprise, as he had only a little over lOoz for the first part of the week. The weather had been unsettled, but so far they had been abe to work the creek bed. He intended pushing the creek ahead while there was a (Fame of favorable v.either. The rrcdg;-nias er of ih. j Central Malaura wires that iteie was no wash-up this week, as tbe river is too high to work to advantage. Ihe dredge is still stopped. The Mystery Flat dredge is still working her way down (he river to the bottom ol the claim. Word is expected shortly that she has begun dredging. DUNEDIN EXCHANGE. This afternoon’s sales ;—Alexandra Lead, 14/6, 14/6, 14/5. 14/6, 14/3, 14/7 A 14/9, 14/9, 14/9, 14/9. 14/10*, 14/10*, 15/, 15/. 15/, 15/, 15/, 15/, 15/5, 15/6 (final quote, buy 15/3, se'l 15/6) ; First Chance, 11/6; No Town Creek (ex div.), 27/3, 27/3.