MINING

Evening Star, Issue 11893, 22 May 1903, Page 4

MINING

(Continued from Page 6.) The New Teviot has been opening out this week The dredge-master reports the prospects to be improving. The dredge-master of the Sailor's Bend wires that there will be no wafb-np thia wet k. He got bottom on Thursday. Th« river is going down wei! The question of finaicirg the Oceania Steam Gold Dredging Company has been satisfactorily arranged, th* directors baring decided to issue debentures to the extent or £6OO these being over-applied for. The erection of the machinery on th« dredge is going on steadily. The dredge should be ready for work within the next fortnight A contract for the coal supply ho* been let. The dredge-master of the Cornwall expects to resume dredging to-morrow. All last week was occupied in turning bushes, repoiring buckets, and relining the screen. The dredge-master of the First Chance. wired to-day: "Shifted dredge up stream yesterday; started- dredging last night; no bottom yet; no wash-up this week." RETURNS. Hartley and Riley; 690z; 134 hows. Prinre Arthur: 50oz 2dwt. Matau : 240z; week. Enterprise No. 1: 240z 18dwt 18grt week. Enterprise No. 2: 290z 4dwt; week. Charlton Creek: 18oz 2dwt; 127 hours. Central Charlton; 21oz lldwt; 123 hours. Mystery Flat: 260z lOdwt; 200 boms. Inchdale: 17oz 15dwt; 138 hours. New Teviot: 9oz 3dwt; 124 hours. Endeavor: lloz 15dwt; 139 hours. Cromwell No. 1: 19oz 16dwt; 129 hours, Cromwell No. 2: 560z 4dwt; 135 hours Electric No. 1: 1220z. Junction Electric No. 2: 107oz 2dwt. Dunstan Lead : 620z ; week. Spec Gully •. 12oz 13dwt; 130 hours. Central Mataura: 17oz 15dwt; 135 hours. Point d'Or: 260z; 34 days. Waimumu: 350z 12dwt; 117 hours. Dredge-masters' reports for week ended 16th inst. : Watterson's-Ahaura.—lt has been decided to dredge down the river and take up a prece of ground in the mouth of Sullivan's Gully, and when they have ran that out to dredge back and take up the outside piece of ground in the centre and each side of the river. The dredge cannot bo floated down until there is a rise in the river. The dredge has been got into pretty good order. The ground has been deep and bard. Erickyon's Reward.—The last report states thait the best gold has evidently come down Wyndham Gully. The dredge is over a chain past the gully, the ground being shallower. They expected to be up to the boundary-line in a couple of weeks. The timber and stumps buried in the tailings had been troublesome. The pontoons will require repairs before long, and the dredgemaster wanted two bulkheads put mat the stern and new gantry legs. Ho is getting estimates for these from a ship's carpenter. Aldbga.—Dredging had been interrupted by repairs to buckets, and the head-line Bad been shifted. On the Tuesday the new crossbar of the ladder hangers was put m, and the bucket belt had been tightened. Tne face was still about four chains. The depth on the Eouth side of the face was 21ft, rising to 9ft in the centre and dipping slowlj to the north side. The' gold was a very good sample of two kinds. The neurit was round, wid came from quartz earned down from the back country, while the othur was fiat and worn by glacial action. Except the screen, which deeded replating, the machinery was running well. DUNEDIN EXCHANGE. This afternoon's sales: Central Chariton. 10/6; Davis Bend (contnb.), 2/3 p 2/3 p. ; Golden United, 8/, 8/; New Halfway House, 6/. '