MINING NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 12764, 17 March 1906, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

The Masterton started dredging on Monday last, all going well. The Rise and Shine report:— ** Prospects unchanged." I It is understood that the Government's offer of £13,000 for the rrarchase of the Alexandra Bonanza Dredging and Shooing Company's water rights, 'claim, and plant has been accepted, by the company. This is a modified offer, the a*«"angements originally entered into with the company bv the Government having been for the purchase of the water, rights, race, and dams only. The Government hew acquire both claims and plant as well. The New Perseverance No. 1 had no waah-up this w>eek. She is running on till next week. RETURNS. Waikaka United No. 1 : 490z 2dvrt, 122 hours, Waikaka Unfted No. 2: 330z, 125 hours. New Perseverance No. 2: 270z, 110 hours, Bfeckwater River: 50oz lOdwt, 128 hours. No Town Creek : 38oz, 136 boars. Monte Christo : 12oz lOdwt, 4 days. Enterprise : 220z, 133 hours. New Trafalgar: 20oz. 115 hours. \ Punt : 28oz iTdwt, 153 hours. Mystery Flat: 9oz, 126 hours. Sandy Point: 440z 4dwt. 130 hours. Muddy Creek : 31oz 3dwt, 125 hours. Garden Gully : 14oa Bdwt, 5 days. Revival : 13ra 6dwt. 116 hoars. Lady Roxburgh: 13oz, week. Dunsfcan Lead : 17oz lOdwt, week. Rise and Shine No. 1: 48oz 3dwt. Prospects unchanged. THE SHARE MARKET. xrnmEDry exchange. Quotations:— Alexandra Bonanza—Buy 8/. sel 9/. Bignell's No Town—Buy 5/3, sel 7/9. Blackwatcr (pds.)—Buv 24/ Chicago—Buy 12/6, sel 13/3.' Electric—£uy 26/, sel 28/. Enterpriser-Buy 8/, sel 10/. Ettrick—Buy 3/3. Golden Bed—Buv 17/3, sel 18^9. Golden Run—Buy 25/. Harder and Rilor—Buy 17/6. Island Block—Sel 5/6. Junction Electric—Buy 2/, sel 3/9. Moryneux sel 12/3; ctbs., buv 8/3, sel 10/. Mystery Plat—Sel 32/. Nelson Creek—Sel 18/. New Alpine Consols—Buy 10/6, sel 12'. New Roxburgh Jubilee (pds.)—Sel 14)6.' Riley's Beach—Sel 6/. Rise" and Shine—Sel 21/. Rising Sun—-Sel 21/.'" Sailor's Bend—Sel 18/. Roxburgh Amalgamated—Pds., buy 4/; cths., buy 3/6, sel 4/. . Keep-it-Dark—Buy 32/. National Bank—Buy £6 ss, sel £6 10s. National Standard Insurance—Buy 18/3. Union Steam Ship Co.—Buy £l6. Commercial Property—Buy 6/9. N.Z. Portland Cement—Buy 30/. M*Leod's Soap—Buy £L, sel £9. STOCK EXCHANGE" NOTES. River height, 7ft 3in. There were no on 'Change this morning, but Golden Beds, which sold yesterday afternoon at 17s 9d, have held the ground thus recovered. Good prices were offered by buyers in investment stocks, notably National Insurance and Commercial Property.