MINING.

Evening Star, Issue 13144, 28 December 1908, Page 6

MINING.

A final wash-up for the year of 2420z retorted gold from 462 tons.is reported from the Barewood gold mine. The time worked for this return was from December 1 to 23. The movement in the direction of the mining companies interested combining to open up the deep levels at Thames by driving at I,oooft from the bottom of the Queen of Beauty shaft to the Big Pump shaft, appears to be likely to be undertaken at last. Already the directors of the Waiotahi, Victoria, and Saxon companies have agreed to a direct route from one shaft to the otheT without any deviation to touch an intermediate shaft. Yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock a conference was held in the Victoria Arcade, between representatives of the May Queen, Kuranui-Caledonian, and other companies, to further consider the matter.— Thames ' Star.' Some of the miners who have arrived in Thames during the last few days (says the Thames 'Star') state that at Komata there has been considerable unrest and dissatisfaction for some considerable time, and there are many who allege a connection between .the unpleasantness and the substantial reductions made in the working staff. Some tune back we received many pages of correspondence dealing with Komata Beefs affairs, but the length of the letters was an insuperable barrier to their insertion. It should be explained that the management state that the reason the men were discharged was that the ore now being worked was too low grade to pay, and consequently in the interests of the company the men had to be discharged.