MINING.

Evening Star, Issue 14037, 19 April 1909, Page 6

MINING.

River height this morning, 6ft lin; weather frosty. The following cable has been forwarded from Karangahake to the Talisman Company's London office :—" No. 12. level south : Progress, 27ft; reef 6ft wide; values low. Reduced water in shaft 25ft." In reporting hi 6 return the Punt dredgemaster states that prospects are patchy, j He intends to stop to-day to effect repairs \ to the screen and tumbler. I RETURXS. Golden Treasure : 230z lOdwt, 250 hours. : Molyneux Hydraulic : 16oz 16dwt, week. \ Charlton Creek : 16oz, week. j Waikaka Queen : lOoz 3dwt, 125 hours, j THE SHARE MARKET. j DUXEDIK EXCHANGE. ! Quotations :—' Central Charlton—Sel 6/9. Electric—Sel 5/. Majiuherikia—Buy 10/, sel 13/. Mystery Flat—Sel 33/. No Town Creek—Buy 11/3. Rise and Shine—Buy 30/9. Rising Sun—Buy 31/. Sailor's Bend—Sel 12/6. Talisman Consolidated—Buv 47/ /' sA 47/6. ' Waihi Grand Junction—Buy 29/3. National Bank of New Zealand—Sel 106/6. National Insurance Company—Sel 29/6. Union Steam Ship Company—Sol 35/6. Westport Coal Company—Buy 127/. National Mortgage Company—Buy 55/. New Zealand Drug Company, Ltd. (£2) —Sel 47/6. Sharland and Co. (pref.)—Buy 19/. WAIHI JUNCTION SHARES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 18. (Received April 19, at 9.30 a.m.) . Buyers, 28s 9d; sellers, 31s 3d. THE LUCK OF A'MINER. The miners of New Mexico tell a queer story which illustrates forcibly the miner's belief in his luck. A miner named John Quiney Adams was prospecting somewhere in the mountains, and while wearily trudging along one hot day through a gulch where the emi had a good chance at his back he suddenly smelled j?moke. The phenomenon struck him as odd, and he glanced quickly in every direction to ascertain the origin of the smoke, but, seeing nothing, resumed his journey. A moment later the smell returned stronger than ever, and, the breeze just then blowing in the direction in which he was walking, a light wreath of vapor curled about his ears and gave him to understand that his haversack was on fire. Like all miners he carried a large lens for the purpose of examining the specimens and the sand in his pan, and the truth flashed upon him. For want of room he had slung the glass on the outside, and the rays of the sun had been concentrated on his haversack, which was thus set on fire. As amongst its contents were twelve or fifteen pounds of powder, he lost no time in dropping the dangerous burden and getting as far away as possible, before it exploded. The haversack fell between two huge stones and cuddled down out of sight. Adams soon reached -a safe distance, and disconsolately watched the smoke arising from his sole worldly possessions. Suddenly there was a deafening report. The ground trembled, and Adams dodged behind a huge stone to escape the flying fragments of rock. Rising, he went to the spot to gather up what he could find, when his eyes almost started out of his head at seeing the quartz that had been blown up fairly glittering with gold. His powder had done better on its own account that it had ever done on his for his benefit. He was made a rich man in an instant, and named his mine "The Niek o 3 Time 1 ."