MINING.

Evening Star, Issue 14526, 30 November 1910, Page 6

MINING.

Tho Mystery Flat dredge got tho last return chiefly from old tailings on the hill side of the claim. This week tho centre and western cuts will bo worked, after which the dredge will return to the eastern side, where, in the course of. a week’s dredging, tho master expects to get bottom all round the mouth of tho gully. The secretary of the Nokomai Hydraulic Sluicing Company reports that there was a wash-up at No. 1, the result being 2210z lOdwt. All the plant has been removed, a stone wall built, and dirt pipes changed. A start has been made to blow off top material. The dam ran empty on Thursday night. Better progress was made at No. 2, its the largo stones were lees numerous. Still better progress would have been made, however, but for the fact that the tailings have to be blown for a long distance. The water is scarce again, and, of course, tho dam takes longer to fill. Tho full dam lasted only four days. Work at No. 3 consists principally in preparing the track line for pipes and levelling the tailings at the bottom of tho Victoria Gully. The pipes from the extension of the water sendee to the bottom boundary of the claim are now being delivered. The 909 dredge will bo stopped for some considerable time, as an extensive overhaul is being carried out. •' At a meeting of the Vincent County Council held a few days ago Cr Weaver said the Earnsclengh Company were prepared to do more boring with the Keystone machine, provided the new pipes were to hand. They had already expended about £4OO in boring, and that done by the Government machine had cost them 3s 6d per foot, nearly twice as much as the private machine. If there was any delay in the pipes arriving he thought the county should bear the cost of the expert’s wages. Tho work would bo of benefit to the whole county. After discussion it was resolved to give the Earnedeugh Company a £ for £ subsidy up to £ls on tho amount paid the expert for wages while waiting on the pipes. In an interesting letter to the Waihi 1 Daily Telegraph,’ Mr J. W. Walker, the well-known Auckland mining authority, at present in London, says be and other men interested in the eastward extension of the Waihi reef system are hopeful of obtaining sufficient capital (about £100,000) wherewith to sink one ceutrally-located shaft to I,oooft, and at that depth crosscut through the entire width of the known reef-containing belt. This work will determine definitely, once and for ever, whether or not the reefs are continuous to the coast, and presumably will also determine their value when found. The Mount d’Or Gold Mining Company hove good reason for satsfaction with the excellent result of the latest operations at their property at Ross. Latterly tho company have been working on a new level, lower than any treated heretofore, and there has just been a very successful first washing up alter about three weeks’ work. The amount of gold obtained was 2250z, a return proving that the famous Mount d’Or claim is by no means approaching tho stage of exhaustion. A meeting of the Blackball Prospecting Association was held recently. Great interest was manifested in tho proceedings throughout the evening. Several of the speakers present, who are deeply interested in mining in the locality, were strongly of the opinion that the Paparoa Ranges would bo the best place to commence operations, as they considered that there must be. according to the various outcrops and prospects obtained, a very rich gold-bearing reef in the locality, if it could only be located. It was finally decided that fhe Paparoa Ranges would be the first scene of operations. Six men—there were a very largo number of applicants—were selected to proceed with the work, which is to bo started some time this week. The secretary is to give all possible expert advice he would receive from time to time to the prospectors. It will be remembered that the Government granted £250 a short time ago, but owing to the unfavorable climatic conditions that havo prevailed since the money was granted operations could not be proceeded with. The Lady Roxburgh dredge is now at work on her new claim (late Roxburgh Jubilee). Tho dredge bottomed on Monday, on hard jointy reef. She is opening out towards the east. There are indications of maori, pointing to soft bottom. The ground is soft and clean. Tho voyage down to the claim was not without minor mishaps. On one occasion the drag got stuck, and shortly after tho headline carried away. Tho Rise and Shine No. 2 dredge worked 12ft ahead. The cut was 460 ft wide and from 40ft to 48ft deep, with clay bottom, carrying a fair prospect almost throughout the full width. Tho No. 1 dredge found no change in tho character of the ground last week. The cut was 600 ft wide, and from 42ft to 48ft deep. A distance of 4ft ahead was made. Tho Blackwater River Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., have declared a dividend (the 19th) of Is per share, payable on December 5. THE SHARE MARKET, DUNEDIN EXCHANGE. The market was again quiet this morning ; a sale in Watchmans at 3s Id was the only business. A fair amount of quoting was done. On yesterday afternoon’s ’Change two parcels of Standard Insurances sold at 26g 3d, and Watchmans changed for forward delivery at 3s 2^d. NUGGETS AT MUDGEE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, November 30. (Received November 30, at 9.15 a.m.) Several nuggets between 2oz and Boz have been found near Mudgee.

In its review of the lawn tennis seasor the London ‘Times’ pays a handsome tri bnto to the New Zealander Anthony Wild ing, who won the All-England Single; Championship: “Mr Wilding has slioyvi hlmtfolf the superior of the best this eoun try could produce. Ho has played ex trernoly well throughout the year, and i; still so young that there is no reason U suppose that ho has reached his best. Hi; great physical strength has always mad< it likely that ho would win any mate! which ho could prolong into tho fifth set and he has lately co-ordinated his strok* in such a manner that ho can weary ai aggressive opponent more effectively thai formerly. This result has been Grouch about mainly by the improvement in hi: overhead play, "which now allows him t< take full advantage of the openings ranch by his bounding service and by his top lifted drive. His chief weakness—as hi: match against M, Docugis shows—hasbeei a tendency to go down before a determiner volleyer; but to judge from his recen roalcnce at Queen’s Club, he has now ac quired a lob which was nob a feature o his game at Wimbledon. It could seklon be intercepted, it was seldom out, and i always travelled fast. And even allowinj for the absence of wrnd,_ lobbing on i court with a low roof is no easy matter.”

the deep ice breaker began to feed the influence of the Plucky s screw and creep ahead. Everybody pulled out his watch and said cr’thought something about its being a portent of good management to ho so punctual. Just as the barque got going someone who has a voice worth a few pounds cried out from a long way off', over by the new dock: “Tlu'co cheers for the Terra Nova.” Tho call carried splendidly in the still air under the Ice of the Port Chalmers Hills, and it was instantly obeyed by the people all along the water front. But it was ict a big cheer. To tell tho truth, it was a poor effort. Tho people were too much scattered for effective cheering, amt, if it bo not treason to say so, wo New Zealanders do not know how to cheer. We are never sure whether we should shout one “ Hip,” or two, and there is always a tendency to cut the “hooray” short, as the footballers do. Tho response from tne ship was more like the real, that makes one’s ears tingle. When the Terra Nova had got about a cable's length from

thev are not fill British. Two or threehave a foreign cast of feature. It is said that a couple of them ate Enins, and one at least seems to be of the Malayan race. Thu majority, howcvcr--the large majority —use the broad English tongue and have the frank British smile, and, wherever God made them, they are all "ours” for tho lime being. It was interesting to watch the fraternising as between the barque and the tug. Captain Scott formed Hie imposing centiai ligiue. lie spoke without dread of tin. possibility of stormy water Twixt here and tho ice, "and threw a few sidelights on. iShackleton's anrl other Antarctic expeditions, every detail of which is a.s flour and sugar to him. Away aft Mr Belcher unexpectedly found an old acquaintance in a seaman who wis putting a stopping ou the whaleboat's lashings, and they had plenty to say to each other. Forward, a dozen of the Terra Nova's men were makimr the most of their time with Mr Falconer, the sailor's missionary, who was taking farewell messages am! giving his friends some parting injunctions. Little