MINING.

Evening Star, Issue 14688, 4 October 1911, Page 6

MINING.

The ground at the Electric No. 2 claim has been very rough, several large, stones having to be lifted. On the Cairnmuir side of the river the bottom has been soft, whereas on the road side tho ground has been of a crevicy nature, the buckets bavin," to tear nn tho ridges of reef to get the wash between. Prospects are very fa The master of the New Trafalgar dredge reports for last week as follows : The face was a little over a chain in width when dredging was started on Monday morning, and gradually widened ■ another 30ft up stream during the week, but the ground dipped greatly as the dredge worked ahead 52ft to 53ft, rising to 29ft, this being the present depth. _A slight change in the range of the headline was made on Saturday, and this should work in considerably more face during the incoming week, and this gathering face, being open, requires no opening out work. At the Sandy Point claim the face above water level is very fine, giving the siltelevator a lot of work to keep the silt dear. The bottom still remains very even, with fair prospects. Last week the dredge worked 126 hours, making 9ft ahead on a cut 105 yds. the ground having an average, depth of 50ft. There is no change to report in tho working of the ground at the Waikaia claim. The face is six chains wide, depth from 24 to 26 feet: maori bottom. The Rise and Shine No. 1 dredge worked a cut of 600 ft last week, making Bft ahead. The average depth was about 45ft. and the bottom consisted of various clays and coal. There was a slight' improvement in the wash towards the east corner. The ground at the Success claim is the same depth as last week, except on tha terrace side of the cut. The deep gronnd has opened out. Last week the dredge lost the high bottom, being unable to follow it round, ns it seemed to chop around very suddenly, deep ground taking its place. The Electric No. 1 dredge, worked ahead 18ffc lost week. The ground continues from 34 to 39 feet deep. The bottom consists of various clays. Prospects are fair. The. secretary of the Nokomai Hydraulic Sluicing Company reports a full sluicing at No. 1 elevator. Elevating was commenced on Saturday morning. No. 2 had a full week’s sluicing, and good progress was made. Snow fell on the flat to a depth of 6in, and 2ft on the hill. There had been a. break in the Linn race, and a stoppage of work, on No. 5, where there had been five days’ sluicing, and a depth of 56ft had been sunk. Owing to the scarcity of men, the manager was able to work only two shifts. RETURNS.

Paterson’s Freehold No. 1 : 220z lOdwt, 114 honrs, Paterson's Freehold No. 2: 220z 9dwt, 134 hours. THE SHARE MARKET. DUNEDIN EXCHANGE. Sales on ’Change: Junction, 34« 9d : Waihi (forward delivery), 695. Sale reported ; Waitangi, 3s 3d. Quotation® : —Dredging.— Block water (eont.) —Buy 4/6. Electric—Buy 3/6. —Quartz. —■ Consolidated Goldfields—Sel 19/6. Kurauui Caledonian—Buy 1/. N.Z. Crown Mines—Sel 3/. New Sylvia.—Sel 1/10 L Talisman Consolidated—-Buy 50/, eel 51/3. Waitangi—Bny 3/1, eel 3/5. Watchman—Buy 1/6, eel 2/. Waihi—Sep 70/. Waihi Extended—Buy 1/8, eel 2/. Waihi Grand Junction—Bnv 34/5, eel 54/10. —lnvestments. National Bank of New Zealand—Sel 122/3. National Insurance Co.—Sel 38/9. Standard Insurance Co.—Buv 51/6, sel 32/. Union Steam Ship Co. —Sol 41/. Westport Coal Co.—Buy 28/6, eel 29/, D.I.C. (ord.) —Buy 5/9. Dunedin Stock Exchange Proprietary— Sel 76/. Milburn Lime and Cement (£l)—Sel 39/6. Milhum Lime and Cement (10/) —Buv 19/. N.Z. Drag Co., Ltd. (£2) —Buy 49/5. GRAND JUNCTION MINE. AUCKLAND, October 4. The -superintendent of the Waihi Grand Junction Mine has cabled to London as follows :—Crashing tons daily ; actual extraction, 27s 6d per ton ; arranging to increase filters to SCO tons to-day ; Empire lode, No. 5 level, 900£t, winze 42m, assay £7 19s 2d. with no walls seen.

In a-paper on ‘The House Fly and Its Importance in the Spread- of Typhoid Fever,’ read before the Medical Congress in Sydney, Dr C. S. Willis submitted a mass of epidemiological, bacteriological, and combined epidemiological and bacteriological evidence, pointing to a causal connection between flies and the transmission of typhoid fever. Dr Willis grouped under four headings the measures to be taken to prevent transmission of typhoid fever by flies:—(l) Prevention of access of flies to infected waterway; (2) prevention of flies spreading; (5) destruction of adult flies; (4j prevention of food contamination by flies. To reduce the number of flies to a minimum domestic and municipal cleanliness was absolutely necessary. All stable manure, kitchen refuse, old bedding, straw and rags, rubbish tips, and so on, should be so treated ,as to banish flies; bine oil or kerosene should be used in sanitary pans, and typhoid cases should be kept under mosquito curtains. Fowls, it was said, were fond of fly larva;, and if allowed free access to fly-breeding places, such as manure and garbage, they would aid in fly destruction by eating the larva;. The prevention of food contamination was very importuat. All foodstuffs should bo kept covered. The bank cheques passing through the clearing houses in London and New York in one month exceed the value of all the gold and silver coin in the world. "In. springtime” a course of purifying medicine is greatly needed. " Wahoo ” acts on the kidneys, hver, and bowels, dealing away accumulated impurities and restoring tone, activity, and vital, force. “Wahoo,” 2s 6d bottle, all chemists and storkeepen.— tAdvtl