MINING NOTES.

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10520, 29 April 1901, Page 4

MINING NOTES.

♦— — The Rocklands dredge is steadily working its way to the company's claim. Once ifc reaches the claim and opens a face, the returns should be regular and fairly high. The tables show gold freely. The Island Creek dredge had a trial run on Tuesday and worked very well. The buckets are being put on and everything will be ready for a start by the middle of next week. The steady returns from the Buller Junction dredge have given increased confidence to holders of claims in the Buller River, and there are indications of rapid erection of new dredges following. The Mokoia dredge worked for only two days last week, and did not wash up. Ford's Creek reports 6ozs for 150 hours fche week ending April 20th The dredgemaster adds : — " Prospects Good." The Waipuna dredge has had the elevator lengthened to better clear the tailings, and is now being fitted up with Jones's novelty tables. She will not stait before the end of the week. During the flood the other day there were 3ft of water in the workmen's huts. It is a great pity that the New River (West Coast) claim is being worked by a dredge that is, in the first place, secondrate, and in the next, palpably incapable of doing the necessary work to insure good returns. That the claim is a good one there is 110 doubt. You have only to notice the returns which are being got by the present dredge and calculate what would be got by a dredge which is suitable to work the claim, to form au estimate of its value. Could the directors not see their way to have a suitable dredge placed ugon fcheir claim, aud have ifc thoroughly worked? lam sure that the outlay would, soon be liquidated by a substantial increase iv the yields.— N Z M and E Journal