MINING NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 6 October 1905, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

The clean-up from a. crushing cf 690 trn.3 at (Kirwan's Reward gave a return of 170oz5dwt retorted gold. The gold export from the coh-ny since January It totalled 395, 130oz*i, valued at L 1.592,208,. 592,208, an increase of L 47.700 compare 1 with the corresponding nine months last yea**. The Otago and S nlhlar.rl Gwld Mining Industrial Union of employers, in co - junct : on with those simmlarliv interested on the West Coast, Ins spnt t-> tho mines Committee a number of proposed amendments to the Mining act Amendment Bill. Regarding the area of dredging claims it< is stnted: —In shallow ground, or where the wa h is confined to one side of the river, tho a-ea allowed by tho«ct if far t. o srra'l Sus^est a stretch of three miles on oneside of tho rivr, but not moro tl an 100 acres, Por 200 acres in all. It is further recommenced that the hiaxs imum area of sluicing claims should bo' 200jacres and that b-:yr-r 8 of alluvial gold sheuld be icgistercd. ' The Kumara Times rcpoits-thab one ofbr Bell's geological sur\'ey partie*have discovered a god bear in? reef of cansiderdble thickness in the dit ection of the Wilberforce Reefs, and within a few miles of tho extreme end of the Seven Mile Track, Taipo.