GOLD MINING

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1934, Page 3

GOLD MINING

Yesterday’s quotations 'were; Okarito ’ 7s lid, 8s 2d; Skippers 7d. ?.\d; Stafi lord Sluicing —, Is sd; Waihi 325, 33s 6d; Waitahu —, ss; Worksop Extended Is 7od, Is KHd; Argo Gold Dredging 3fd, 4Ad; ALaori Gully IODt, —; Golden iGully dpi., —; Golden Point 2,}d. 3d; Goldfields Dredging 1 R 2.'.d, Is 3.’d- -ICing Solomon 3s lid, 4s; Lawson’s Flat 4d, sd; Maere.whenua ti<l. 7d; Alahakipawa JH.d, HH<l; Mahakipawa pref. Is 14d, Is 3d; Moon-light-Nelson Creek 2d. 4LI; Mossy ( reek Is 4LI, Is (id; Nevis Diesel 4d, l.|d; Alexanden 17s, 18s 6d; Alexander (Lis dd paid) 14s. 15s ; Aotearoa 3d, it'd; Bell Hill Is (id, 2s (»d; Bell-KiL gour 4d. 4|d; Bell-Hooper sd, spl; Big River 9d, .10pl; Brian Boru - Is 3d. Is dpi; Deep Lead Is (id. 2s; Gillespie’s Beach Is 10(1, 2s Id; Glenroy .Is IpL Is 2d. The manager of the Waitahu Gold Mining Company reports 34ozs gd-wt of gold was won for five days’ o'°' vating. Boisterous weather was experienced during the last fortnight. Two chains of water race were washed away and. the break is being replaced by fluming. The rainfall is so steady that sluicing operations arebeing conducted temporarily with water from the Pakihi Flat. Okarito dredge in four weeks ending August 11 won 1290 z 16diwt foi 502 hours’ work, from 25.500 yards, equal to 51 per hour, the average value -of the ground at £4 pe'r oz being 4|d per yard. The contractor for the erec.tion of the Maori Gully dredge, reports that the pontoons are now being built. The first part, of the machinery has arrived from England by the Akaioa. and the Tekoa, due to arrive in Lvttelton to-dav, is conveying a number of the buckets, the gearing, pumps, mo-tors, plates, belts, etc. The remainder of the buckets and the top and bottom tumblers and cables are on the Fordsdale due by the middle of September, this shipment comp'eting the important material. The ladder is being manufactured locally. All the machinery will bo on the ground well up to time. WESTPORT, August 23. Addison’s Flat gold mining return for the fortnight ended August 18th was ldozs of gold for 36 shifts. The manager reports that he has been working on poorer ground, making a fresh cut up on to the load from the elevator, and that returns from now on should improve.