GOLD MINING

Grey River Argus, 9 October 1934, Page 7

GOLD MINING

BIG rivee gold mines. The Secretary of the Bi’g River G.M. Coy., Mr T. 11. Lee, reports for week ending October 4th. as follows: No. 3 Crosscut. —Distance driven 7 feet; distance from South Drive 240 feet; distance from Shaft 437 feet. There is slate country now in the face. No. 4 North Drive. —311 feet from Shaft;, driving north and south on reef continued; total distance driven 27 feet; sfone still strong in both faces; gold freely seen. No. I.—Prospecting in this level continued; distance driven for the week. 9 feet Al a meeting at the week-end in Blackball of the Directors of the Argo Golf] Dredgi’ng Cov., che site for the dredge was fixed. The machinery ’»» on order, and construction will be ‘•arried on with every expedition. Yesterday’s quotations were:—Argo Gold Dredging —, fid; Worksop Extended, 2s Id, 2s 24d; Maori Gully, Is 04d, —; Nokomai, 2s 9d, 3s 9d; Addison’s Flat, —, 2s 6d; Alexander, —, 18s 6d; Alexander (14s paid), 15s, 15s 3d; Okarito, 8s 6d, 9s; Skippers, 64d. 7d; Stafford Sluicing, —, Is 2d; Waihi, 34s 7d, —; Waitahu, —, 4s 3d; Bell Hooper, 3d, 4d; Bell Kilgour, 2fd, 3-}d; Big River, Is fid, Is 8d; Blackwater, —, 33s 6d; Brian Boru, Is 4d, Is Consolidated, —, 18s lid; Deep Lead, Is 9d, Is lOld; Gillespie’s. Is B|.d, Is 9d; Glenroy, —, Is Id; Golden Point, —, 3d; Mataki, 2s sd, 2s 8d; Moonlight-Nelson Creek, 2|d, 2?d; Mossy Creek, Is 91d, 2s; Nevis Diesel, 4|d, 4fd; Goldfields Dredging, lOld, lid; King Solomon. —, 3s 9d; Lawson’s Flat, 21d, 3d; Maerewhenua, 4d, sd; Mahakipawa, 10?. d, lid; Mahakipawa (pref.), Is 3d, Is 4d. Barrytown Gold Dredging, Ltd., to work an area south of Canoe Creek, has been incorporated. It will he months before dredging activities begin.

MATAKI RETURN. AUCKLAND, October 8. The Mataki dredge return for the week ending 7th inst. was 390 z of gold for 134 hours’ work. GILLESPIE’S BEACH DREDGE. WEB EKA. October 8. Gillespie’s Beach dredge obtained a. return of 28ozs last week for 104 hours’ work.