MINING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12533, 21 June 1901, Page 2

MINING.

WEST COAST tfOTES. [Feom Our . Cobrespondknt.] GREYMOUTH, June 20. Perry's Reward dredge is running smoothly, and a return is expected on Saturaayweek. At the annual meeting of toe tohellback Dredging Company, held last night, the xctiring directors and auditors "were -re-eiected. The company's dredge is -expected to .c?? 1 - imenco operations a/bout the'beginning or uN ovember. A party of Chinamen., working at t-Ke comer of the claim, are said to be getting good results with primitive appliances. A good return is expected from the Grey •Consolidated this week. This dredge kad a break down yesterday, but commenced work again to-day, 'Good progress is 'being made with the erection, of machinery on the lAorln Beach dredge, and a start 'will; *>e made in about six weeks time. , Tho Leviathan is running smoothly, and am improvement on last week's yield is expected. Greenstone Junction is still laid up, being The erection, of machinery on Orwell Creek dredge is 'being pushed or energetically. Grey Eiver and 'Ford's Creek are not working, on account of a iresh in She river. Erickson's/Reward and Ahaura. dredges are running smoothly. 'Both have a good face to work on. The wash toeing treated by the Maori Queen dredge ia still hard, and not much is being lifted; consequently, the yie.d cannot be much improvedment on last weeks return. The Mokoia dredge is on good wasn, and an increased yield is .expected. The coal >bore being put down by the H»ribour Board at Dobson was down yesterday 310 ft 6in. OTAGO NOTES. [Fhom Our Cohbesfon-dent.] DTJNBDIN, June 20. At a meeting of the "Waikaka Forks Dredging Co. held last night, after a long discussion, it was decided to voluntarily wind up the company. ' . Mr E. S. Paterson has been approached oy uho shareholders of the .Waikaka iForka Ccm.pany (which went into liquidation, last night) to issue a prospectus for a new company, with a small capital, to protect the interests, of the ehareholders in the Waikaka Forks Company. DT7NEDIN STOCK EXCHANGES. [Peb Press Association-.] DXTNEiDIN, June 20. Dunedin, Stock Exchange sales at premium —Pactolus 21s 6d and 225. 'Paid-up—Bendigo 24s 9d. Firist 'Chan.ce 32a, Fourteen-mile J3each 40s, Gold Queen 7s, Golden. Link Ms od, Golden River 5s 6d, 5s 7£d; and 5b 6d, Grey Eiver 225, Kelly and Casey 1 -225, Nelson Creek 65s 6d, Three-mile Greenstone 12s 3d, Dart ißiver 6s discount. . _ Otago" Exchange—Electric 48s 3d, Leviathan 26s 6d, Mokoia 18s 6d and; 18s 9d, Monte Christo 21s, River (Holyneux 21s 9d. •Exjaitablo Exchange sales at premium—-(Bui-ler Junction 7s. Paid-up—Electric Extended S2s <Jd, Molyaeux Koh-i-noor 3s 6d discount. CANTERBTTRY STOCK EXCHANGE. The following are yesterday's quotations of the iStock iExcmwige of Canterbury:—Sales— Leviatiharii 275. 'Bendigo, buyers 24a 6d pd; BuJlex Junction, buyers 5s p, sellers 9s 6d p; Eaxnscleugh No. 3, seUers pat; Electric, sellers 50s pd; Electric Extended, sellers 87s 6d pd; First Chance, sellers 35a pd; Ford's Creek, sellers a 123 6d pd; Golden Beach, buyers 21s 6d pd, sellers 23s pd; Greenstone Creek, sellers 20s pd; Grey Eiver, sellers 25s 6d pd; Grey River Exteridecl, sellers par; Hokitika Extended, sellers Is dia; Hokitika Junction, sellers 2s dis; Hokitika River, buyers, 17s 6d pd; Leviathan, sellers 27s €d pd; Marsden No. 1, oeilers 20s pd; Mokoia, sellers 203 pd; Nel-

son Creek, buyers 52s 6d -pdj New Alexandra, sellers 7s 6d pd; New River, buyers Ss 9d pd; er-ltera 10s pd; Factolus No. 2, sellers par; Pactohis No. 3, sellers par; Princo of Walej, sellers 2s 6d p; Red Jacks, buyers. 2is pdj sellers 24b 6d pd; Saltwater C*eek, sellers par; Second Magnetic, sellers 80s pd; Teriimakau, sailers 3d dis; Teviot, sellers 19s pd; TJnee-miie Greenstone, -sellers lis pd.