MINING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13935, 18 December 1905, Page 10

MINING.

WEST COAST NOTES. [FkOM Ocß CoBBESPONDENT.] GREYMO-UTH;, December 17. The' following dredging returns are reported •-—Paotolus- No. 1 85oz odwt for 135- hours, No. 2 Sloz 3dwt for 127 hours; Notown Creek 3102; Ricoves’ Proprietary No.- 1 270 z odwt; •Si-p-nell’s Notown 260 z; New Trafalgar 250 z; Reeves Proprietary No. 216 oz amalgam. Callaghan’s Creek has not washed' up. Slaokwater will wash up" on Monday. Shares in. this company were sold Joca.ly at 2is 6d. BiemeH’s Notown avoided the greater part pi worked material during, the week, and in doing so opened out on virgin ground with satisfactory results. -Garden Gul.y battery got a start yesterday. The directors will take, over the property on January 16. A large company is being formed to work the Wilberforoe reefs. New Scotia plant has -beenwithdrawn from sale, and negotiations for its purchase are now proceeding with a local company. [Peb Press Association.] WESTPORT. December 17. The Westport Coal Company’s output last week was 13,958 tons 18cwt. DREDGING RETURNS. [Per Pbess Association.] DUNEDIN, December 16. Dredging Returns: —Rise and Shine No. I. 270 z 3dwt, No. It. 250 z 13dwt, Upper Waipori 19oz 2dwt, Notown Creek 31oz, Punt' 250 z 15dwt, New Trafalgar 250 z, Bignell’s Notown 260 z, Rising Sun SOoz 3dwt, Enterprise No, 11. 9oz 13dwt. - . DUNEDIN, December, 17. _ Dredging Returns —Golden Bed -105 oz, Mai-

ka-ka United I. 40oz 2dwt, Rising l Sun 390 z 3dwt, Rise and Shine 270 z Hdwt, Punt 250 z IGd'wt, Rise and Shine 11. 250 z ISdwt, Lady Roxburgh 230 z, Chicago 21oz 3dwt 21gr,. Garden Gully 19oz IGdwt, Waikaka United 11. 19oz lldwt, Upper Waipori 19oz 2dwt, Ettxick 14oz 3dwt, Enterprise 11. Soz ISdwt 16gr. The secretary of tho A 1 Gold-dredging Company reporta a return of 17oz sdwt for 123 hours’ work. : Tho Reeves’ Proprietary Company reports a return from No. 1 dredge of 270 z Sdwt for 123 hours, and from No. 2 dredge of 16oz of amalgam for 80 hours.