MINING JOTTINGS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2230, 14 October 1898, Page 5

MINING JOTTINGS.

The Golden Terrace Dredging Co's return for the week ending Friday last was 320z ljdwt of retorted gold. The Shr.toier Q. M. Co's mine manager reports tor the week ending 3rd instant that total length of the machine level is 537 ft. He started cross cutting west at 534 ft, hut found solid conutry rock clo»e behind the hanging wall, which had made strong during this week. Fifteen feet of bad ground had also been timl>ered during the week. The 8.8. Invercargill which arrived at the Bluff on Sunday from Preservation Inlet brought 2200z 12dwts «f gold valued at £928 the proceeds of 432 tons of stone put through the battery for 30 days. The total yield of the mine is 10,9120z valued at £44,246. Fifty men are employed. The last cake was somewhat has than pievious one owing to poor stone encountered in dead wink that bad to he uudertakeu.—A clean up of the Golden Site resulted in 7oz about 35 per cent of the gold being coarse, some pieces weighing half a pennyweight. This was from about 130 tons, but the greater part was practically barren, while there was a large quantity of mullock from which it was impossible to separate the payable stone. The number of men employed in the mine is 25, and it is estimated tint with anything like a body of stone five pennyweights per ton would be payable.

A case which excited considerable interest came before Mr Warden M'Carthy at Cromwell last week, when the tributers in the Cromwell mine (William Pengelly and others) sued the Cromwell Proprietory G. M. Co. to recover certain moneys alleged to he owing them as tributers in the Cromwell mine, at Bendigo, where they had been working on tribute since April last under agreement with Mr Evans, representing the liquidators of the Cromwell G. M. Co. (an English concern.) The mine was afterwards sold to a new company (the Cromwell Proprietary Co.), and their attorney (U S. Reeves) weut to Cromwell, took possession of the mine, and claimed to withoid as tribute 60%, instead ot 31 £% of all gold won ; also demanding £s9ocas'i, alleged to have been overpaid to the tributers. The Warden, who said he would deliver a written judgment next court day, upheld the tributers' view of the agreement and ordered defendants to pay £I7OO to the credit of the Warden within a week and gave costs on the Supreme Court scale.

The directors of the Clen Dhu Coal Com pany, Ltd. have accepted a tender for completion of their tram line from the mine to the railway ; and work has been started at their sawmill, which is to cut all the timber necessary for the tramline, buildings, etc. The line will be completed the full length in shout three months; hut coal will be supplied to the dredges in five or six weeks—an order for SUO tous having alrealy been received, and another ord«r for 1000 tons is pending. Mr J. B. Lindsay, C.M.M., has beeu employed opeuing up the mine, and his work ha« brought to light coal of a quality exceeding the most sanguine hopes of the directors. Shareholders are requested to help the directors by paying calls with as little delay as possible. Siiai(holders iu the Arrow Fiat Hydraulic (j.M. Co. are reminded ihut the sixth call of Is per share is payable at the office, liivercargill, on Thursday next. The company are bringing iu an extensive water race—over 30 men bung engaged—and it is necessary at thia initiatory and important stage, that funds should he furthcoming. It is estimated that little more than half the nominal capital will he required because when ever the race is in (about Christinas), hydraulic operations will bo commenced ou the claim. Prompt payments will not only facdiiate the carrying out of the undertaking, but will also prevent other steps being taken for recovery of calls. The Wyudham ' Farmer':—We learn that a prospecting party, headed by Mr John Macalister, sen , has set out from Invercarciil lor the Lukes district, commissioned to cx..iiiiue and report on a find of ash stus that has been made i>n a range, situ..led between Arrowtown an ; Ciornwell, The party it ft luvercartiil last Wednesday, aud now that the winter weather is fairly well past, and the snow «ill chortiy to melt, operatious shoul I soon he in swing without hm. Irauce from unsuitable meteorological conditions.

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