MINING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 29, Issue 1522, 31 December 1898, Page 3

MINING.

DREDGING. Many of the dredges have shut down for the Christmas holidays. The secretary of the Manorburn Dredging Company, Manuberika River, Alexandra, reports a return of 82oz for four weeks endiug. Saturday. The company has s'opped'dredging for the Christmas holidays. - The Goldenj Beach Hydraulic Klevatine anri" Dredging' Company (Limited) obtained a (return of 48oz lSdwt 4gr gold, for 131 nours. Dredge shut down this week for holidays. r Tbc Jutland Flat Gold Dredging Company obtained 19oz 17dwt for 122 hours' dredging last week. The return from the Buller Dredge was 320z ldwt of gold for 132 hours, making 21407. for five weeks. Mr N. P. Hjorring. secretary of the.Nasebv Dredging Company, reports a return of 19nz 2dwt for the week. . v' The TuapeVa dredge obtained Boz and ihe Evans Flat dredge lfioz for last week's work. The Golden Beach Hydraulic washed up for *Boz lSdwt 4gr of gold for 131 hours' work. The Golden Terrace Dre'lging Company obtained a return of 84oz 9dwt 20gr for the week ended 24th mst. The dredge will resume work on January 4. The Upper Waipori Alluvial Gold Dredging Company (Limited) obtained Inst week | 19oz 7dwt of gold for 12(5 hours' dredging. | The wcretarv of the Deep Stream Amalgamated Hydraulic SluicingCompatiy (Limited) reports a return of 930z 8(1 wt 21pp-gn!d for December. The month was a short on<\ Ihe claim being shut down on the 24tli for the holidays, and much time was lost at the beginning of the month in moving the elevators. We omitted from 'he month'" summary of dredging returns in our la«t week's issue thai of the Naseby Company's dredgo. The returns for this dredge amounted t0650z 2d\vts lSgrs. The Empire dredge last obtained 2507. 1 tdwt 6gr of gold for 130 hours'actual dredging time The return from tho Golden Ran l'iiics was 31oz of gold foi ninedaSM'. cmling Decern bar 24. Golden, lldwt: Got<icn Treasure. 17oz. TbeOiago " expwJtod to' dtarf drtdgin^'