A NEW INDUSTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11059, 10 May 1899, Page 4

A NEW INDUSTRY.

QUICKSILVER AT THAMES. % The cinnabar (quicksilver) ore exhibited ' 1 in Iho window of Messrs. Beale and Co., # Queen-street, yesterday, attracted a deal of •£: attention. Some of it is very rich, being %- worth, it is said, £50 pei ton. Samples are &- shown from the outcrop, .vhieh present a IS' weathered or oxidised appearance, while fp. that from underground, some 40ft, looks |/J softer, hut is equally rich. From our ad- I vertising columns it will be seen that a com- iff. party is being formed to work the cinnabar ■ deposits, called tho Thames Quicksilver 4j''Mines (Limited), the first directors of which Sjj' are Mr. Win. Gorrie, Mr. Robert Fenwick, Mr. Graves Aiekiti, and Mi. R. R. Hunt. Tho capital is £6000, in 120,000 shares of £1 each. One-third goes to the discoverort of the miue in paid-up shares, and the bal- ;% ance of the shares are now offered to the M public. A small sum in cash lias also to be ./'• paid to tho vendors. Tho property con- 3E sists of 94 acres, held under a mineral lease from tho Crown at 2s fid per acre, merging -J} into one per cent, royalty on the value of S the ore at the pit's mouth. The capital will igS be employed to further prospect the pro- Sf perty and erect the necessary kiln for -Jjv vapourising tho mercury and condensing it iD a thin sheet-iron condenser, with water trickling over tho outside of it. New Zealand ,~i£has the advantage of having plenty of water, . unlike Mexico, where water has often to he coined on mules' hacks to the condenser, ■•?£ and considering the facilities existing in New Zealand, the new company should be alilo to "j----save a ugh percentage from the ore. Three $ favourable reports are attached to the pros- | pectus by Mr. Alexander McKay, Government Geologist, Mr. Rundall, an cxnert. in ? mercury from Mexico, and .Mr. Daw, general? manager of tho New Zealand Crown Mines,' who alt consider the property well worth J; prospecting. The markets for quicksilver' will be New Zealand and Australia, and also ' China, which absorbs 15,000 flasks per. annum. Quicksilver is largely a mononoly -J held by the Rothschilds, ,who own the" Atmaden mine in Spain, which has a history §> of over 2300 years. It is said that one- % per cent, of emnabai will pay the working# expenses, and as a report from the Thames " School of Mines shows that specimens of this ore selected by the director, Mr.' l'\ B. # Allen, ran from 0.3 to 27.5 per cent, of '>e cinnabar, it appears that there is a good future before the Thames quicksilver mines. 'A-

The following is a list of Mr. W. 1. Robin- ■ sons pupils who have passed the engineering"? examination held this month by the New S Zealand Government H Tattler ft" l ® winding certificate, traction and locomotive,' and a river certificate; E. J. Cleary, marine fg driver certificate; M. Lanigan, third-class engineer certificate; Albert Jarrett, locomotive'"A and traction certificate; J. Collins, marineJS driver certificate; Claude Brook, third-class ; S engineer certificate: Malcolm Connor, third*® c ass engineer certificate; Harry Davies, third-$ class certificate. g;-;

On Monday evening next Mr. K. French willl deliver an address on "The Linuor TrafflO

„ TA® 3 Var . Eslib ii ion Company will give an exhibition 111 the Ponsonby Hall to-night, and m the c 0 !!! ) ? rt - Public Hall to-morrow night, bcine splendid views will be shown. .? A drama and concert will he given in St Bonaventura s Hall, Parnell, on Friday even*: ing by t-lie pupils of the Sisters 01 Mercy. The Rev. D. O'Donnell, of Melbourne, will c C^ aU A C n revival services at the Central Mission. Alfajrt-street, nox» week. Mr. O'Donnell is announced to conduct a half-night of prayer; m tho Mission Hall to-night. ■% The anniversary festival of St. John's We* leyan Clurch, Ponsonby, will be held this 1 evening. The soiree toSes place at half-pstf; six o clo,k m the schoolroom, ami a sacred: concert in tho church at half-past seven ! o clock. I 1 ■ fi.-'j

, Smith and Caughey's stock of gent.'s haU-Sr is large, varied, and up-to-date, including W'irfi tistic shapes, easy fitting, and exoollent valutnsjf wear giarantecd. Inspection invited. , Winter is here. Second large shipment of £il blankets now opened. Sco grand display i® rjir our window,—'Tonson Garlick Compaq §•••;• (Limited,. ; , ,j*jpS ■I ; ' ' 111