THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11879, 3 February 1902, Page 3

THE GOLDFIELDS.

v AUCKLAND SHABEM3KET. • : !The market was quiet on Satutvy. In investment lines fair demand exied without sales. In mining lines Tairua 1-oken Hills •were done at 3s. Talismans were ; held firmer at 21s. buyers offering 18 In other lines late prices ruled. ] "• THAMES DRAINAGE BCYRD. A meeting of the Thames Draiage Board was held in the office of the sectary (Mr. Nichol), on Saturday, to h<r appeals against assessments fixed for theurerat year at the previous meeting. Thei were only „ two appeals the Kuranu and Waio- ' tihi Gold Mining Companies—nd in both cases the assessments were sufiined.- It upas decided to hold the next mating °* the 'Board at the Thames. J BARRIER REEFS G. Jv CO. Shareholders in the Barrief Reefs Gold Mining Company will meet 6-day at the office of the legal manager (Mi H. Gilfillan, . jun.) in order to receive thereporb of the ' committee set up to considera scheme for the reconstruction of the company, The meeting is timed for eleven am. lIAURAKI MINES, liMITKD. In the Hauraki Mines, Limited, nine, at Coromandel, the winze has been »utk a 'further distance of 4ft, making the ioUl depth 36ft. At this depth a drive has been 'Xtended 10ft. No. 3 stope has been advaned 26ft, making the total extension 50ft froa starting point-. Eighteen pounds of ston showing strong blotches of gold have ben selected from the general ore. This wek No. 4 stope will be commenced. The trimters, Radford, and party, are rising on th» cross leader, and occasionally are seeing. (little gold. ' On December 21 they treatel two tons of, general ore and 231b of sleeted stone at the company's mill, realism; £19 ■is lid. J ..' _: ■ ;• THAMES SCHOOL OF MINES. [from our own correspondent;] Thames, Saturdy. The first term for the year commenjes at the Thames School of Mines*on Moiday. The vacancy caused by the' resignation of Mr. K. M. Barrance, as assistant lecurer, has been filled by the appointment c Mr. M. A. Hunter, B.Sc., late of the ?rince Albert College teaching staff. Mr. lunter will, no . doubt, be a valuable acquisition. He gained a senior scholarship in chenistry • from the Auckland University a yar or two ago, and later on he secured hoij in science. A new innovation in the fchool's . curriculum, in the form of an electricsl class, is to be started at once, the services? of Mr. E. G. : Wright, a recent arrival front England, having been secured to conflict the class. The new electrical plant recently ( ordered from Home will not be to hind until May next, but arrangements have been made for a temporary plant in order tha- no time may be lost in starting the class. MINING EXAMINATIONS. [BY TELEGEAPII. —OWN COIUtES/OXDENT.] Wathi, Saturday. The mine managers' and battery superin- • tendents examinations, which have been in progress at the Waihi School of Mines, were concluded yesterday afternoon. ' Mr. Jas. Jordan, clerk of the Court at Thames, who had been acting as supervisor, left for Thames this afternoon. SOUTHERN MINING. [BY " TELEGRAM!.— ASSOCIATION.] Vv; Greymoutii, Saturday. Dredging returns : : 11, 340z for 115 hours ; duller Junction, lloz for 70 hours ; Greenstone Three-mile, 60oz lOdwt for 404 hours ; Greenstone Junction, 51oz 12dwt for 130 hours ; Hokitika River, 12oz for 103 hours ; Leviathan, 270z sdwt for 118 hours ; North Beach, 270z for 130 hours; Pactolus, 590z (no time) : Premier, 20oz for 93 hours; Reeves' Proprietary, 16oz for 86 hours ; Red Jacks Dredge, 6oz 14dwt for 58 hours ; Gray River, 260z for 147 hours. ; ' Dunedin, Sunday. . ; Dredging returns: Perseverance No. 1, 620z 15dwt; Perseverance No. 2, 61oz 2dwt; Junction Electric No. 2, 430z 17dwt; Earriscleugh No*. •1, 330z sdwt '.: Waimumu Queen, 31oz 15dwt ; Mystery Flat, 30oz ; Alexandra, Eureka, 28oz ; _ Chicago, 240z ldwt ; Molyneaux Hydraulic, 220k 17dwt; Golden Beach, 20oz ; 'Ngapara No. 3, 18oz.