MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13454, 3 June 1907, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

WAIOTAHI. '" £19,122 FROM 1320 TONS ORE AND '' 6461u PICKED STONE, % ) ■. _____ I TOTAL TO DATE/ £584,969. „ During the month of May the .Waiotahi - Gold Mining Company crushed and treated 1320 tons of ore and scwt 861b of picked stone for a vield of 72050z 17d-wt of melted gold, valued" at £19,122 ,4s. The total out- '■:. put from the mine to date is £584,969 7s ', 2d, as shown in the following table of de--7 tails: — - ■';■:■ .• ' •To December, 1904 ... .. ...£193.079 6 8 In 1905 .... 73,518 9 1 In 19C6 ... ... ... 223,673 4 3 ' " £490,676 0.0 Period ending: — January, 1907,. 1463 tons .ore/ i oewt 721b picked stone ... 18,153 9 0 February, 1907, 1546 tons ore, " , 6cwt 1061b picked scons ... 18,883 14 1 March, - 1507, 1424 tons . ore, '. 7cwt 421b picked stone ... 18,356 1111 c April, 1907, 1407 tons ore, 7cwt ' 71U> nicked stone ... ... 19,272 8 2 f May, 1907. 1320 tons ore, scwt 861b picked stone ...... 19,122 4 0 Total to date ... • ... £584,969 7 2 Total dividends, etc., paid ... £334,800 0 . 0 I A meeting of directors will be held this " morning to declare another dividend. J . ' MOUNT ZEEHAN. e The directors of the Mount Zeehan Gold y Mining Company have just received a tele- -- gram . from Mr. Burgoyne Owen to the r effect that the track from the mine down 1 to the Coromandel Read has been com--0 pleted, and that Mr. Cartwright, late man- . a-ger of the Talisman mine, has been placed j, in charge of the property. Active develops menfc work is being proceeded with. The 1 directors report that the present level on f No. 2 reef ,is to be continued and crosscuts j j put in east and west to intersect the several s other reefs in the vicinity. A lower level a is also to be put in on No. 2 reef, under - where very encouraging values have been 3 obtained in the past. . ;. > MAY QUEEN. • [BY TELEGRAPH.— OWN CORRESPONDENT.] !* Thames, Saturday. , The St. Hippo crosscut at the May f Queen mine has been extended through s the main slide, and is now penetrating - the country in the footwall, which is of a favourable description, interlaced with mineral seams. A parcel of seven loads of the rubbly quartz from the slide is now being treated at, the battery to ascertain ; its . value. Stoping .operations on the No. J 4 lode at both levels are in. progress, and producing the usual steady supply of ore _ in which a little gold is seen,- and on . winch the battery is' kept employed one shift per day.' NEW DART. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ■■}'■';"•... .; Thames, Saturday. In the New Dart, mine the principal work in hand at present is the erection of buildings and machinery at the surface of the shaft. The work is now well forward and should be completed in about another , •week. . As: soon, as the winding engine is ready it is intended to commence to clear out the water from the. shaft down to the bottom, so as to give access to the lower : levels of the mine, and enable the shaft "> being sunk, to a greater depth. - j ■;> ■' NEW SAXON. ' "■ - ' [by telegraph.— correspondent.] j . • Thames, Saturday. ' nt T t stoping operations on No. 2 reef ] at No 4 level ■ are ■ in, progress with' no material change. ; The pre broken shows ', coWof-old, a-a ? little picked stoSs selected occassionally. The 1 parcel nf ore beingtreated ; at -the battery fro n P these workings is nearly completed, and cleanmg up will take place early in next week, i WESTPORT COAL COMPANY. ] [BY , TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ] _ Westport, Saturday. * •' The Westport Coal Company's output for the week was 9660 tons 17cwt. 1