MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14019, 26 March 1909, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

1 - .- ..:--'■. 1 NEW WAITEKAURI GOLD RETURN. , The manager of the New Waitekauri J mine has wired to the secretary of the company that ho hats lodged with tho Bank of . New Zealand 60oz 9dwt of 'melted gold. ; i I NEW SOUTH WALES GOLD YIELD. > Tho usual return furnished by the New 3 South Wales Under-Secretary for Mines shows that tho gold yield recorded for that i State for tho month of February was 28,2220z crude, equal to 23,8670z fine, valued - at £101,381, as compared with' "' 15,9790z crude, equal to 13,5000z fine, valued at '' £57,342, for the same month in 1908. The yield for tho two months of this year is . 48,1070z crude, equal to 40,6060z fine, valued at £172,483, as', compared with 45,3400z crude, equal to 39,5330z fine, valued at ' £167,925 for the corresponding period in r 11908, thus showing an increase of 10730z i fine, and £4558 in value. > ■ ■■ '" "■ , '. ..I " n" ; NOTES. * j Silver City Blocks is the name of a new mining company,' to be started at Broken 1 Hill (N.S.W.), to work leases near the } South Blocks property; ; According to the manager of-the Waihi Extended mine tho south-east crosscut has' been extended 124 ft. He says the country still continues to carry small veins of quartz ; at intervals. . ; ■ i. ' -'; ' / . The manager of Dixon's Consolidated mine reports that another body of goodlooking quartz, some of it carrying very favourable minerals, has been cut through. Ho says it is tha best-looking lode yet cut in the crosscut. ■ • ? _____ .-" y According to the Australian Mining Stans dard a rich gold find ha* been made at. Mudgee (N-8.W.) by Messrs. Longmore and '• party, who have been prospective a reef on I th Hill End Road. : About £1000 worth was taken out in four tours. :\i'"'"', '/ ''- ';:.-"' -.\ •'■ -■ '"■' ■ . ; '"'' ' f "-l : ' "'