MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14085, 12 June 1909, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

VOLUNTARILY WOUND UP.

TAIRUA COMPANIES.

THE AMALGAMATION SCHEME.

Meetings of shareholders in the Tairiu Triumph Gold Mining Company, the Tairufc Monarch, Limited, and the Tairua Conqueror, Limited, were held at Hobson Buildings yesterday morning, for the purpose of formally confirming resolutions, passed on May 26, requiring the three companies to be wound up voluntarily. This is in pursuance of the scheme of amalgamation decided upon at the previous meeting, the amalgamated company to be known as the Tairua Monarch Consolidated Company. Mr. John Kneebone occupied the chair, and six other shareholders were present. The resolutions were formally confirmed, and Mr. W. Gray was appointed liquidator in the case of the three companies, at a fee of seven guineas in each case. DISPOSAL OF MINING TAILINGS. MINERS AND FARMERS CONFER. [by telegraph.—own CORRESPONDENT.] Paeboa, Friday. ,A conference between members of the Ofvinernuri River Silting Association and the committee of the Miners' Union was held at llarangahake. The members of the Silting Association explained that they had waited on the Miners' Union so as to remove misapprehension as to the objects of the association. They had no hostility to the minel's, and did not wish to in any way i injure the mining industry- The trouble | caused by mining tailings in rivers had i been dealt with in other places, and they I considered it, could be dealt with here. They wanted the Government to get the best engineering talent to go into the matter, and propou'iid a scheme for saving the farmers' land from damage without hampering the mining l industry. The representatives of the Miners' JJnion stated that they would agree to help the farmers, so long as fVtey did not injure the mining. H the Sill ing Committee could formulate some scheme.' to deal fairly with both industries they v* ould be doing the right thing. The petition being circulated against the River Silting .Association would probably not be presented to Parliament if they were satisfied that fc.he Paeroa committee was really working .in the interest of the district. The representatives of both bodies agreed to communicate with the Minister for Mines, and ask him for a copy of M. r . Broakell'e report on the river. WAIHI BEACH. Mr. H. J. Lee, secretary of the Waihi Beach Gold Mining Company, has <r%oeire«l a telegram from the mine manager stating that the pump was lowered 16ft on Wednesday. MOUNTAIN RING. Mr. W. Gray, secretary of the Mountain King (iold Mining Company, has received the following telegram from the mino manager:—"Broke down north reef, 3ft 6in; strong colours gold." WATCHMAN. The manager of the Watchman mine, Thames, reports that after driving the crosscut 3ft through the re ef to intersect the hangingwall, another bo dy of ore was met with, and penetrated 6ft; but tat present the manager is not able ito say whether it is the parallel reef or not. A sample of ore taken 12ft from the htmgingwaH of the winze gave a very good assay, and another, from the wall of the wr.nze, a good one. The manager says he intends to continue this face until all the quartz has been. passed, whether it be the parallel reef or not. At present he has driven 12ft through the quartz.

TALISMAN. The superintendent of the Tfdisraan mine (Mr. H. Stansfield) has sent ft he following cable to London:—"No. 12 level: South progress, 39ft; width of reef, 4'ft; values low. ' FOUR-IN-HAND. [bv TELEGRAPH.—OWN correspondent.] Coromandel, Friday. Mr. Thomas Radford, the newly-apviaint-ed mine manager for the Four-in-Hand • Gold Mining Company, arrived in ObromAndel this afternoon. Operations will be Commenced at tho mine on a larger scale i a»mediately. APPEAL CASE SETTLED. [BY telegraph.—own- correspondent.] Coromandel, Friday. The appeal case, Hauraki Freehold*, Limited, and another (Mr. A. E. Skelton) ▼. Wm. Anderson (Mr. Burgess), set down for hearing before District Judge Kettle at Coromandel on the 15th inst., has been settled, and the, appeal withdrawn. The case was commenced in April, 1905, by Mr. Wm. Anderson, who sued the Hauraki Freeholds Company for £100 as reward for putting the company's manager on to gold, under an agreement alleged to have been made in September, 1903. This case was withdrawn, but was brought on again in the Warden's Court, Coromandel, in " August, 1908. Judgment was given by the Warden, Mr. F. J. Burgess, S.M., in March, 1909, for plaintiff for £100, with costs, and an appeal was lodged at the District Court. * This appeal has now been withdrawn, and Mr. Anderson has received £120 in settlement. THAMES WARDENS COURT. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thames, Friday. The Thames Warden's Court sat to-day, when the following miscellaneous applications were dealt with:—Golden Belt Gold Mining Company, six months' protection ; for the Golden Belt Extended and Taparahi special claims, granted for three months; W. M. B. Mowbray, for six months' protection for tho Whangamata special claim, granted; Champion Mines, Limited, six months' protection for the Champion, Champion West, and Day Dawn special claims and water-race site, granted; Neavesville, Limited, six months' protection for the Neavesville and Neavesville Extended special claims, granted for two months for the Neavesville and three months recommended! to the Minister for the Extended; Mount Zeehan Gold Mining Company, reduction for the Mount Zeehan special claim to five men for six months, granted five men for five months; Halcyon Gold Mining Company, reduction for the New Halcyon special claim to three men for six months, granted for four men for six months; Southern. Queen Gold Mining Company, reduction for the May Queen South special claim to four men for six months, granted; May Queen Gold Mining Company, six months protection for the old Cardigan special claim and reduction for the Queen of Beauty special claim to 12 men for six months, granted; May Queen Gold Mining Company, surrender of tho southern portion of the Vanguard special claim, consisting of 50 acre*, accepted; Paul Bock, mineral license for fuller's earth for tlie old New Chum claim, Tararu, granted for 42 years; W. Goodgcr, license for the Gem of the Boom special claim of 70 acres, at Tairua, recommended. OTAGO DREDGING RETURNS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dttnedin, Friday. The following dredging returns are' reported:—Mystery Flat, 370z ldwt; Masterton. 320z sdwt; Lady Roxburgh, 2Sojs lOdwt; Waikaia. 260< 16dwt; Now Roxburgh Jubilee, looz 6dwt; Chicago, lboz 2dwt; South Waikaia, lOoa 9dwt. NOTES. The manager of the Waihi Beach mint, reports that he lowered the pump 16ft co, Wednesday. The manager of the Hauraki Freeholds wired yesterday that ho had obtained IQlb; of picked stone from the No. 2 reef. ,'