MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14912, 10 February 1912, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

NEW SYLVIA.

: RETURN ..OF £1395. Tun following message was received from tho manager of the New Sylvia mine, Thames, yesterday:—"Treated 847. tons of ore for a return valued at £1395, .

MOUNT: WELCOME.

• RETURN OF £270. Tho manager of ; the Mount Welcome mine, Coromandol, telegraphed yesterday as follows :— Crushed . four, tons of general ore and 1751b of picked stone for 03ojt of retorted gold, of an approximate value of £270."

OLD HAURAKI.

FIFTEEN POUNDS OF PICKED ' ; , ■■■:•■.r-\ STONE. A telegram was received yesterday from the manager of the Old Hauraki mine, Coromandel, as Follows :—" Secured' l§lb. of picked stone from the seaward face at the 500 ft level." , •'.:'

THAMES DRAINAGE BOARD.

ASSESSMENTS SUSTAINED. NO APPEALS TO;•• THE WARDEN. A special meeting of the Thames Drainage Board, for the purpose of dealing with appeals against' the annual assessments, was held yesterday morning. There Were present i Hon. E. Mitchelson (chairman), Messrs. 0. Hudson, Graves - Aiekin, J. Kneebope; A; ; Brown; H. H. Adams, and H. Gilfillan. ' v'' ''"■•£'. ■:&■'■ , A letter was received from the Saxon Gold Mini Company, ' appealing against the assessment of that compaxiy'e property, on the ground of it being excessive; Mr. J. B. Sheath (secretary of the Saxon Co.), who. was present, stated that he had been instructed to withdraw the objection in the event : .of no others being received. . ■ , ;'." | Mr. Hudson-said the appeal had been lodged only as a precautionary step. A similar formal' appeal was received from the Victoria Company, but the secretary "of the company (Mr. J. J. Macky) said it would be withdrawn if there were no other appeals. The Chairman said that this was the first time in the history of the Board that there had been no appeals .to go to : the Warden. On his motion a vote of .thanks was passed to. the, Assessment Committee. The assessments were, therefore, fixed as follow:— Victoria, £600 7a Id; Km-anui-Caledonian, £511 10s' 2d; Kuranui, £5222 13s 9d ; May Queen, £1478 14s 8d : Moanataiari, £893 10s 4d • Saxon, £1000 5s 83 j-Waiotahi. £536 6s 2d ; Deep Leads, £347 14s ; 6d; She, £18 12s; West Coast claim, 53 2d. • '~'.. ' The; tender •of Messrs. J. J. Craig and Co., for the supply of coal, was accepted. There was an average advance of Is a ton on last year's prices. The tender of Mr. Rickert, for carting, was also.--., accepted..' ", • .'« -V," ' ■ In reply to a question as to whether the water in "the Waiotahi shaft had been reduced by the . deep-level crosscut, Mr. Hudson said that bo far. there had been no change, 1 Tho Waiotahi Co. 'was waiting for the water to go down, in order to start sinking. Mr. Adams said there would probably be trouble if all the water were cut off'at once.; There mast be a great deal of water pent up in the northern end of the field.

:;,..-,.,.' WAIHI • EXTENDED. «,. :■■ During .last"; week 'the'' south -east •• crosscut was advanced to 120 ft from the shaft in very favourable country. A winze has been put in hand on the south-east lode. This has been sunk to 23ft below No. 5 level. *' The reef here has an improved appearance, and is apparently or good width, neither wall being shown m the winze.

DREDGING RETURNS. [at mnaoßA*H.-Hrßisss AflsociATiow.] ; - ." V;'' ,-- : ; : ; DtrKßnix, : Friday.:;", The following dredging returns are to hand :--Koputai, 40oz Idwt; Masterton, 306z 6dwt; Karaunui, 270z ldwt; Waikaia, 19oz 9dwt; Hartley and Riley, 18oz; Mystery Flat, 6oz 16dwt; Success (West Coast), 14pa Bdwt. COROMANDEL WARDEN'S COURT.' [BY TEtECKAPH.—OWJ» COBBESPONDENT.] y Cobomaitdei, Friday. A sitting of the Warden's Court was held yesterday before Mr. F. J. Burgess, (warden) when the following applications were granted :—Mountain King Gold Mining Co., permission to work the Mountain King special claim, Kuaotunu, with 14 men for six months; New Waitaia Gold Mines, permission to work the Waitaia" special, claim, Kuaotunu, with ( 12 men for six months; Hands worth United Gold Mining Co., permission to work the Handsworth ' special claim, Kuaotunu, with six men for eix months; New Four in Hand Gold Mining Co., protection for three months for the Four in Hand special claim, Waikoromiko; Executors of the late Jas. Langford, six months' protertian* for. the Golden Bay special sea beach claim on the foreshore at Coromandel. ..-■.- ..-■--.... . . .

■■■■■'■ '«<:-' NOTES.' ■ ;' : v ' : \ •'■ ' In tho Zeehan Consolidated mine the reef is ?ft wide. and very bard, with quartz stringers still in hangiingwall. Nicelooking sulphide ore is plentiful in the reef. A few fine colours of gold were seen this week in the Quaptz which is being caved.