MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16310, 17 August 1916, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

WAIHI GRAND JUNCTION. £16,504 FROM 10,080 TONS. TOTAL TO DATE, £1,349,162. For the period ended August 5, th< Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company crushed and treated 10,080 tons of ore foi a return of bullion valued at £16,50! 4s lOd. Compared with the figures foi ino^ rreSP ° ndins period la£t J" ear ' wher 10 200 tons of ore were treated for i yield of £16,133 6 Id, the present returr shows an increase of £370 18s 9d. The total amount of bullion won froir the mine to date is £1,349,162 3s 9d aj shown in the following table To I*9oß of 1907 * 89,626 14* ft 1910. b3.313 tons ::: " is'lg £ i T n Httf 105 - 956 *»■ •• 150 755 10 In 1912. 41.712 tons .. - «•» 8 { In 1914. 115.710 tons . ::: 227 600 3 In 1915. 125.800 tons ... ;;; ggjj PeS endW- £1 ' 226 ' 566 6 = Feb -v I9 V» 1916. 15.910 tons ... 24 024 3 I March 18. 1916. 10.110 tons ... 16 5"0 16 ' April 15. 1916, 10.300 tons ... 16066 8 1 May 13 1916. 10.010 tons ... 16$0 6 June 10. 1916. 10.020 tons ... 17 136 10 - July 8, 1916. 10.200 tons 16303 IS August 5. 1916. 10.080 tons ... ieisM 41( tT 0 ! 3 "]- -J J" ■ £1.349.162 3 ! lotal dividends paid to date. £180.000. A cablegram sent to the London offic< of the company yesterday stated that sink ing had been resumed in No. 1 mair shaft. RISING SUN. The manager of the Rising Sun mine, Uwharoa reports that stopin? has been continued in No. 2 olock, on No. 1 reef 1110 reef is maintaining its size, is about i w , lde ;, and continues to produce on of a highly payable value. The leadinstope north of the rise lias been beater along to a distance of 50ft. The dirt broken from this *t 0 has been of good value, the width of the reef being about lilt, it is proposed to continue this stop* to a distance of 100 ft, and to have the necessary timbers and passes placed in position by the time this work is carried out, The drive north on No. 2 reef wa= advanced from 32ft to 28ft. The count™ rock is still of a hard description, and the reef ,s m the form of small leaders, inter mixed with mullock. WAIHI WARDENS COURT. [BY TKLFTiRAfH.— OWN" COKRKSPOVDE.VT.] .. .. „. , WAIHI. Wednesday. m r , T Uaifle Court on Tuesday, I ?, Ir - '• •'• Burgess, warden, presiding, the Great Northern Waihi Gold Mining Ownpany applied tor permission to surrender the Totara and Totara Extended quart! claims and to amalgamate the Totara special quartz claim. The application was granted.