MINING NEWS
YIELDS OF COMPANIES Mataki Dredging (Murchison). —For week ended. Juno 5, a total of 31oz. from 9000 yards in 132 hours. Himu (West Coast). —220.40z. from 43.994 yards. Clutlia River (Otago).—Week ended June 3, a total of 1250z. for 113 hours. NEWTON FLAT SLUICING The annual meeting of shareholders of the Newton Flat Gold Sluicing Company, Limited. Was held in Auckland, when the directors' report and balancesheet were adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected. The report showed that the work of bringing the mine into production was nearing completion, nnd ft is estimated that the wash will be going over tho tables' in four or five weeks' timo. There is a sufficient water supply all the year to handle from 7U to 100 cubic yards an hour at an estimated cost of under 3d a cubio Tho company's property* consists of 30 neres of river flat on the. Buller, .about 12 miles from Murchison, and has never before been mined.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23058, 8 June 1938, Page 9
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