MINING.
NOTES PROM UESVTOS. (I'ROM OUH OWH OOBKESPOKOBNT.)
HußrroN, May 1. United Alplno.-The half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held at Lyetl yesterday, when the old directory .was re-elected. The exact figures for the last crushing are not yet known, but the average yield per ton is given at nearly lldwt, the number of tons crushed being about 450
Supreme.—lt is BaM that over 1001b of quicksilver was lost during the crushing, and traces of it are to bo found in the tailings. Strangely enough, Die proportion of skimmings collected dtirir.g tlio erusliiug was contldero:! fairly gcod j yet wuen the boxes were opened they contained scarcely anything, while the plates were quite bars In the nvaiitiine the bhares have been seriously affected, and ci-.lls will have to bo made to meet pressing liabilities.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8794, 2 May 1890, Page 2
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133MINING. Otago Daily Times, Issue 8794, 2 May 1890, Page 2
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