MINING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11925, 25 December 1900, Page 6

MINING.

Tho Post Office Creek (Wstipori) Gold Mining Syndicate report a return of 28oz for three weeks' sluicing. Prospects improving. The Secretary of the Ford's Creek Gold Dredging' Company informs us that he has received advice from the dredgemastcr that he has shut down for the holidays, and did not wash up last week on account of the gold-sav-ing appliances not being completed. The Dredgemaster of the Leviathan Gold Dredging Company (Limited) wires :—" Washed up for SO hours, 430z 7dwt amalgam." Stopped several times during the week on account of breakages to elevator rollers. The Dob3on No. 2 dredge was not dredging at all last week. Mr W. H. Quick, of Melbourne, reports the following returns from Victorian dredging companies:—Junction Dredging Company, Porepunkah, 80oz smelted gold for 14 days' work; Ovens River Gold Dredging Company, 84oz smelted gold for 13 days' work. The Post Office Creek (Waipori) Gold Mining Syndicate obtained a return of 28oz.for three weeks' sluicing. The prospects are improvin|y the s.s. Rimu, from Preservation Inlet, ills Alpha mine sent up 51oz, and tiie Morning Star 4Coz.—Southland Times. The Grey River Argus says:—" The prospecting of the Brandy Jack's claim is finished. The result is not made public, but all work in that part of the district has been suspended." The Secretary of the Lady Charlton Gold Dredcing Company reports that the tender of Messrs Cunvood and Walker for the erection of machinery hat) been accepted.—Mataura En"Since starling about the beginning of September the Grey River dredge has yon gold to the value of over £2100. The company has paid off a debt of £600, and the directors have now declared a. dividend. REPORTS FROM WORKING DREDGES. Tho Upper Waipori Alluvial Gold Dredging Company (Limited) obtained last week 320z 19dwt of gold for 137 hours' dredging. The Jutland Flat (Waipori) Gold Mining Company (Limited) obtained last week 17oz 2dwt of gold for 141 hours' wages time, 127 hours' actual dredging. The Empire Company's gold return last week was lloz lOdwt 22gr, valued at £150 19s. The dredges are now closed for the holidays for 10 days! The Secretary of the Tuapeka Dredging Company reports a return of 23oss 4dwt for the week

ended Saturday last. The Secretary of the Evans Flat Dredging Company reports a return of lloz Cdwt for the week ended Saturday, 22nd inst.

THE WEEK'S DREDGING RETURNS. During the week ended Monday, December 24, returns were reported from the following 36 dredges, the total yield being 9300z 7dwt Bgr, or an average of 250z per dredge: — Oz dwt gr Earnscleugh No. 2, Alexandra (90 hours) . v .. 78 16 0 Hartley and Riley, Ci-omwe!l (5 days) 58 0 0 Alexandra Eureka, Alexandra ..57 0 0 Golden Gate, Miller's Flat (G days) 54 0 0 Golden Beach, Alexandra (12.5 . hours) 53 33 7 Magnetic, Cromwell (3 days) .. ..50 0 0 Gold Queen, Dumbarton Bock (102 hours) 47 IB 0 Empire, Waipori '2 dredges) .. 41 10 22 Molvneux HydTanlic, Alexandra (5 days) 'W 17 21 Matau, Clyde -10 0 0 Upper Waipori, Waipori (1.17 hours) 32 19 0 ■ Charlton Creel;, near Gore (5 dayft) 30 0 0 Golden Treasure. Miller's Flat ..20 6 0 j Tuapeka. Tuapekn. Flat .... 23 4 0 I Central Mataura, Mataura (9fi hours) 22 5 0 ! New Alexandra, Alexandra (100 i hours) ■:■: .. 20 15 0 j Waimumu Queen, near Gore (123 i hours) 19 0 0 i Wsiimumu Central, near Gore (12fi i hours) IS 12 0 I Nevis, Nevis River (116 hours) .. 18 10 0 I Clyde, Alexandra 18 10 0 ! Eiirnsclensh No. 1, Alexandra .. 17 14 0 Jutland Flat, Wa-inori (127 hours).. 17 2 0 Morning Star, Mar.uhcrikia (130 • hours) .. .. IB 0 0 ! Chatto Creek. Manuherikia .. .. 15 15 0 ; Junction Electric, Cromwell (■! days) 14 II 0 Mamiherikia, Alexandra 14 3 0 Lawrence, Tuapeka Flat 13 7 0 Chicago, Alexandra (130 hours) .. 11 13 0 Wnimumu Extended, near Gore (127 hours) 11 7 0 Evans Flat. Tuapeka 11 G 0 Paul's Beach, Beaumont 10 14 0 Inch Valley, near Palmerston .. .. 9 5 0 Richards's" Beach, Cromwell (48 hours) .. 6 15 6 Unity, Clyde 5 0 0 Vincent, Clyde (125 hours) .... 4 0 0 Total 030 7 8