CENTRAL OTAGO NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12446, 1 September 1902, Page 6

CENTRAL OTAGO NOTES.

(From Oob Own Corsesponbekt.) MACRAES, August 30. The weather ha? been exceptionally fine for this time of the year, and a continuance o£ it will cause a shortage of water for mining purposes. Tho Bar Quartz Mining Company have just finished a crushing wliicli should be satisfactory to the shareholders (who are all local men). The crushing gave about lldwt to the ton, and as the reef is a large one aud the stone easy to get there should be a considerable profit after paying all expenses. Mr C. M'Gill, who owns the Maratana claim, has his battery nearly erectcd, and expects to get a start crushing in a week or two. The, Bonanza mine employs a number of men, and keeps steadily at work mining and milling. I'he Ounce Quartz Mining Company have been idle for some time, but I hear a start is likely to be made again. At Golden Point the mill is kept steadily running producing scheelite along with the gold. I am informed that some development work is going on at the mine. A new drive is an 100 ft to cut the reef at a lower level. Some, additions and alterations are also about to be n}ade.at the battery. Mr W, Donaldson has returned from the Old Country along with Mrs Donaldson, via America, and are at present staying at Golden Point. The second dredge that was put on Macraes Flat and proved a failure has been pulled down and shifted to Poolburn, where it is to be hoped she will meet with better success.