MIXING SUMMARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13889, 29 April 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)

MIXING SUMMARY

The pssfc four weeks have not witnessed any improvement ill 'milling generally, and a,3 far as (hedging 'is concerned matters lmve boon practically at a standstill. A heavy flood, the heaviest for Somo tame, occurred in the Molyimux 'River about two weeks ago, aiid in tho cases of some companies the results were, disastrous. The New Alpine Consols Company's dredge broko away from her moorings, and was carried for ai -coiiiderable distance down tlio rivor and smashed up. All that Was secured of lier w.is a portion oi one of, tho pontoons, which was recovered up against the Cij'de bridge, n good number of milos below the point from which sho broke away. Other dredges eufTore;l less datnage. The liver now gives some indication of falling to' iv leVel which will permit of advantageous all-round . dredging, lint it lias yet to drop some 6ft tafore tho gorge dredges can commence work. The hydraulic, sluicing, and quartz mining returns reported for tho past month a-re as follow.—Nokomai Hydraulic, 508oz 19dwt; Island Block, !7oz for 11 days; Criffel Lead, 15oz for one week; Barewocd (quartz milling), 201oz lldwt for the month. The half-yearly cloan-up at tho Blue Spur Consolidated mine, was finislied- oil April 6, tho return being 7330z, or 100oz less t-hah !or tie cerrtsponding period of last year.* Only broken time has been worked since Christmas owing to tlio unprecedented drought prevailing in the watershed from which tlio company draws its sluicing supply. The cleaii-up has, thorugh tho same caiise, ' beat delayed over a- 111011 th beyond its due date— namely, the end -of February. This lias never before happened in the history of Iho mine. ,

An telegTaiu states that during March tile Talisiilnn' Consolidated Company emptied 3810 toiis of ore for bullion .valued at £11,590. 11l March the New Zealand Crowii mines crushed 1843 tons of Me for bullion valued at £471)2. The total won from tho mino to date is £G7G,137. IJuring March Wa-lhi C.;>ld Milling Coinpaiiy 'crushed. 27.073 tons of ore for bullion valued at' £63,090.' This is tho third highest return yet received from this mine for a monthly period. Tho total yield, from ,the mine to date is £5,538,490. lii March tho AVaiotahi mino crushed 1*124 tons of quartz and Tcvrt of picked stono for a yield of. GKGoz of melj'cd gold, valued at fIB,tSSC. Tile total output to d'ato is £540.574. and in dividends i' 319.800 has been paid. During the 23 days ended March 25, the \Vailu Grand Junction Coniptmy crusliect -07ti tons of ore for i return of bullion ralued at £5373. Tliis is the largest return yet secured from (lie mine for a similar period. The total valno of the bullion secured to date is £25,345. A ileefton telegram states that the returns from tho Progress Mines of Xew Zealand for March aro As follow:—Milled, 4055 tons, 12320z Gdwt, valued-at £5124 175.7 d; by tho cyanide process, 2450 tons, 4G6oz 3dwt, Tallied at £1251 17s 2d; making a total of lG9Boz 9divt, valued at £G37G 14s 3d. Tlie .eturns frotii the Consolidated GoWfielils o! New Zealand for Mnitli arc:— Wealth of Rations:

Milled, 1105 tons, 3420z Gdwt, valued at JCI4GG 5s 3d; "by the iyanide process, 780 lons, lODoz 9dwt, valued at £321 13s 3d; total 45107. 15dwt, valued at £1738 43 Gd. Golden Fleece: Milled, 1140 tons, 422 a?, 2d"\vt, valusd at £1710 5s Gd. EXPORT OF GOLD.

Pitting the month of March New Zealand e::,ucrlcd 50.3730r, of gold* valued at f293,673, 11s com,pared with 35,2510z, valued at £143,333, in March last year. Since the beginning of tho present year the export of gold' lias been llS.lMoz, of a value of £173,472-11,7700z less than in the first quarter ot 190 G.

COMPARATIVE DREDGING RETURNS. The following table, from which pennyweights and grains are omitted, shows the number nf dredges at work week by week during the present year on tho Otago-Soutli-' Jand field, and their aggregate returns, to* gether with the figures for the corresponding periods of 190G, 1005, mid 1904:—

1307. 190 G. 1805. 1904 3 50 '8 251 11 183, 41 894 22 55!) SO 991 . 43 1103 63 m 32 791 39 ,1037 52 1357 57 1390 34 090 41 1096 . 51 119G 53 20-17 29 708 38 1072 51 1420 Gl 2-332 33 833 34 9G9 52 1425 GO 2191 34 10S8 40 1179 ' .11 1337 G7 2457 .So 1020 42 1169 45 ]211 01 2135 37 1157 41 1103 49 1278 51 1431 81 783 33 1027 53 13G3 61 1230 29 748 37 921 52 1389 55 1263 25 G3S 34 flo 9 54 1349 59 1-110 31 7G4 37 1017 4il 3.151 5 2 IG3O 31 71G 41 11.72 57 IG3B 59 IGBI 30 750 42 1199 Gl 1732 57 1730 33 820 4G 1300 52 1444 58 15G9 12,473 16,488 20,770 27,304 AVesi Coast. 1907. 190 G. 1905. 190 i. 2 43 2 28 3 - 23 15 373 ii 381 0 254 13 -408 14 39G E 303 8 373 12 319 17 567 8' 2G2 8 .411 17 472 24 792 G 2G3 7 252 18 412 23 GGt 7 259 8 283 20 610 24 73G G 2C9 10 305 15 451 22 Gls G 222 9 271 15 478 2G 7G9 G 233 9 .203 114 507 21 510 0 212 9 273 13 359 23 70G 8 245 4 125 10 301 21 655 8 253 8 335 12 393 11 373 3 95 8 285 ' 13 453 20 7GB 5 135 5 192 .14 410 2G 7a2 G 209 5 . 177 17 392 18 503 G 20G G 204' 11 344 15 521 3596 4MG 6308 9702 DIVIDENDS. Tho following dividends have been declared since the issue of our last summary:—Muddy Creek, 4s and 2s; Maatarton," 4s; Waika'ka United, Is; Mystery Plat 2s; No Town Creek Is.