MINING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16292, 27 January 1915, Page 7

MINING.

* - ■ ■ '■ Wo am advised that thn Company washed up 50oz of gold for three weeks' sluicing. At the New Waitaia mine, Kuaotunu, No. 3 rise was up 42ft above the back of thn low level last week. The formation was from 2ft to 3ft wide, and still showed a proportion of conglomerate. The drivo started on the foolwall branch, north of the main crosscut, was in 13ft, and the formation opened out over 2ft wide. It carried very little quartz. Tho intermediate level w<ts along 20ft from No. 2 rise, the reef showing 12in of clean quartz in the face. At tjjo Warden's Court, Pacroa, on Thursday, beforo Mr I'. J. Burgess, warden, the New Zealand Crown Mines Company (Ltd.) applied for permission to work the Crown Mince with eight men and the Earl of Glasgow special claim with six men for six monfclui. An objection was lodged by the Miners' Union on the ground that it desired its members to take up tributes in the mine. Mr Porritt appeared for the company, and Mr Moresby for the objectors. The objection was settled by a conference between Mr H. W. Hopkins, attorney for for tho company, and Mr T. Morgan, Bccretary of the Miners' Union. The Warden granted permission to work the two claims with 14 men for six months, saying that if the company found it could not employ that number it could make a further application.