MINING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17029, 13 June 1917, Page 7

MINING.

Tho master of the Electric No. 1 dredgo reports for the last week that .tho dredgo worked 131 hours, for a progress of 29ft. The ground is becoming much harder to work; numbers of boulders aro coming up, and the wa3li is tight in places. Tho bottom i 3 of tough clay. Tho prospects are improving, and oil Saturday wero fail*. Tho amount of fold won was 30oz 2dwt, consisting of a mixed sample. Tho Consolidated Group of Mines, Rcefton, obtained the following crushing returns J 7l .May: Progress: Crushed 11)50 tons for bullion valued at £2087. Expenses were: Working expenses, £2113; capital, £5; development, £2529. Blackwater Mines: Crushed 3838 tons for £5689. Expenses wero: Working expenses, £3462; capital, £2; development, £778. Wealth of Nations: Crushed 1930 tons for £2063. Expenses were: Working expenses, £2077; development, £407. Queensland's Minister of Mines (Mr Jones) claims that that Stato is exporting four-fifths, of Australia's production of molybdenite, and is, in fact, tho principal producer of molybdenite in the world. Tho State battery at Bamford. in the Chillasroo district, returned a slight profit from "its first three months' working.

— Prince Leopold of Prussia, ono of tho Kaiser's nephews, who retired from the field owing to heart trouble, has written to General von Kesscl, tho Berlin commandant, offering his services, and stating that ho would be glad, if nccc.ssary, to help to removo snow from the streets. The offer has been rejected, as the Kaiser objected to a Prussian Prince so demeaning himself as to sweep enow in the public thoroughfares. Blest is the giver, but despised is ''to Who seals his soul to love and charity. "A good apple, rotten at the coro " Is ho who gives mere justice and no more. Life's purest joys, in pleasure or in,pain, Are gleaned in giving, not in what we gain; And thoughtful givers happiness assure By timely gifts of Woods' Peppermint Cure.