MINING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17066, 26 July 1917, Page 6

MINING.

; -»tt The Rise and Shine No.'l dredge will not bo able to resume work for two or three weeks, as it has been found necessary to sen . d the top tumbler to Dunedin for repairs. The No 2 dredge was opening out all last week. The bottom was hard pipeS, , . the Wash Very t{ S ht . a number of large stones in it; but it carried very httle gold. A good deal of silt was running into the paddock. During the past week operations have beea carried on' in No. 2 level in the Waitangi Consolidated mine, driving on the mam reef. A further 6ft was strip°ped and s?i i own for a width of sft - The reef still looks promising, and is encased in a splend:d class, of country. The Waihi-Paeroa Goldl Extraction Company, during the per.od ended July 14 treated 13,200 tons of tailings for a return" of bullion valued at £4650. Compared with iQiV etU u rn f ??Jk e corresponding period of 1916, when 13,000 tons yielded £3450, this shows an increase of £1200. The present return completes the figures for the first six months of the current year, the yield •I.I.HH p beins £26 > 75 °. as compared with £21,450 for the first half of last year ■ an increase of £5300. The total amount won by the company to date is £229 461 ™ e paid to date amount to iIa,cKJU.