THE MINES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 12

THE MINES.

Aa the Mincn Depardrnent ia now a spparafce portfolio, tho Hon. Mr Larnach has decided to makf, at an early p?riod of the ses! ion, a Minf s Statement, much in the same w»v aa the Miri-'ter for Public Wo.ks prepares his The S'atainent will be cimpreke sivo, and deal fully with mining industries in each diatrict. Tn this year's Statement Mr La^nach 'will vocommeni ih'i ad ipt en of PicVsor Black's auegcticn as to the esti.b'uhment of mining s;heoFp, and for that purpose has induced his colleagues to place a •mm of abon«: £1700 on the Estimates. It ia m i intended, however, that the Government ba^r the whole coat of such schools, as they will only b » eutablished in districts wheift the miners aro willing to contribute to the co»t S">tß of samples will'be procured from Bnglax-d to asßist in inatructingf the mining community in mineralogy, &o From his recent, tour ct inspection Mr Larnach has aecortsined that tbe princiDal wants of miners uro additional water] power and tha cutting of tracks through heavilj . wooded country, ao as to enable prospecting to be carried on.

Murray and party (naya a Roefton paper) have just completed a small otushine of something lr-B3 than two ti.ns of atone at tho Golden Treasure Compwij's battery The y'eM ob:ained wrs 8 z 4ilwt 9^r of retorted cold. The quartz iaeaa ea dt> bo from a -lowlj • djacove-ed quarfz re' f in the vioi litsy, the exact locality of whWi U not yei made known.

Tho Wothorstonoß Comeat Qoldmlninjf Comuauy ls atill securincr go^d ireturns of the precious meta). 'he laat 01-arine-up >.aye 97(.z 01 wt, roprojeutin^ tht-pe week's work; while the prerioua result was 150izfrj>- four and a-h Uf weeks' running of tho bat-te«-v. Twe ty t«7o han^.fl employed In' tho mine &t present.— Xuapeka Times.

The Mount Id-* Thronic'e understands that M>- John M"?av, nf Woddprb.ir'i, h' a put-fiha ed the inte'eat. 1 1 M>- Jume 1 * B.< w i and "the' 8 in eortaln cla mi, datn°; w»i.er-vace- &o . at G-nlbildi digging', for the -uui ot fi'O^ ). Th ' Kreat drawback to continuous mininir afc Oii>ib»'a\ has hpen the want of a natural and regnltf suup y of «ater, buo even this hua ur«t pieveitcd heavy viijldi of tco\<\ for tho't psriid). On ono occasiin £,7t per man wa-i nettei t-r only J8 weaka' B'ulci'iif. The g .Id occurs in pitches and jja«t reMiita Binoly i- dlcafi that the c are aoveral rich ruui of the pr clous ore in the locality.

"One who Knows" w ios aa ftllowa In the Ma.taura Knpitrn on the "Ispnsal of aurlefcrous lands by thn S u'h'and La d Board: As far back ai 1871 or 1572 I warnt d a gentleman w o was tho-i oar roproientative, nnd who l-i now a member of the \V*Bte Lairiß Boa-d, thit 'f they dispose I of a block cf nbO'it 14 000 acres which they then resolvtd to do (and \vhi n h whs aftcrwevdi done), the mining c mmunityw uld suffor to a very grevt' exfant. Somo two years aftorwarde, through pressure brought to boar on tho Government, two gontjftineu were com up ti mako inquiries and fo try t > r> -purchase from the owner pai't of rhis It, GOO acres for mining: on. Your humble servant was called on to > ive evidop-o, but the piice and ondiirns were ho outrageous that no sine man would Kin t'J then.' 1 . Since then tmmrohive hid to puff >r imprisonniPut, o'bH<"?have paid 'mm t o to three hundred pounds f< r w >rkinsr on two ao.-e 1 ) and I luvd rtnvs<m ho helieve !h»t >ovo>al hi c ma-'o good w»»03 working by nioir'i"'ht on ih^ ptnie Jand. 3ii rous' be lom-stabortd I hi 51 ill ha ) c e<l b"f.) o tho vas injy ci tho banr 1 }ct H77 doma eighteen month* ago Mr Warden Wood wiu sTit ii > i'lt's out di'uie*; to cmtail thii m.n'ng reserves pti',l fu-th>r. Ms WoW 'o I knew the d'^triet well, hu*' ho did not tTU^t to his kn w'oige He sent ward t) tho rojn ri to nice 1 ; him, awl hen^e through bis action everything v/as dono ti 'h3 BT.t'.'KntioA <f nil , aMioH. \ auMilp' *> li < hai tuke'i u\> >>o of 'he sbcU >nq cub off for «p'uti ln-nh Uvm-ht hii lnldai" t o -m.1,1, and applio-1 t<th • Wast.c l.a 'd* Board far th' h- anc\ or, in ottnr w r Is. wh%t h^d heon taken off hi' saetion ai being 1 au iferous The Wa9to Lands Boa-.d reforroJ the matter to tho Warden, Mr-Revoll, who is a stranger to the distinct. He did the proper

thing : he referred it to the miners. Tho miners obJßcted, aud he reported nceor<lir-gl., bun toe Waste Lands Boa- d did notice fit. to avt.ua ili«» report, at.d reajl'. od that the land ehouid bt. d.'aocaed of This ib where the farce comei in: theWaito Ijaihl" Board refusing to act on Ihe advice of a man specially sent up iiy tuem to jtopo:t on trie mat' or

From Waitahuna wo (Tuipeka Times) learn t.h-t tho City oi Dub.in C»iupa>.y (Crayes and party) are push ing on their work, and have th»lr boxes placed ready for a star' as soon as the wattr it brought on tho face. This ponitanj' have a lea»e of several acres on Uichraond Hl.l, aud will maiie a a r a\t from Quilter aud Uo.'s old fa^e, wh'wh is tho U-v/er b mndary of tbo claitu Tv >y have a length ot 40 boxes 12ft x .'ft 1 ljfr, the clmb'T u-ed io tholr contitmctlvn bemij some '<!bO)ft>. Toe party have a Urge dam i-j a convenient situation for scoring tho nt^ht water, aud have display- a a gieat amout ol «nors;y in the undertaking, tua geneial opinion being that tho venture will prove highly profUab.e to the enterprising shareholders.