MISCELLANEOUS.

Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 12

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Coal Creek Flat correspondent of the Tuapeka Times supplies the following items :— I | am pleased to report that the Dunedin Company's I two dredges ' are now working payable ground, [ and that it is the intention of the company to put the steam dredge in working trim forthwith. There is a large, undredged beach in the river at Coal Creek Flat, which I hope will give this enterprising company handsome returns for their labour. The river is. nearly down to its winter I level, and all the claims are in full work. There is a good deal of fresh mining enterprise being shown in our district, t hope no obstacles will be thrown in the way of new mining ventures. I hear that Mr Rawlins, the manager of the Island Block Gold Mining Company, had to suspend operations and knock off several men through the manager of the Beaumont run preventing him from constructing waterworks through the run. It is to be hoped that everything will be made smooth, and that all the hands will be taken on again. This large mining , venture should receive every consideration possible from everyone. The Bruce Herald' says that some stone from the Canada' reef was assayed in Dunedin, and yielded at the rate of nearly 7dz to the ton. Messrs Davey, Paxman, and Co., one of the largest firms of engineers in England, have appointed, Messrs Ritchie and Co., of Manse street, their agents id the colony for the sale of their engines and mining machinery generally. Messrs Davey, Paxman, and Co. have the oontract for the entire lightmg'bl the Paris Exhibition by electrioity, their only remuneration being one-third of ( the takings after 6 p.m. They recently purchased the right to raanuftC'

tore the celebrated Huntingfcon centrifugal roller* quartz mili,four of the largest of which are now on the way for the OJP.Q. mine at Waipori. . The existence of gold reefs in Ireland is a very old story, and it is a matter of history that gold, has been successfully raised in the west. Why the industry ceased no one reams to know, probably because it did not pay. Now, however, we have a report that Mr Parhell, who, has for some years been prospecting, has discovered, gold in. paying quantities on his Wicklow estate, go that .we shall probably have some sort 'of revival. That the discovery -of gold in such quantity as would pay for. its extraction would be of great benefit to Ireland is undoubted, and would go far to settle some, at least, of the' vexed questions ndw agitating the country, for with the prospect of a good return upon the investment there would be no want of capital forthcoming either for prospecting or. working. Some months ago there was a rumour (says the Stock Exohange) of a large company being formed to reopen some old workings in Gal way, put nothing came of it. The Dunstan Times states that specimens of quartz have been exhibited taken from a reef discovered at Black Bush, near Tinkers. The stone looks well and is solid— not the soft clayey stuff to common in reefs in the district, and gold is plainly visible on the surface. " The Nenthorn correspondent of the Mount Ida Chronicle states that the Eureka claim is producing quartz of remarkable richness. The lode is widening out, and is now about a foot in width. Mr ,G. W. Pogson, qf Cotfyesbrook, recently bought a 28tb of the whole for £300. A telegram has been received from Westpott intimating that the Fair Maid' Compauy had a most successful trial of the set pump on Saturday. Regular sluicing is being proceeded with this week. ' ! The William Tell Company, Hokitika, have struck a 4ft reef in No. 2 level carrying rich gold. There is great excitement over the find. Mr E. H. Hill, of Dunedin, has just-made an assay of stone from the Nelson district, which did not show a particle of gold or silver, the metals being contained in the stone as sulphides, and yet which gave the following results :— No. 1 sample— Gold, 17oz 19dwt Bgr ; ' silver, 1520z 13dwt22.gr. No. 2 -Gold, 15oz Odwt 12gr; silver, 1330z 14dwt 12gr. No. 3— Gold, 14oz Odwt 22gr ; silver, 1440z ldwt 2gr. By advertisement on page 20 it will be seen' that Mr Hill will undertake the analysis of minerals of all kinds. „