Notes from Reefton. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1974, 19 September 1889, Page 12

Notes from Reefton. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Kkbfton, September 12. Scotia.— The cleaning up over the late crushing was concluded yesterday afternoon, the figures being 4940z of retorted gold from 150 tons, or over 3oz per ton. A dividend of Is per shore has been declared. September 15. The following are the battery returns for the past; week : —Scotia, 4940z retorted gold from 150 tons ;; Glob^, 1790z amalgam from 135 tons ; Keep-it-Dark, 1230z amalgam from 150 tons; Inkerman, 188oz: amalgam from 65 torn ; Inglewood, 570z amalgam, from 50 tons. Inglewood •- The crushing proceeds with apparently about the same results as the last one showed. A general average of about 12dwt to 13d wt per ton ie> expected. September 17. The following quotations were posted by the~ Mining Exchange at 4 p.m.: — Argosy (buyers), 8d ;-, All Nations, Is 8d (sellers, 2s): Bendigo, 5d (sellers, 7d) ; Chicago (sellers), 4d ; Empress, 3d (sellers, 6d) ;: Fiery Gross (buyers), 9s 9d ; Gallant, 3s (sellers, 3s > 6d); Globe, 22s 3d (sellers, 23s 9d); Happy Valley,. 4£d (sellers, 6d) ; Hudson (sellers), 4d ; Inglewood, 1b 3d (sellers, Is 8d ; Keep it-Dark (buyers), 21s ; Nils (sellers), 8s ; New Britannia (sellers), 8d ; No. 2: South (sellers), 4s 9d ; Pandora (buyers), Is ; Progress, 26s (sellers, 80s) ; Beward (buyers), 2s 3d; Result, 8d (sellers, Is); Scotia (buyers), 15s 10d^ Alpine, 138 fld (sellers, 15s); Wealth (buyers), 3a. lOd. .