MISCELLANEOUS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2086, 15 February 1894, Page 13

MISCELLANEOUS.

Deposits of practically unlimited alluvial drifts, yielding from 2dwt to sdwt per ton, are now being worked at the Waiomio Beach, 11 miles from the Thames.

In a recent article we (Australian Mining Standard) drew attention to the grave doubt existing about the validity of the Mac Arthur- Forrest cyanide patent. Through. Mr G. S Fowler, the local director of the Australian Gold Recovery Company, we have been favoured with a view of a communication he received from the New Zealand agent of the patentees, who states that we had been wrongfully informed that there was any company in New Zealand who were infringing the patent. Mr Fowler adds that the holders of patent rights can do nothing till their patent is infringed, and that they are at presentawaiting the result of a test case in London concerning the validity of their patent. We have much pleasure in giving publicity to these statements, but, none the less, Mr Fowler will see that the existence of these lawsuits is affecting the general use of the patent quite as much as the extremely high royalty charged for the use of cyanide. The Carrick correspondent of the Cromwell Argus writes :—": — " Most old residents have heard of the Green Brothers— or shall I say the Brothers Green ? Either way it sounds odd ; yet there is no obloquy intended in tbe sentence. Only it mioiu 1 lie road to oneself and not spoken, lest an adjective 1 o confounded with a surname. The wlidlp thing 3C»ra c like a ioko no\\. Although unyni'jilJ'litstC'! 's "i"- iiriJ i.' 1 X*-i it has culmin.tw.*' i:. }>!f>!wiitrv. * '.'1 .uiw ■£ ' the point. I hoit. is i , '! .ii the Came L [..nige csfflecfafter tUo above inei'.."~i • '-iL'.bc!?. ii is one of tfio fcedeit. "if Adams's. Jt ha°. been a good little gull\ i ">t what one would call rich, but since ita jl.puin.,, -mo 30 yc;us or so ago, has turned out a. cun-i'd^raMe quantity of the yellow dirt. At tho head of it there is a largish bas>in, divided by what I will here designate as dimples. There are three of these dimples, which converge a little below the Carrick water race, and spread, fanlike, in their course upwards towards the hill's summit. Both quartz and alluvial workings are now being carried on in this basin. The alluvial has been fairly payable, and the quartz has, I believe, never yielded less than an ounce to the ton. Several hundreds of tons of quartz must have been crushed from it, and it is just likely that some hundreds more will see the stampers. The young New Zealanders are now taking the place of the old Motherlanders. Two sons of Mr James Lawrence, of the Bannockburn, found a leader at the head of Green's Gully a short time since, and are working busily at it. They appear to be full ef hope, and have, I think, some warrant for being so. I fully echo a wish expressed by them that the Carrick water race was some few hundreds of feet higher. Water is a gold-finder of inestimable value, and frequently does its work alone and unaided. It has often been known to ' hit it,' and yet it never — no, never — strikes." Fahang at last possesses a gold mine on the dividend • paying list — the Raub. During the 10 months preceding September last a net profit was made of £4087, and for the remainder of 'y3 the yields were estimated at about £1000, or£lsooper month in excess of working expenses. It is on these facts that a sixpenny dividend is declared. The Straits Times commenting on the first Raub dividend, wisely says :— " While the profit now, divided is honestly earned, it might be better to hold it in reserve for the development of fuither operations. That, however, is a question on which the shareholders, acting through the directors, have, of course, the right to please themselves. They seem undoubtedly to have earned the money that they_ now propose to divide ; and if they prefer to divide it rather than to hoid it, they are entitled to do so. The mine is even now earning a profit each month, and it is presumable that further developments and further dividends will be made from these profits. Thus the much-talked-of Raub adventure entera the list of dividend-paying mines — the first dividendpaying gold mine of Malaya. That is an encouraging sign for the gold fields of Malaya — a very encouraging sign for Fahang." We take the following items from the Dunstan Times :—lt: — It is reported that Messrs Crossan and Gray have struck a splendid shoot of stone in their mine. — The Last Chance Company are now washing up, and the result is expected to be highly satisfactory. — The returns frona Mr Gaud's dredges for the week ending the 7th inst. are as under :— Steam dredge, 290z ; current wheel, 9oz sdwt. — Messrs Magnus and party have commenced operations in their claim at Butcher's Foint. They expect to spend upwards of £1000 before they come on to the "jeweller's shop."— We understand that Mr John Allan has disposed of his mining property at Springvale to the Messrs Gartley, of Alexandra. The price paid was £1200.— Messrs Hyde and party's dredge struck ground last week which has been previously worked. The return for the week was 9oz of gold. An Auckland message says :— " Mr E. K. Cooper, who went Home in connection with the Fame and Fortune and the Jubilee mines, in the Thames district, returned by the Gothic. These mines are owned and worked by English companies. Mr Cooper succeeded in floating the first into 40,000 shares at £1 each. He wants the Government to amend tho conditions on which the Jubilee owners have to spend £25,000 upon the mine within a specified time."

Only 120 immigrants arrived in New South Wales last year under the regulations of the Immigration department.

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