THE WEEK'S MINING NEWS*

Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 17

THE WEEK'S MINING NEWS*

The Danstan Times reports :— " There has been a rush on a very small scale at Spriugvale, about a mile above Mr Watson's house. The ground is shallow— from 3ft to sft,— and the gold is mostly on the bottom. The greatest drawback is want of water, as the stuff has to be wheeled some hundreds of yards to water, and then cradled. Some of the parties are making f*ir wages. Hyde and party washed up oa the 17th iast, and obtained £ooz for the week's work." The Round Hill Mining Company have secured the right to lift 40 heads of water out of Dome creek, with tlfe object of working Muddy terrace, WaikaTft, The construction of the races is estimated to cost- £10,000. " Mr Evans, of th« Phoenix mine, visited 1 the Cromwell mine on Saturday, for the purpose*o£ reporting to tha, London Company which have takea $ on. The Cromwell Argus hera-gmt hia

report is not likely to be favourable to the prose* cufcion of any verjr large work. The Wyndham Herald understands that MrE. Holmsi who has returned from Johannesburg, intends to give .fresh attention to the- auriferouß sands at Waipapa. It is confidently expected that the flue gold may be saved by the MacarthurForrest cyanido process. Claims have been taken up from Cromwell upwards during the last month or bo, and it may well be anticipated that ere long the Kawarau river will be taken up as far as the junction with the Shotover. — Lake County Press.

The Komata Queen Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £75,000, is being issued to the public in London.

A representative of South African capitalists has arranged to take up three claims on the beaches at Waipapa and Waikawa, on which hia principals are prepared to spend £100,009 in thoroughly testing the ground by the cyanide process. The Taieri Advocate states that there are indications that point to a revival of the mining industry in the Nenthorn district:

Tbe secretary of the Duhedin Gold Dredging Company (Limited)" received thß following telegram from the dredgernaster on Saturday ;— " Dredging six days for lOoz'ijold." The Jutland Flat (Waipori) Gold Mining Company (Limited) obtained 226z lOdwfc of gold for 167 hours' wages time (150 hours' actual dredging). The Secretary of the Otago Gold Dredging Company (Limited) .raports lloz 7dwt of gold for »vt week's dredging: Mr. Thomas Callender reports 420z 15dwt 12a retorted gold from the Sew Hoy Big Beach Gold Mining Company (Limited) for past week from two dredges.