LATE MINING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 30

LATE MINING.

(Continued from Page 19.)

MINING AT KENT-HORN. (From Our Own Correspondent.;

April 19. — The C ccsus ami Blue Slate mines have been taken on "option" by Mr Griilith, mining engineer, of Auckland, who is acting for an Eaglish company. The water is to be pumped out and the niino3 put in working order as soon as possible.

ROXBURGH MINING NOTES. (From Our Own Couur.si'ONDEXT.)

The Ettrick dredge washed up on Satuiday for 17}oz

The Roxburgh dredge washed up 3Joz for last week.

The dredges were woiking more than half the week under difficulties, the river being in fl orl. On Wednesday night the river rose about 9ft, making the height above the normal 13ft. On Sunday the liver was 10ft above the normal, and slowly falling.

The Roxburgh Amalgamated .Mining and Sluicing Company have been working steadily all the week. Che race has required home caulking lately on account of the recant dry weather cracl:iDg the boxes id place*. <'cca°ion;il stoppages occur to level any portion of th' j jluniinv that may have sagged a little. The wash in No 3 paddock »how& good gold, and as this paddock is the furthest buck getting good golJ, there is a pictty sure i> diction of the peuuaneucv of the claim. During the past week another i-lsvator has been erected, and is now ready for connection with the main pipes. The Lake Onslow reservoir is about full at present The Pleasant Valley Sluicing Company 'washed up on the 13th inst. for 3Joz. The run was a short one.

The.Tutlvud Mat (W.iipnri) CJuld ?iliuin<r Company (Limited) obtained K'oz lldwt of gold for FO hours' wages time ; 7S hours' actual dredging, last week.

On the Dunedin Cily and Suburban Tramway Company's lines 13,000 were carried on Good Friday, 13,500 on Saturday, 6000 on Sunday, and 18.000 on Monaay, or a total of 50,000 for the holidays.

In connection with the Bisley team, Major Sommerville has made arrangements for passages by the Ruahme, vhich leaves Lyttelton on tbe 29tfi. The terms are similar to those for the contingent, bub the mes?mg is on a better sc<»le. Our Wakatipu correspondent telegranhs in connection with the drowning of B W? Wat4rins and Aitken thai; : bey were crossing a 10 goon at the head of Lake Wakatipu witn a sou of the late Captain Neil iv a le?ky bo^t or raft, which caps zed twice. Young Neil managed to reach the short*. The body of Watkins was recovered on Tuesday, and removed to Queenstown.

The oldest wooden building in the world is a church at Borgund, iv Norway. It was built in the eleventh century, and has been protected by frequent coverings of pitch. Ifc is of fancy Romai' sque design.

The depth at which some of the Belgian coal mines are worked is something prodigious. In a pit at Flenu the work is now done at 3700 f t; in a pit at Fremerin at 2800?t ; and in the St. Audre pit, at Montigny-sur-Sanibre, at 30001 d.

The Earl of Mansfield is the oldeßt peer, and has sat in the Hou»e of Lords since the first Parliament of William IV. He recently celebrated his ninety-first birthday, and enjoys the best of health.

According to MrPalk, of Christchurch, speaking at the prohibitiou. social Ip.sb evening, there is nothing too dirty or too mean for the opponents of the prohibition movement to gain a victory over th«-m.

" What Bimetallism Means for Australians and Australia " is the title of a brochure issued by the Bimetallic League of New South Wales.

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