Notes from Reefton

Otago Witness, Issue 2455, 3 April 1901, Page 21

Notes from Reefton

'(From Oub. Own Correspondent.) REEFTON, March 31. Xatest Reefton stock quotations-—Alpine Extended, 6d to 9d, Big River, Is 6d to 2s; Keep-it-Dark, 24s to 255; Progress mines, 23s to 86s- Croesus (Paparoa), Is 9d to 2s; Kirwan s. [Reward, 6s to 6s 6d; Aew Scotia (contrib.), 3s 6d to 3s 9d; do (vendors'), 4s 4d to 4s 6d ; Golden ILead, Is to Is 6d; Buller dredge. 5s to 5s 6d; JSuUer Junction (premium), 10s 6d to 11s; Cal3aghan's Creek, 5s 6d to 6s; Grey River, 29s to 31s; Mokoia, 24s to 26si Pactolus {premium),

28s to 31s; R«ef ton United, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; Old Diggings, 4s 6d to ss; Premier (Buller), par to 6d; Fedderson's, 6d to 9d. There is no return from the Pactolus Gold Dredging Company this week, owing to the -breaking of the pinion wheel. The river fell too quickly to enable the Old Diggings dredge to be floated down. It is now just" about opposite M'Kay's. Mr Freeman, contractor, is making headway with the pontoons for the Premier and Welcome dredges. He expects to have them launched next month. The Rocklands dredge is now working across a shingle bank to the El Dorado claim. It is not expected that gold will be obtained till the dredge has gone about two chains from its present position. Returns— Keep-it-Dark for the month cleaned up at the battery 2930z gold, and obtained from the cyanide process 130oz gold, making a total of 4230z gold from 1254 tons. The Kirwan's Eeward cleaned up for the month 3790z gold from 450 tons.