REPORTS FROM WORKING DREDGES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2692, 18 October 1905, Page 29

REPORTS FROM WORKING DREDGES.

No. 1 dredge last week was 19qz, and that 'fiom ihe No. 2 /dredge 18oz lOdwt. The secretary of the Waikaia. Company leports a return of 330z sdwt for 140 hours' dredging. The of the Hessey's dredge wires having washed up for a return of 250z 15dwt as the result of 138 hours' work. The secretary of the M-asterton Company reports a return of 420z from 133 hours' work. , The return frosni the Lady Annie dredge I for tho past week is 16oz ldwt for 136 hours' work.--j -The manager of the Masterton dredge wired the secretary on Friday that the correct return for the week was 38oz 14dwt, and not 420z as previously wired- by him. The mistake probably occurred in weighing the gold. The- return from the Golden Gate dredge last week was 13oz ldwt. The river was rising. The secretary of the Alexandra Eureka. Company reports a return of 18oz 15dwt for the past week, during the whole of wHch the dredge was working on old ground. The secretary of the Chicago Company wires a return of 320z 7dwt 2]gr for 95 hours' work. The dredge is now stopped for a 10days' overhaul. The -Nelson Creek dredgemaster wires a return of 15oz for 114 hours' work. The secretary of the X>adysmith Sluicing Company wires a return of 490z 9dwt of gold ' as a result of four weeks' sluicing. The Unity Company's dredgemaster on Monday''wired having washed up for a return of •9oz 12dwt-,as the result of 134 hours' work. /The Eising Sun dredgemaster reports as follows _. for - last week: — Dredged 130 , and worked ahead 9ft, cross-ing ,lhe cut three times. The deep gutter still continues in ; the' centre 'of the paddock, and" is very poor. The machinery is running well.