GOLDMINING ITEMS.

Colonist, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7006, 8 May 1891, Page 3

GOLDMINING ITEMS.

During the last hall year 5,000 tons of quarts -tfeatfedl at the United Alpiiia mine* ist;tlie jialf^yearly meejting tbejeld Directors, Messrs Butler, Fenriell, Saiton, Matheson, _ and Fedderson received 17,508 votes ; and the new candidates for that office, Messrs Collings, Bray, Richardson,. Thomat, and Cacase, 14,338 votes. It was contended by a considerable body of shareholders that the working expenses of the mine were much higher, relatively to results thaa they rightly Last week thosßew Hoy Big Beach Gold Mining Company bad a cake of retorted gold weighing Olos*

Tas Upper Waipori Alluvial Gold Dredging Company obtained 240z Sdwts 6grs gold fo^dftjßt^a'hpura' dredging last week. ; /r .* THfiySandhills Company (Otago) reports a rettoji^of Ssozs'bf gold ■for. last weeli's, dredgii)g7 ; V ?"'i' '-■":,.':'. ..'".' ".'■' ' : ■ .'.'.'■ "■■■_ ,W -w ;■ ■ The Phtemx mine, Skippers, brought down 2nT76zs of smelted gold, .being the proceeds .of 450 tons of stone crushed. .The prospects, of the mine still continue good. . ,>- --'.. The rGall&nV' Tipperary . Company, Upper Bhotover,' have obtained N 636zs "lldwts of airialgam as the result of, 126 tflns of stone crushed.: . .'. . Ti« dredgejß at work near the sppt. where good prospeots were obtained in the cl4im many months, ago and it is likely to gi^cs payable returna foe the f oture. The qotnparjy; lately got lOoz for 78 houra work. OtiT of the Nil DespeffcndDm olaim at Mahakipawa, about seven hundred ounces of gold have been taken. ■■•■>-. Last week tbe Justin-Time olaim at Mahakipawa, obtained 62 oaDcea, making over lOObza for the fortnight. The Homeward Boundgot 15oz, the Golden Hope Boz, and •ibont 4oz were obtained in Maori Gully, right-hand branch, including a nugget 2s 7dwts,^' ' - ■ " „■-:.■■■) Last week at the Mahakipawa diggings, 25Ops>f gold were purobaseiJ.