MINING NEWS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8619, 24 December 1896, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

--—♦ ; ■ ■ (Pubu)i The loff lev I'. rrossout is passing through a>plrtidi 1 mineralised country : nnd ha* heen a'lvftnced a to'al distance' of I'M'ire upon the course of the No. 3 r i[ at ihe No. 1 level con- ; tmues to op n u:i quartz, which contains an escelli nt cluus of mineral, bat no gold bo's been seen. GOLD RETURNS FOR THE YEAR ' ; • OF' 1896. The lolWng ore the 'gold returns from thf tar-ioo ■ mines, in operation on tuis Peninsula there are a number- of private conVri:B in operation fromwhich v 1 is diffi'ult toobtun a correct return buttliissiaipmerit is compiled (romthede« taiud r turns of gold or bullion won during the month'y r efiods of operation, and .may bo taken as approximately correot although not cineidin? entirely with tho true prodrt of tho whole of the mines • working.' , , KUAOTUNU.

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THAM&3 TROPER.

■ (BY TKLKOUAPII —OWN COERESPONDKNT.) Auckland, December 23. KAPAI-VERMONT. The month's roturn from tho Knpni Vermont was 2180 onncos from 198 tons treated, valued at £523 4". HAURAKI SOUTH AND MaORI- ' LAND. The.Eujlinh scrip in tho Hauraki South and. Maori atnl Companies has been issued to shareholders* ALBERT, A meeting of Albert shareholders called for this raorm'ns;, lapsed. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance at the end of' November of £638 8s Gd. YVAITEKAURI, For ih" five weeks ending the 12th ir.Hi., J7,7 tons of ore were treated by he U'uitekauri Company for a yield of £61)9 worth of bullion. The quantity i)l ore crushed during tho period named eras below the average, owing to the very iry season and consequent reduotion of ivater power. > WAIHI, During four'weeks ending the 12th'> nst., the Waihi Company crushed 3 30. ;ons of ore for a yield of bullion worth 613,059. The mill will close down for ;he holidays to-morrow, when a further. jiinntity of bullion from the 12th of | December to date will go to the credit of; -his yield. Tho return up to the prosent ihows that £132,646 wotth of bullon ma been wen this yoir, making a grand otal since 1890 of no less than £487,362. (UMBRIA. | The annual meoting of shareholders of he Cambria Goldmining Company was j leld yestetday, and an a directors' meet-1 ng the balance-sheet and reports wero j iubmitied. amongst the la ter being the ollowimj j—l)n the 20th November. iltimo, your D.reotois received from tho x'Mordiuary ceneral meeting of shareLo'dera called for the purpose, fu ! l lUthori'y to dispose of the Company's iropeity. Thereafter ih»y received un iffer from the Anglo-Co.itineuial Gold Jyndicate, Limited, of 7450 shares lully )aid-up to £1 in the Moanataiari Goldnining Company, Limited, for the Com>any's property, The offer was duly . lonsidered in your interest, and vas accepted on condition that tbo ibarts be plaoed on tho Moanataiari Jolonial Registrar as soon as the icrip can be received from London, iVhen the Directors receive .the scrip which will give one share in the Moanaairi for every six held in the Cambria, ko propei ty will bo handed over, and he shares will bo duly allotted. Your Direc ors consider that they have done is well as cculd be expected, as the oper it'ons a - the mine involved making callti ;owoik av n greater depth, which te« [aires capi'al. The business the innuul meeting came in due course, and • jrelm nary to ihe euily winding ui of | he conip-inV. Tho directors, W. S. iViUon hi d James Dickey retiro, and a>o I'ig'ib e and s«ek re-o eotion, MANAGERS' REPORTS. KARAKA QOEEN, The manager reports!—Yery satisfac;ory hoadway is bcin<r made with the exlension of the No. 2 level in this mine, [ho main lode in the foes of the dii?e jresents a well defined and highly xtineraiized body of quarla averaging >ver tv*b feet in thickness, and' upon jreakintj down to-day' strong dabs ind colors of gold were freely seen, rhe country now being penetrated cou> lists of an excellent olass of sandstone, 'avourablo for the existence of the precous metal, being accompanied with jrighb mineral seams which are rnnning icross the drive and striking into the •eef. A large flow of water lidb been itruok lately issuing from the reef which Dears strong.evidence that we are rapidly ipproaohing a point directly under tho >ld surface working on the reef from ffhioh rich runß of gold were obtained in former days,— Jas. Aonew."

Tons/ oi dwtirr £ id , Kap-aWVermont „ 2959 3404 0 0' 8476 0 0 TiyFluko .. ' ,.1958 904 16 0 2060 5 >5 Great Mercury .. 1773; 1136 7 0 8364 6 4 Toti! 6,690 6,445 . 2 0 13,899 11 9 •; COROMANDEL. . , j Tons ozdwtgr £ a d ' Hwrakl ..' .. 4137 25,425 12 0 76,276 19 0 ' Progress Cwtle R'k 1 — — — 19 0 3 . Fortuna .. .. ,3 30 0 0 90 0 0 f JfauraM North ., 70 93 8 0 296 0 0 1 Pukewhau,. .. 7 7 0 0 19 6 0 Kapa'njia .. ... - 408 8 0 1256 10 4 Tokatsaof naiirslil 16 43 13 0 130 10 9 ■ 8cottj's Haurakl.. 70 66 14 0 199 7 9 Pride .of Tokatea.. 601b 17 10 0 60 0 0 ' Afojworth " .. 16 15 0 • 3710 0 . Golden Link .. 6 24 0 0 66 0 0 Big Reef, Ken, B'y 1 11 011 2 3 8 . Weleome Find 2721b 306 0 0 0 Kauri Old Estates 2 225 0.0 675 0 0 Native, Mania ., 2 4 0 6 6 0 " ,W»ikoromiko/ .. 2 8 0 6 10 0 '' HauraklAwciafd 10 164 15 0 471 12 0 Hauraki North .. 116 0 0 318 0 0 Albion 4 41 o o moo . Royal Oak,. 31 308 13 0 826 10 0 New Tokatea .. 17,. 18 11 0 40 0 0 JoHl ■, 4M|b«7,3M 211. 81,818 3 0

1898. , 1'/ tww'iii, ■'.■^ww«fch*<aEM«»iMtf>»a-i ( "'ii'd \'u ] »> - Incendiarism, omNfijww. 1 x .. . > • Tons ozdwtgr £ s d ,, ( , rtt.K.Z. Crown,Mines 7,616 15,217 10 0 26,051 0 ft ■rPtit two Knmtkfmti\ n!V, odstock / •• 400 s ' 500 0 0 2 < 145 0 0 . rflESS AoSOUIAUUW.) Talisman . . 285 1,418 0 0 1,461 0 0 ' , —«... ' iWaltokaiiri .. 4,418 15,01C 0 0 16,022 3 10 WftiTVnrrtv 'HonArrtW 93 Willlli •• S0,4*20"CO,174 7 0 132,616 0 10 WELLIXGrON, l)0CQIllD01 lo, Walhi-Silverton .. 5,831 0 0 0 0 An inquiry into the fi re at HL > rscli bery's ' {Month of Decembjr not to hand. brewery unoccupied at re- ToU1> .. "^ 12 i^uTs - suited m 1 a verdict of . arson aguinst , great BARRIER. ' * some person or persons unknown. Tona ojsdwtgr & s d ' Groat Barrier .. 2J 148 10 0 25 13 9 y.,.; . 7 JLIig Wellington Election« Total t> it gj H8 o o 2513 0

■■!,< iiiiiiniininmnmpunijuniiMHniii / 24) 18861 f^r\y' y - ">!'■]' Incendiarism, ' omNfijww. '''■;,>' . .', . , x-' ' , , . Tons ozdwtgr £ s d ' ' *> | ,.< r ' K.Z. Crown,Mines 7,616 15,217 10 0 26,051 0 ft • • .fPfrtV t>iiv)iR AHtthfif *. S )dstock / •• 4M s . 500 0 0 2 . 145 0 0 v.. . ;y Ifw rHE88 ABBOOIAIXO«.» Talisman -. . „ 286 1,418 0 0 1,461 0 0 /1'"'i ' ' » ,, . iWaltokaiiri .. 4,418 15,010 0 0 16,022 3 10 • ' \ ' WrrrKftwv- TW/wnW 93 Willlli •• .. 30,4'20-CO,174 7 0 132,616 0 10 -v. ; 1 ,, >YELLWorON,:JJ0COmDei Waihi-Silverton .. 5,831 0 0 D>>0 0 0 An inquiry into thefireat HL• rsclibt?ry's ' {Month of Deeembjr not to hand. . brewe.ry unoccupied at re- ToU1> l^i^Toi^uTs ; suitedin^a verdict of.arson aguinst , great BARRIER. ' '* ' some person or persons unknown. Tona ojsdwtgr & s d 1 , - ■ Groat Barrier ..' 2J 148 10 0 25 13 0 y.f.; . : JLIig Wellington Total t> it gj H8 o o 0513 0 : — THAMES TROPER. '' (Pun Press Association) • Bunion. v«iue. 'VCompany, 01. dwt. £ s. d. V> :"r " "... 'V"' Albumla. 235 Ions.. .. .. 160 0 0 ; WeLLIXOTOX, Decemhor 23, ■ Adelaide, tributors, 12 loads 16 0 .. 44 12 0 Stepsare'tobe .taken to obtain a clmbrMK isi I 4»2i8 6 Wi o f election ;; ;; J "'J; »,} | ; y, ; .. inalie interest ef Mr A, B. Atkinson, DevonCmUo.i load .. u 1 ... os is 0 was j -behind Mr Fisher, pro- KbSlkJsS i 02? " 172010 0 . : t ?;• -/-Vid^d• the legal opinion is.favorable. - •• i 5 •• JU® S • .-i;.-... • 0 ■■ ■ ■' ■ ■ Little Willie, 1081b,, ., 107 18 .. 31210 0 , May Queen, 2038 loads .. 1704 15 .. 5010 18 10 ay Queen Ext., 30 loads,,. 13 0 .. 37 14 0 Kv-'i yniWHKlS Oiyumu moanataiari,'4454 loads .. 1011 5 .. 5112.18 10 :0 - I'-'v' 1 - ' V"""''' » trib.,337 loads 151 3 .. 393 7 5 KV ■ 1' 'i$;:(Per Press,Association) nJSo W l? 'Jil : iS o o —r— ' Nonpartll, 20 loads .. 817 .. ■ 25 0 0 . Tir-nr *rvnurtw 1 h/irtAmiion 01 Occidental, 78loads •„ ' 170 2 .. 474 12 0 . .WELLI>GTOX, December Orlando, 22 loads .. ... 1217 .. 35 1 0 \ ; 'The '.Wakatipii was unable to take so tons .i' 49 m .. 133 0 0 U r . • - . '. '■ f T it 1 l '• .1 • Sheridan. 200 tons .. .. 19317 .. 016 11 I) oil her passengers for -Lyttelton this Tararu creek, 2117 tons .. 1002 3 .. 200419 a i - afternoon and the Penguin had to be ;; 2 -| J";; ro g}® { .'laid oil as well. I .• Waintjhi, 20015 loads "243010 .. 6000 5 1 ' WaiotahlExtended,04loads 41 0 .. 109 10 0 CRICKET: Total.. 13,378 tons 1931b..11,005 17 ..31,240 15 7 ■ ' •. '■ r ' . Tonp. oz dwt gr £ s d . .• /QUEENSLAND Y. AUCKLAND. 0ra " dt< " nl " 73,537t 160 ' 009 8 11 210)4:7 178