MINING NEWS.
GOLD IN THE ALPS. Per Press Association; HOKITIKA, Nov. 13: A strong company has been formed in Wellington to -work Fiddes and Bauke's claims in the <Wilberfqrce Valley about which such a highly favourable report was made by Dr. Bell, the Government Geoloaist. A drive has been put in to a., depth, of IS6 feet, where a remarkably ricli vein was struck. A large sample of the ore assayed by the Mines Do-. partment gave a result of £4 19s 8d per ton. DREDGE -RETURNS. ' DUNEDIN, Nov. \'L Dredging returns—Rise and Shino I, Sooz2dwt; Rise and Shine 11, 390z 13dwt; Golden Bed, 31oz 6dwt; Chicago, 2Soz Bdwt; Molyneux Hydraulic, 270z Bdwt; Muddy Crook I, 20oz lOdwt; Muddy Creek 11, 20oz; Manuherikia, IGoz; Alexandra Eureka, 13oz lldwt; Olrig, 6oz Bdwt; Waikaka United No. I, 21oz; 'No. 11, 'l'B'oz 3dwt; Blackwater River, 460z 2dwt; Punt, 12oz Idwt; Worksop, 41oz 2dwt; Rising Sun, 51oz 6dwt. Sale sare reported on the Stock Exchange yesterday —Grand Junction at 40s 9d, 41s 3d and 41s 6d.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14057, 15 November 1909, Page 5
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172MINING NEWS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14057, 15 November 1909, Page 5
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