MINING NEWS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 389, 22 October 1903, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

The rain last week caused a sudden rise in the river, which on Saturday last went up to the 16ft mark. The river has been falling since Saturday night, and last evening was at the B£ft mark. The Manuherikia dredge and all the other dredges lower down had to step, and it is doubtful if they will be &h\e to lesume operations this year. The representatives of the Coal Miners' Union met the local employers yesterday afternoon, to discuss matters with a view to coming to an arrangement for a further term (the Arbitration Court award having expired). The meeting lasted some few hours, but the parties failed to come to any arrangement. We presume, therefore, that the Arbitration Oourtwill be asked to make a fresh award. Arrangements are being made to m ut the Molyneux Hydraulic dredge into commission, and operations will be resumed at an early date. The Dunstan Lead dredge, which was stopped on Saturday owing to the rise in the river, resumed work at midnight on Sunday. The sensation of the week was the magnificiect yield of 1158oz from the Hartley and Riley dredge. The dredge, unfortunately, had to stop at i the end of last week, when the river rose. It is interesting to learn that the returns lately won from this dredge - have been obtained from ground over which the dredge previously worked. - The wash is found under a layer of tightly set boulders which was previously believed to be the bottom. The Alexandra Lead dredge has reresumed work at the lower end of ber claim, and is taking up a cut on the eastern side of the river, including ft narrow slice of the bank.

The Moa dredge is working steadily in towards Frenchman's Beach, away from the main current The work of erecting one of Payne and Peck's patent elevators on the JJew Bendigo dredge is proceeding satisfactorily, and should he finished some time next week. In our report of the New Golden Beach Oo.'s dredge, in the issue before last, we omitted to mention that the new elevator trays were made after the design invented and patented by Mr F W Payne, consulting engineer, of Dunedin.

DIVIDENDS. The following dividends have been declared during the week:— Hartley and Biley Dredging Co, 10s per share. New Boxbargh Jubilee Dredging Co, 2s per share.

DREDGING RETURNS.

The following 5 are the returns for the week ending Saturday, October 17th, 1903:

Total for 71 dredges 3115 19 9 Average per dredge 45 0 0

ozdwtgrs Hartley and Riley, Cromwell ... J 1158 * 0 0 Manuherikia, Alexandra, 68hrs 283 5 0 Roxburgh Jubilee, Roxb'rgh, 133b 77 11 6 Earnsclengh No 2. Alexandra 120h 70 17 0 Electric No. 1, Cromwell 67 5 0 Cromwell No 1, Cromwell 63 18 0 Donstan Lead, Alexandra, 52 10 0 Perseverance No. 1, Alexandra ... 51 2 15 Sneddon's Freehold, Waikaka. wk 48 0 0 Molyneux Kobinoor, Roxburgh.. . 47 2 0 New Half-way House, Clyde Rd 45 14 14 Sandy Point, Alexandra, 38 17 0 Enterprise No 2, Alexandra 37 1 0 Waimamn Extended, Gore 33 13 0 Lady Roxburgh, Roxburgh 32 4 0 Earnsclengh No I, Alexandra, 126h 32 4 0 Unity, Clyde, 4*dys ... 31 0 0 ■Waikaka Queen, Waikaka 30 11 0 Waimumu Queen, Gore 3G 10 0 Golden Gate, Millers Flat, 3dys 28 8 0 Waimumu, near Gore, 27 13 0 Enterprise No 1, Alexandra 27 2 13 Upper Waipori, Waipori, wk ... 27 0 0 New Teviot, Roxburgh, 26 10 12 Riley's Beach. Cromwell, 25 13 0 Waikaka United No 1, Waikaka 25 12 0 Hoa No 2, Alexandra, broken wk 25 0 0 Royal Waimumu, near Gore 24 16 0 Inchdale, near Palmerston, 24 8 0 Heasey's Waikaia 23 4 0 Otago. Miller's Flat, 4dys 23 0 0 Oceanic Steam, Waipori 22 16 19 Waikaka, Waikaka, 131hrs ... 22 16 0 Central Charlton, near Gore, 137hr 2i 17 0 Rising Son, Cromwell, 21 7 0 Olrig, Manuherikia, 120h 21 4 0 Waikaka United No 2, Waikaka 21 2 10 Inch Valley, near Palmerston ... 21 2 0 New Fairdown, Waikaia, 20 15 0 Muddy Creek, Waikaia, wk 20 1 0 Otago No 2, Beaumont' 20 0 0 Rise and Shine, Up'er Clutha .„ 19 14 0 St trick, Roxburgh, 135hrs 19 0 0 Island Block, Beaumont, 18 19 0 Mystery Flat, Waikaia, 17 0 0 Majestic, Miller's Flat. 16 15 0 Chicago, Alexandra, 129hrs ... 16 8 22 Tuapeka, Tuapeka Flat, 16 1 0 Waikaka Syndicate .Waikaka ... 16 0 0 Charlton Creek, near Gore ... 14 10 0 Empire No I, Waipori 14 10 0 Happy Valley. Tuapeka. wk 13 9 0 Spec Gully, near Gore, 13 8 0 Taniwha, Tuapeka River 12 13 0 MacCharlton, near Gore, 136hrs 12 12 0 Success, Waipori 12 11 0 Cromwell No. 2, Cromwell 12 10 0 Lawrence, Tuapeka Flat, 6dys 12 0 0 Gabriel, Tuapeka Flat... 11 17 0 Hew Alpine Consols, Cromwell, 11 13 5 Golden Bed, Miller's Flat. 5dys._ 11 12 0 Golden Treasure, Miller's Flat,... 11 0 0 Enfield, Waipori, 10 11 13 Central Mataura, Mataura, 10 10 0 Reliance, Tuapeka Flat 10 0 0 Junction ElectricNo 1, Cromwell, 9 1 0 Matau, Clyde, week ... 9 0 0 Ngapara No 3, Nevis, 120hrs ... 7 0 0 Lower Enfield, Waipori, 3 0 0