MINING NEWS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 409, 10 March 1904, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

rTbe state of the river during the mat day or two has been steady, the 1 height last evening being a shade under the Bft mark at the Alexandra bridge A telegram received from Qjeens lows last evening stated that a heavy thunderstorm occurred in £he Lakes : district on Tuesday night, and that the -take had risen slightly. The weather ' wag threatening. e. ■-•-■« The Moa dredge is at present undergoing an extensive overhaul, which W erfll take about a fortnight to complete. The Perseverance No 1 dredge is at present operating on highly payable wish, last week's work resulting in the handsome return of 6405. The No 2 " dredge is working in the stream, and, owing to the rise in the river, is much hampered with drift. Owing to this' ; drawback, the return for last week was [ | only 6|oz, this being the first time on f4 record theft the name of the Persever* .. ance has figured at the bottom of the' Kit.—Since the foregoing was in type we learn that the No 2 dredge has N been closed down for an overhaul. «n . The export of gold from the colony fast month was 52,01 lox, of the value t . Of £201,066% M :*gwnst 16,2380z, of the value of £58,051 for the previous * The dredges in the gorge below ~ Alexandra have not yet been able to resume work owing to the continued high state of the river. ait ■ It appears we were alightly in error, in our last issue, in stating the cause . of tiie sinking of the Morning Star .w dredge. .On making further inquiries, I * **fi*4 that • the water did *ot enter i *s&*'&**• halt hole as stated, but through the intake, which had not been * plugged. e*iA ' ; ■*r*jg ,»"-- .*T^i —agggßj ' r9ii - -' : \ , BIHKING OF THE MORNING JgTj .;.,#IAR fiRgUOR.I A!v ' - „ * your issue of March 3rd, in speaking tfthejonlring. of the Morning Star dredge, that the mffliPrffi oat tnrougn a note rrom woxcn

ft belt had been mvsteziouslv removed. nas no hole in the dredge from which there had been a mysteriouely removed tie desire .you to. publishl this, so that do blame is attached to any inno ■ pereon, as we are quite 1 satisned tha* 1 the water entered the pontoon the pump iptake. How this false report came to be circulated is a mystery to us.—We are, Ao, ' :

, v DREDGING RETURNS. mA. ill IP. - r * — •* •* tfl U ■ The followingare the returns for the week ending Saturday, March a 'a } - 1 • * . oxdwtgra ,6oldsn Bun. MUters Flat ...163 17 0 Vcctrie Ho.*. Cromwell- ... 143 0 0 si f*sererince No. 64 0 0 „ < B«B«T , »W«Jkaia ... .- 62 0 0 Rise and Bblne No 2 Cromwell 59 12 0 • Body Print, Alexandra, ... 42 6 0 tn ltooteicMo I,Cromwell 36 5 0 Golden Bed, Miller's Flat, 6dys .34 16 0 Happy Valley. Tuapeka. wk 33 10 0 Hartley and Riley, Cromwell ... 33 0 0 - Dunstan Lead, Alexandra. Says 32 0 0 ■arnscleugbNol, Alexandra, 150h 31 5 0 .. llauWayd«,6.days... .'.'.' 26 0 0 SerprfaeSo 1. Alexandra ... 25 12! iU9steffgnt%adnrgfa «.» 2»10 0 gyfcsaarsig;; Hew Beridigo, below Alexandra 12 0 0 w^.tmrlirnKfrpf<*i l r'>, 12 : o 0 * Molyneox Alexandra 710 0

'-JBaJlajDrjpC; Alexandra (** Jm - Salman) has received through Mr Bennet, MJJ*»* following reply . -; from the Minister of Lands, in refers£tmo» »to the reedntion passed' at a meeting held recently urging the Government to cut up about 1000 acne of land on Galloway and Moutere Buna for ekee settlement:—" In reply to your letter of the 10th iastant, relative to a resolution passed at a public meeting at Alexandra, on the IOCk riaynbgr, with, regard to the _«wftW m of about 1000 acres of land GaDoway FUt and Moutere "Bah for fruit growing and close settlement, I have to inform you that the matter %& been referred to the Gomgaweener of Otown Lands, in order that the Land Board may make a recommendation on the fMBpL", . i