MINING NEWS.
The river bits been falling steadily Jtiring the week, the height at the Alexandra bridge last evening being fjft above the " normal * mark. The Riley's Beach dredge sunk at Mhor moorings on Friday morning last. is supposed the accident was due to -, • plank being started daring the pro- '. fttss of paling over the rip at Gibraltar an the previous day. Tenders are feeing called for the work of raising the dredge. .. The Molyneux Hydraulic dredge washed up last week for 7oz sdwt for •Ohrs work. Owing to the river having fallen again, the dredge has been hampered with silt; and operations have been again suspended until a ■apply of water can be obtained from the Borough race. Messrs A and T Burt advertise in Ibis issue for two dredgemasters for the Offin River, Africa. The Hartley and Riley Dredging Company has paid another dividend (the 29th) ot 2s 61 per share. The Blectric Company has declared a dividend (the 24th) of 1 s 6d per share; and the Golden Gate Company has paid another dividend of Is per share. . Messrs Sievwright Bros, and Co, auctioneers, Dane Jin, advertise in this ferae that they will offer for sale by Eblic auction, at their rooms, on turday, 26th inst, the dredge and chum of the Golden River Co.
DREDGING RETURNS. ' The following are the returns for the week ending Saturday, March 12th, 1904: oadwtgrs Golden Bun. Millers Flat ... 98 5 0 Perseverance No. L Alexandra ... 64 0 0 •olden Bed. Miller's Flat. 6dys 56 15 0 Lady Roxburgh, Roxburgh ... 56 4 0 Hease/s Waikaia 52 0 0 Base and Shine No 2 Cromwell 49 17 0 Dunstan Lead, Alexandra. ~ 49 0 O fandy Point, Alexandra, ... 47 2 0 Enterprise No 2, Alexandra ... 40 13 C Mataa. Clyde. 6 days... ... 38 0 0 Bising Son Upper Clutha ... 27 4 0 fcirnsclengh No 1, Alexandra, 12lh 25 10 0 Waikaka United No 2, Waikaka 25 0 0 Enterprise No 1, Alexandra ... 24 518 Waikaka Queen, Waikaka ... 24 3 0 Irtrick, Roxburgh. I3ohrs ... 24 0 0 •antral Charlton, near Gore, 132 hr 22 13 0 Island Block, Beaumont, ... 22 7 0 fiarryowen, Waikaia .. ... 22 0 C Nugent Wood, Waikaia ... 20 16 4 Happy Valley. Tuapeka. wk 20 14 0 Empire Waipori (2 dredges) ... 20 10 0 Lawrence, Tuapeka Flat, 6dys 20 6 0 Bheddon's Freehold, Waikaka, wk 20 0 0 Enfield, Waipori, 19 la 12 Golden Gate. Millers Flat, 6dys 19 2 0 Waikaka Syndicate, Waikaka ... 19 0 0 Olrig, Manuherikia, ... 18 14 0 Reliance, Tuapeka Flat ... 18 10 0 Gabriel, Tuapeka Flat... ... 18 10' 0 Junction Electric No 1, Cromwell 18 2 0 Bevival, Upper Clutha .. 16 13 0 Waikaka, Waikaka, 104brs ... 15 1 0 MacCharlton, near Gore, 133hrs 15 0 0 Charlton Creek, near Gore ... 15 0 0 Junction ElectricNo 2, Cromwell, 14 10 0 Otago. Miller's Flat, sdys „ 14 10 0 Majestic Miller's Flat 14 4 0 Waimunra Extended, Gore 13 18 0 Bnnshine, Upper Clutha ... 13 O O Otago No 2, Beaumont ... 12 5 0 Tuapeka, Tuapeka Flat, ... 11 5 0 Central Mataura, Mataura, ... 11 2 0 Chicago, Alexandra, 123hrs .. 10 10 0 Waunmna, near Gore, ... 10 3 0 Inchdale, near.Palmerston, ... 812 0 Upper Waipori, Waipori. ... 8 0 0 Molyneux Hydraulic, Alexandra 7 5 0 Egapara No 3, Nevis, SOhrs ... 5 4 0 Inch Valley, near Palmerston ... 5 0 0 Total forsl dredges 1224 5 16 Average per dredge 24 0 0 Stafford Waimea, West Coast, 106h 15 0 0
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 410, 17 March 1904, Page 5
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581MINING NEWS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 410, 17 March 1904, Page 5
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