WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11481, 14 January 1903, Page 5

WEST COAST NOTES.

{SPECIAL TO "THE I'BESS.") GREi'MOUTH, January 13. The Mosquito Compnny s dred»* is Morhir.g Well on improved wasli. The new steel tumbler, ordered *oni« tiuw ago, will be placed ia posiuon on arrival. I , he old oire is very liun, and may go 9.1 any time. 'She total Ifflount of go;d won ior ttin Sij>i year's work ' W*e ISOOczs, and 116oo:s since laet June, wsiu Uj« present dredgemasier, Mr Morel, took ShMfge; giving an average of i3oz for the twenty-six weeks the dreage liaa been, working. The pontoons of the liosquito Xo. 2 Conipwy's dredge are to be completed in about i month. A good deal of the machinery is 6tt. the ground, and a. start should be made «n April. Ail the machinery hn* been taken. c 3 tV.n Grey Hivcr Cousohdaieu Company's •nd ia being cartc-d to Ihe Jaum *>:>'* lieuari Company's claim. The 'i'cremakau Company's pontoons suffered considerably in yesterday*'* fii'od, wbicii ftaSualiy swept the plutfurm on r,h;rh the pontoon!* were Msfing away, te«i>'ing the i/ui•«ie pontoon with jwi-h. a i:>t that it seeni'd that it must be in-ctr.evab-iy damageu. It teenwd as if the two puuts would part, ■"„ freat vraa the strain, us evidenced by itiu twisted position of the ship, and the creaking and smashing oi tiiu.b-eri. Eventually • lit Sued worked under the foundation of ths Inner pontoon, miJ the bow of the ship slid into the flocd. TU twist gradually righted, ~»ut left the ship with her stern high cut t tie water and bow almost flush with the •tram. At the time of writing it is not known what damuije the pontoons have suaUiiKfd, tut this nujrj;iug they were lying at •a angle of iSJ desfrots. lil'X-EDIX. January 13. . The Compuuy's oredge *cc stopped yesterday on account of the flood, •ad there wais ionic delay in re-starting owuig to « acfidect to thn -winch. third annual report of the Hokjtika «»wr Company ?iat»s that the work of regoviag the co'mpany's dr«lge to the Belle Vue Company's ciaini on the river Matakrlaki ■ well in hand, the contractors having undertaken to begin, dredging on June Ist. 'lhe b»lance-s>.€et shows foe* balance at debit of - EI , * 1 ' ftnd los 3 to have been reduced from .. POM 15s <d to £35 9s Cd. (PBESS ASSOCIATION" TELEGHAM.) KEKFTOX, January 13. Progress limes during the month _ 01 aJecember mined 4163 tons of stone, which ■ •**» transported by aerial trfitiiway to the 65----•Ump mill, where -IGOO ten* were crushed, 1 y»ldmg 17230z 17dv.t Agt of buliion, valued - »t fTIB4 8* 6d. .Vinety U>ns of concentrates ■ *«ie chlorinated, yielding bullion to the \-»lue •:'-, (A £83 \5% lOd. and 2061 tone of tailings were jrieldißs ..JunOioa to . tlift. ..y.alu* «-J

Xew Zealand, Ltd., "Wealth ot Xaiicns—Dur::ig the ruosith 'Je(> tons of stone were crushed at Ihe> 2C-j«tamp mi.L. 3090z lTdvrt o' ljullirn. valued at A'l2bO Ma 3d. Six tone oi concentrates wore produced, and TBi> ton* of coarse- ?nntls were cvacided, the latter vieidirs bullion vahied 'at £.".G3 10s Id. Golden I-'.'ecce—l-2'IO (urn of quartz wen> crushed for ;>. r< turn of -lOSoz Odwt l?gr of bullion, valued :>t, .i'i'nO 0* .VI. Nibo tons of concentrates wrtru proiluccd. nr.-J IjiX) ttms tailings cyanided. tbi- ;;!'•.■ t yitldirsj buLiou of {ho value c;