"WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11485, 19 January 1903, Page 3

"WEST COAST NOTES.

(special to "the press.") , ulii-i jivrojL'xt, Jttuuary 18. The weather 3<-i?ii.!i to itave Wir.y seti-.ed, and lor uio uz-ai, uuie s»ai:e ins» '.\ew leai me rivtc3 aie down io normal Siic , , and r.vt-r ciiectgiiig snouiU navo a laur co.nuicm-einui. t'ms v.difc. Soaia oi the iivet aredges, However, as no; utLir-y get a stwi mi iao lth.ow.ujj Monday. 'iti& (.liceui.oae Creek division are aiioit of <x>ai, a;.d wui & difficulty in geuiag uu.Hi Uiie is reptur&a. lac Mosqui;o Company t> K*«e a I fine yie.a ex iti3cs;. bae was working on ! the teuae oi tJie iead, whici ikiiia otti oa e.thf. , ." sid&. jii this jjamcu.ar pout she -t.ni.ys re.urus, but the average for a tiuie v coiiic' bhouid be up lo booz pc: Willi. xtie ilosquito No. 11. Company's dredge, wflich t-nou.d be cctapLet<;d witnm t.iiie<> iiitniiis, is coii£.dercd io have bo.ter grouud. ihere is a yood of umlxr in both c.a^ms. Ihe Xc-o.va Creok Coaipar.y get TOoz lor ;ne week, ivi.n evo;y appeara-uce of the coatiiirunco ci good ieturus. I undtTsta!_a tim the Soioxn No. 11. Company naij arranged iheir isnances, and that a cemmeucomeut wiii be maae w.;h piiitir-.j ou a dredge shortly. I'his claim, as wj.i as Bignc's NotoA-ii, is coii.4.dcrevi to bo quite equal !o I'he Creek Company's. The Xc«:':a Beach Company j?oi T4oz lidwt ;or 9 days werk. An increased yie.d is tx.pteted this week. Hie Pacioius Company's Xo. 2 dredge got sCoz Icr tho week. U'he aucbine is .Vitadi.y into good ground. The No. 1 dredge is putting in a r.ew ciown wheel, but »ul slai'i on Mo:iday. 'ihe Prir.ce of Wales Compssy pert 330z for 1W hours' work. The gruund is im--I'he Kahinooi Company 31oz Sdvvt for Hi hours' work. The face took some time to clear up ui'lor tiie holidays; otherwise a better return would have been obtained. The Three Mile Greens:one Company got COoz 13dwt. This is a larger return than waa expeoted, floods intenfering with free work. The Leviaitha,n Company got 19oz for tie week. The wash is improving, but a better return was expected lag.' week. The Commissioner's Flat Company Rdt 21oz 4dn't foT 108 hours' work. The dredge is not wcrk.-.i-r very satisfactorily, but the ground ia fa-ir.'y freed. The Caliaufran's Creek Corantiny go*. 230z 10d'\-t for 120 hours' work. This sro!d was really ■obtained during the la c t three days, i'he Piir'.y part of the week being oocitpitd in clearing out debris brousxvt down by a side gully. The dr?d§emastor expects a better return this week, and says that in nine nimv'.hs' time he will be on ground equal to anything that has ever been dredged on fne C( HSt. Tf.io sharemarket continues io improve, and there arc many enquiries for stock, but tran-sß-c'jiori'? at aro mostly confined to Mo«quO!o. North Beach, and Jfolown shares, whiclh are rising in price. EEEFTON. January IS. All the dredges hnve resumed work. Tho Premier (Buller) Company's dredge <:ibf«in«d 22cz irdwt for 310 hours' work, while opening out after laying up for alteratrens and overhaul. Mr Hankin. at this town, 'has patented a/i iniproved mo'hod of Kaving fine gold. It is the belief oi ma;y connected with the industTy ths.t an additional 2fl per cent, of geld may be saved the adoption of his me'.iiod on dredges. The mino manager of the Big Kiver Mine reports that the contractors finished the contract on Thurad'ay, and started on Friday on wages. BefoTe commencing to drive on 'file stone about 20ft oi No. 7 level, near the chamber, will requdre timbering; also the fan and air pipes must be placed in position. He expects to start driving on stone early this week.