WEST COAST NOTES.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11486, 20 January 1903, Page 3

WEST COAST NOTES.

(special to "the pbess.")

GtREYMOUTH, January 19., Owing to the floods, tlie returne to hand •o faT aw only from thirteen dredges, which, ■'however, give* the fine average oi 420 i per dredge per week. : . The ■ wattereou'a-Ahaura Company's dredge baa again g«t a good staxt, ana is> yrmte&g . . . '. ■'-■■.:. ..'. The Aiding* Company, with iioi lldwt, again explodes tLe idea, that the alaim was atiove tbe goC-d 'belt. The wuh vine* from 10ft to 21ft, «md is fairty good throughout. About 150 ft from where the dredge is now working, virgin ground wiJ be struck, which to give, good returns. Tfc* Stoney and Mosquito Leeds,. Company'e dredge gave lOoz Idwt fox 80 houne' .work. The dredge has been thoroughly overhauled, and is now working well. . The Trafalgar Company* dredge has eufleted more from recent floods than any dreiige on. the West Coast, the tace being completely* elM©a s tip. This w£i em tail a deal of dead work. A proposal has been made to turn the creek, but as other parties oi'poee it, some difficulty is likely to be experienced. The Maori Grclly Cdnipany, at a meeting, decided to liquidate. The dredge ie at present in a bod position, and is to 'be sold to the highest bidder. The Shellback Company's dredge onfr worked Sβ hours, taring a, breakdown, and got 16oz 16dwt. She is now -working with a loot of 'hard black eand -traeli at the bottom, Wihich is expected to give good returns.