MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 462, 22 March 1909, Page 6

MINING NEWS.

DREDGING. RETURNS. (BT TELEGRAPH—MESS ASSOCIATION.) Dunedin, MaTch 21; i Dredging returns—Rise and Shine, No. 17 790z.; Alexandra Lead,.3soz.; Charlton Creek, S4oz.;" Electric No. 2, 200z.; Olrig, 6oz. Reefton, March 21. Dredging returns—Pactolus No. 1, 128 hours, 1540z.; Pactolus No. 2 did not wash Callaghan's Creek dredge has been refloated without damage, and has resumed work'.' NEW BIG RIVER...,; ... (bi teleghaph—press association.) Reef ton, March. 21, The manager of the Now Big River reports for the week ending Jlarch 19:—Work' has been' confined to the sinking of No, 9 winze, driving No. 9 level east, driviug two prospecting crosscuts from No. 9 stopes, repairing of No. 7 level and No. 2 intermediate level, and driving of a crosscut from No, 1 level. The only face in the mine where the reef is being: Worked just now' is in- No. 9 level east, and the lode is 7ft. wide and 4ft. wide in the bottom of the drive. During tho week somo;coarse gold could be seen in a portion of tho reef, and the average quality of tho reef is good. To-day (March 20) the weather has broken and the battery will be again running full'time, plenty of water being available. . REVIVAL IN MINING. ACTIVITY." (Br TELIOitAVn-rrKESS, ASSOCIATION.] ,7 Reefton, March 21. There is, a recrudescence,. here in mining, matters. A prospecting party between the Globe Mine and the Progress struck' good-look-ing broken stone while'putting in a. drive, ?oft.- Water is doming from the-face, which is promising well. If a reef "has been struck, it' will be a continuation of the well-known Globe and Progress retfs, and,will mean a good thing for the English company owning the Inglewoou and adjacent properties, who intend to start developing at once.'putting on 20"men; ' Tho late rain has improved all the power supplies and the batteries will be going a full strength from now. < Tho New Ulster Mine—which had been driving to intercept a winze put down on ounce rione reported . some ~time since, and which, etruof - . it—was full of water, but is now drained, and crushing is to be at once proceeded with. At Boatman's the Golden Arch is busily employed crushing a large quantity of stone—the first crushing done for some time at ' that place. Prospecting parties -are out over Merrijig's place on the line of reefiing country running from the Globeto Big Rrver and Blackwater. On Friday and Saturday next, commencing oach day at 11 a.m., Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co. will sell the whole of Messrs'. Rash pud Goodor's jewellery stock. Tho sale.will take placa at Rash and premises, corner of Willis and Mercer Streets. A sale of furniture and effects will be conducted by Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co. at 76 Dixon Street, to-morrow, commencing at 1.30 p.m. On Wednesday the same firm will sell, at their rooms, -he contents of a .well-fur-nish'ed 7-roomed -hoßsa*