MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 13

MINING NEWS.

WELLINGTON SHAKE MARKET. . The, mining share market is extremely dull, and there is practically no busine&e doing. It cecms a. bit eaTly for tho market to comc -under the spell of Christmas, but this is apparently tljp case. The Stock Exchange was informed by telegram yesterday that the Old Hauraki crushed 70 tons quartz and 751b. picked stone" for &3oz. retorted gold. Tho sale 3 wero as under:— Watchman, 3s. 3d., 3s. 3d. (third call). Zeehan, 9£d. (second call). lloss Goldfields, 2s. 7d. (third call). Tho Quotations and last sales were as under:—

STOCK EXCHANGE. IBy Telegraph.—Press Association^ Auckland, December 2. # Business done on 'Change this mornSay Quoen, 3s. 6<L Occidental, sd. Watchman, 3s. 4d, Hauraki, 2s. 2d. Crown, 4s. 6d. Waihi (er dir.), £5 17s. 6d. Waihi Reofs, 3s. 3d. Grand Junction. £1 Us. 9(L Tho following business was don© at tho 3.15 p.m. call to-day;— I May Queen, 3s. sd. Occidental Consolidated, si<L < Waihi, £5 175., £5 17s. 6d. Waihi Grand Junction, £1 lis. v 6d. Boss Goldfields, 2s. 9d., 2a. lid. Auckland Gas, £3 Bs. 6d. Northern Steamship (con.), 6s. Bd. - Christchurch, December 2. Salc9 on Canterbury Stock Exchange:— Feilding Gas, £1 ls./9d. Standard Insurance, £1 6s. 3d. TTnion Steam, £1 17s. Wostport-Stockton Coal, 7s, Waihi, £5 17s. 3d. Ross Goldfields, 2s. 9d. , Dunedln, Dcccmber 2. J.ho following sales were reported on the Stock Exchange to-day-.— .Watchman, 3s. 3d. Koputui, 18s. Westport Goal, £6 18s. N.Z. Paper Mills, £1 3s. 6d. Standard Insurance, £1 6s. 3d. EEPORT KICH QUARTZ FIND. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) , Westport, December 2. ,r A , s ., t 1 result of development work at Mokihinui there is likely to bo a big revival in quartz mining in this district. Somo little time ago the men working in # what is known as tho Red Queen district located a reef twenty feet wide. They hayo sinco gone oh with development work and have uncovered 40ft. of the reef, • 'Uch appears to be of a permanent-char-actor. Careful assays, made at the Westport School of Slines, of specimens of stono which were brought to town gravo a handsome return to the'ton. DBEDGING. (By Telegraph-Press Association.) y. j , Dupcdla, December 2. Dredging returns :-Good Chance, 4605. 3Coz - Wdwt.; Koputfti, 29 oz. 17dwt.; Central Charlton, 21oz. Udwt.; X a i 130z.. 12d\rt.: Jfasterton, l3oa. 3dwt.; Mystery Plat, 7oz. 4dwt.

Buyers. Sellers. Sales. £ s. d. £ 5. d. £ 8. d. Bremncr's - 0 0 7 0 0 9 — • Kuranui 0 0 3 0 0 6 — Kuranui Oaledn'a 0 15 0 17 — May Queen — 0 3 7 — N.Z. Crown 0 4 5,— — New Sylvia 0 3 9 0 3 11 — Old Hauraki 0 2 1 0 2 2 — Saxon 0 17 0 18 — Tairua Broken Hills 0 12 0 14 — Talisman. 2 12 0 2 12 3 — Tali3man (new) ... 2 0 0 — — Waihi 5 15 6 5 16 0 — Waihi Extended ... — 0 2 3 — Waihi G'd Junct'n 111 0 111 3 — Waitangi 0 16 0 19 — Watchman 033 034 033 Occidental 0 0 3 — — Blackwater 1 10 6 1 12 3 — Con. Goldfields — 10 0 — New Big River 3 0 0 — — Progress 011 9 — — Kosa Goldfields ... 027 029 027