MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1122, 9 May 1911, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. Business was very slow as regarded mining shares yesterday, and only one sale was recorded, Waihi Grand Junctions changing hands at 27=. 9d. at the first call. The buying and selling quotations were as under:— I Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. .£ s. d. Blackwator '. — 18 0 Con. Goldficlds - 017 6 Dixon Consolidated — 0 0 2* Kapanga, 0 0 6 — Komata. Reefs 0 0 3 — May Queen 0 17 - , New Zealand Crown ... — 0 3 9 New Sylvia 0 2 9 0 211 • Occidental 0 0 7 0 0 8; Old Hauraki 0 18 0 19 Saxon 0 111 0 2 1 Tairua Broken Hills 0 14 0 1 6 I Talisman 210 3 210 6 ! Waihi 3 3 6 3 4 0; Waihi Grand Junction ... 1 7 0 17 6, Watchman — 0 2 2, Boss Reconstructed — 0 2 6 J ( STOCK EXCHANGE. < (By Tclesraph.—Press Association.) ' Auckland, May 8. Business done on 'Change this morning:— Xiy Queen, Is. 7d. New Sylvia, 2s. lCd. Occidental, 7d. J Saxon, 2s ' Kapanga con. (second call), 7d. < Crown, 3s. Bd. ( Waihi, £3 4s. 3d. • t Grand Junction, £1 7s. 3d. 1 Kc.v Waitaia, 6irt. j Northern Coal, 9s. lCd. . Jlountain Rimu Timber, £1 10s. Takanuna Trams, 17s. 6d. The following business was done at the s 3.15 p.m. call:— ' c New Sylvia, 2s. lOd. I Occidental Con., 7d., 6Jd. Waihi, £3 3s. 9d. c Mountain Kins. lid. x New Waitai, 6£d. Maoriland, Id. > Northern Coal, 10s. Mountain Kimu, £1 10s. c Duncdln, May 8, l Stock Exchange sales:— , r . Ddnagliy's Hope and Twine, £1 4s. fid. (1 Sales reported:— 1: National Insurance, £1 63. 3d. g New Zealand Drug, £2 9s. 3d. Stock Exchange quotations:—Dredging a Stocks: Blackwaicr (contrib.), sellers 95.; 1 Blackwator (paid), sellers It's.; Electric, 1 ; buyers Is. 6d.; Golden Bed, sellers lis. 6d.; j Hartley and Eiley, sellers 165.; Island t Block, buyers 3s. Gd., sellers Is. 6d.; No- , Town Creek, buyers 65., seller 7s. 3d.; Rise f and Shine, buyers £1 13s. id.; Rising Sun, i< sellers £2; Sailor's Bend, sellers ss. «

Mining Stocks: Roxburgh Amalgamated (contrib.), sellers ss. 6d.; Roxburgh Amalgamated (paid), sellers 6s. 6d.; Muddy Terrace, sellers £1; Consolidated Goldficlds, sellers ISs.; Kuranui Caledonian, sellers Is. Id.; Saxon, buyers Is. 9d., sellers 25.; May Queen, buyers Is. 4Jd., sellers Is. 9d.; New Sylvia, buyers 2s. Bt!., sellers 2s. lid.; Ncvr Zealand Crown, sellers 3s. lCd.; Old liauraki, sellers Is. lid.; Watchman, sellers 2s. 5d.; Talisman Consolidated, buyers £2 10s., sellers £2 10s. 9d.; Waihi, buyers £3 35.. sellers £3 55.; Waihi Grand Junction, buyers £1 7s. 3d., sellers £1 7s. 6d.; Occidental buyers 7d., sellers Bd. Investment Stocks: National Bank buyers £5 195., sellers £6 13.; Standard Insurance, buyers £1 9s. 6d.; Union Steam Ship Company, buyers £2 os. 9d.; Wcstport Coal Company, sellers £1 95.; Westport-Stock-t.on, sellers <s.; Dominion Rubber, sellers 15s. prem.; Milburn Lime and Cement (£1), buyers £2, sellers £2 os. 6d.; New Zealand Paper Mills, buyers £1 Is. Gd., sciler3 £1 25.; Donaghy's Eopo and Twine, sellers £1 4s. 9d. TALISMAN RETURN. 3820 TONS YIELD £17,627. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, May 8. Tho Talisman Goldmiuing Company during April crushed and treated 3620 tons of ore for a yield of bullion valued at £17,627 9s. 7d. Tho smaller tonnage crushed compared with other months was owing to the maino being closed down during the Easter holiday's. The costs for tho past month totalled 375. 2d. per ton, made up as follow: —Mine development, 9s. 5t1.; mining, lis. Bd.; milling, 13s. lid.; general expenses. 2s. 2d. Tho total value of bullion -won from tho mine to date is £1,483,746. TALISMAN CONSOLIDATED. Tho following telegram was received yesterday by the Wellington Stock Exchange from the Talisman inine:-Apri! return: crushed 3520 tons, value £17,627 9s. 7d.; Smaller tonnage owing Easter holidays cost 37s 2d.; development 9s. Ed., mining 113. Bd.. milling 13s. lid., general 2s. 2d. A lafr message stated that tho company has declared a dividend of Is. 6d. per share payable on May 25.