MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1521, 17 August 1912, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. A fair amount of business was transacted yesterday, the number of sales reminding one of the activity of the past. The development work of the past few months at many of the mines is beginning to show favourable results, and if values are shown in even a. small percentage of the mines there will bo a revival in the scrip market. The sales recorded yesterday were:— Murray Creek, 4s. 6d. premium (first call). Ross Reconstructed, ss. 7Jd. (second call) Saxon, lid. (first call). Tairua Mines, 4d. (first call). Talisman, 40s. 6d. (second' call) Waihi, 355. (first call). Waihi Grand Junction, 21s. 6d. (first call). TVaiotahi, Is. lid. (first call). Waitangi,- Is. 5Jd., Is. s}d. (first call). . Tho buying and • selling quotations were as under.—. ... Buyers. Sellers.' „ ..,' .£s. d. £s.d. Dominion. 0 0 21 — Kuranui Caledonian 0 12 0 14 May Queen ; 0 10. — Murray Creek (premium) 0 4 0 — Now Sylvia '.......•..........•..;;' 0 13'' 015 Ross Reconstructed ......... 0 5 6 0 5 8 Tairua Minos ..-...■....;..,.... 0 0 3 0 0 6 Talisman :. 2 06 2 10 Victoria 0 0 8 0 0 10 Waihi 114 9 115 0 Waihi' Grand Junction ... 1 1 6 119 Waiotalii ; .• 0 1 10 — , Waitangi 0 15 0 1 7 I Tho Wellington Stock Exchange received ' the following telegram yesterday from the New Sylvia Company:—No. 3 level, assay is £2 3s. for sft.; there is no footwall showing. STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph'.—Press Association.) _ Auckland, August 16. Business done at this morning's call — New Sylvia, Is. 4d. > • Watchman, Is. Jioss, ss. Bd. , National Bank, £5 18s., £5 19s. South British Insurance, £3 16s. Auckland Gas, £3 6s. 6d. Business done at the 3.15 p.m. call was as follows:—. Hauraki Reefs (con.). 3!d. Jf.55. Crown (options). 4d. Occidental Consolidated, Is. Id. Saxon, IOJd. Trams (ordinary), £1 4s. „,,.,, ' Ounodln, August 16. The following snle was reported on the Stock Exchange to-day:—RiEe and Shino £1 Is. DREDGING. . Dunedln, August 16. Dredging returns:—Electric 11, 130oz. 6 dwt.; Good Chance, 540z. 4dwt.; Manuhorikia, 270z.; Masterton, 250z. 2dwt.; ICorunui 250z. 3dwt.; Electric I, 21oz. 4dwt.; Waikaia' 16oz. 2dwt.; Koputai, 12oz. sdwt. LONDON MININO QUOTATIONS. ' By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright , , , . London, August 15. lestordays closing.. quotations were — Grand Junction, £1 Is. 6d. (buyers) £1 2s 6d. (sellers); Talisman, £2 and £2 ss. Despised and dejected, most miserable too, Jones sat in his office, saying a-a-Hshoo!' The pen left his lingers and ran a swift race, Down the slope of tho desk, a most wretched disgrace. Then it inked his new trousers, for which \ he'd not paid, I'm sure you can't think what a ruin it made, If he'd only got Woods' Great lYpponiiint Cure, Uo'd haro jiifty) Hinj« new trpuierv of that I feel sin* 12Q» [