ANOTHER ALLEGED MINING THE South Australian Central Broken- hill Mine.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 271, 9 June 1888, Page 6

ANOTHER ALLEGED MINING THE South Australian Central Broken- hill Mine.

A iSiia orton dispatch to the " Sydney Telemapli ' say- : — Last night a meeting of shaicholdeis uf the South Australian Central Bioken-hill wib held, and the icoort of the dueetois who had visited the property was pie&onted. The directois aie Messrs Solo iuon, Matters, Head, (iibsou, and Hatfc. Theiepott states that the directors made si close in-pootion of the claim from which the ore which led to the floating of the •syndicate was alleged to have been obtained, but they could find nothing in the shape of a lode. Beyond veins of quail/ite, theie \\a^ nothing which, by any possibility, could icpresent the lode, which (,he prospector declared existed to a width of between 20 feet and 25 feet. Theie v.eio a tew suiface scratching on the \ein, but no opening from which the exhibited samples could ha\e been taken. The pro->peetoi was a^ked to show thu hole from which the oie wa^ taken, but lulled to do so. Thcdneetovc, after tiavcr, -ing every point of the pioperty, were forced to the condition that they had been induced to invent in a venture on false lepresentations. All consider it fortunate rinding this out before any money had been paid o> er to the promoter. They thought the ino-tjudiciouscour. B e would betoall retire from the ventuie, and it thevendor could not he made to del ray the ex.pen-.es already meuired,for theshai'eliolderstopa} 7 it pro rat ;. iSlrC'arnegeecxplainedtheentireignoranceof luniseJf and hib partner of a fraud beingatteinpted. Opinion? Avereficclvexpiessed that thcio could be no doubt that the oie exhibited « a^ from some adjoining claim. It. w.ii decided to adopt the leport and pa\ tlic expenses incurred by the biokeis and directors in \ i^iting the claim. All the moneys leeeived as premiums will be returned, and the brokers intimated then intention to-day of proceeding against tho prospector. The matter is attracting a good deal of attention.