The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1885.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1619, 28 October 1885, Page 2

The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1885.

The steamer Wallace has become a total wreck at Greymouth, tlie hull having liroken in two. A dividend of one shilling and sixpence per (24.000} share has been declared by the Tyr Connell Company, Lyell. The half yearly meetinsr of the company has been fixed for the 31st instant. Mr George Augustus Sala left ohrist'jhurch for Hokitika yesterday morning. The date <>f his'lecture in Reefton is fixed for Wednesday, 4th November. We learn from the Ly»11 that a highly promising make of stone has bppn cut in the north end of tho Croesus mine. No particulars are however m yet to hand. Intelligence also came to hand on Monday evening that the heavy rain of Friday, Saturday and Sunday last did some damage to water races in the Lyell district. A Marion of the Alpine race was carried away, causing a temporary stoppace of the battery. The repairs to the race will not, however, occupy more than two or three days. The last Government Oazc-ffe contains notifications of applications for patents for the following purposes : — For a new washing machine; for an automatic brake and reiii-holdf>r ; for an invention for causing the condensation of mineral vapours and fumes, and the collection of the minerals therefrom by means of water sprays ; for thebettertreatment of woods with antic-op-tic fluids ; for a smokers walking stick ; for improvements in folding-squares ; for concent tilting trailings, called the hydroconcentrator ; for the better propulsion of sea -going vessels and steamers, to be called the " conical propeller." A3 the Globe battery is only running sixteen hours daily it has been decided to scrape up fortnightly instead of weekly, and the first scraping of the top plates will take place on Saturday next. Thus far the stone promises to give the highest average per ton yet obtained from the mine. The manager of the Vonn? mine reports that the rise to connect 'lie low K*vel with the winze from the level above is ii"W up 60ft., disclosing a reef fully 3ft. Gin. thick, with gold showing freely. The make of stone in the Inangahna Low Level Tunnel, referred to in our Inst mining report, has since been driven through, and sh'>ws a thickness of from fifteen to eighteen inches of quartz. It is enclosed in well defined walls about 4ft. apart, the space being filled up with pug and quarts rublile. No <j. M lias yet been seen in the st<me. bin tV run is considered worthy of beiiiu followed f'>r a short distance to see if it !< m<li to ni>y--I'.>ing better. As soon therefore as- the face of the tunnel is carried alx-ai! a bit a cross-cut will probably be put in. T!ie formation at the face of the tunnel continues of a promising nature. Sfmie petty theif is causing annoyance to owners of gardens in Reef ton by stealing flowers and plants therefrom. Ou two or three occasions of late a garden in Shiel-atreet has been entered at night time by mtme despicable marauder and plundered of its contents. It is hardly necessary to add that should the offender be detected he will be made an example of. It is understood the United Alpine Company, Lyell, have granted the required permission to the Larnach Company to cross-cut from the Alpine low level. The cross-cut will be put in on the Bouth boundary of the Alpine. Tho distance to be driven, according to survey, to reach the Alpine reef is 60ft., and tenders for the driving will therefore be invited and the work proceeded with at an early date. A public meeting is convened for tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, at the Council Chambers, to consider the ad visahility of taking steps to procure a Tiffin borer to prospect for deep alluvial ground ! in thu Inangahna. It is almost superfluous For us to attempt to add anything to what lias already been written and said in support of the proposed undertaking. A aublic meeting will allow of the proposal icing fully discussed, and practical miners vill have an opportunity of expressing !ieir views upon it. In order that tho ' nll-st .lißru.wsion should ta*e place we lope to are the meeting well attended.

The Lamont furnace at Karangilmpe, ri Auckland, is expected to be finished and t in full Wast in about ten days time, and li there is much excitement in mining cir- ii cleß there in consequence. On all sides s the fullest confidence is felt in the efli- a cacy of the process, and the first successful furnace operation will see fully a score of new mining ventures set afloat, and will add enormously to the value of mining stocks. One of Lamont's agents will, we learn, visit Reefton in the course of a few weeks for the purpose of negotiating for the erection of one or more of the furnaces here, and as by that time the trial at Auckland will have demonstrated the immense superiority of the now process, there will be a good basis for the negotiation*. If Reefton people do not insure their lives it will not be for lack of opportunity or solicitation Mr W. Pocock, agent for the Colonial Mutual office, has been in Reefton some wueks, successfully expounding the gospel of life assurance, and by the last Nelson coaoh Mr Satchell, agent for the Natioual Mutual Associat ..n, the second oldest Australia!) life office, arrived here, and will also remain some time. Let us hope that the keenness of the business competition between the gentlemen in question may not lead to a practical illustration of the benefits of life insurance. The gold export for the September quarter amounted to 56,3150z, valued at £23G,060. In the corresponding quarter List year the export was 52,3G20j!5, valued at £208,425. The increase is chiefly in Otago production — 18,1030z against 0119.. Z. Tn Auckland there was a large falling off fr»m 13,8680z to 9352<>z. Nelson, Marlborough, and the West Coast all show increased export. The total amount of gold export from thin colony up to the 30Mi of September last amounts to 10, 714.8.W% represent ing" 'a value of £42, 068.192. The following is from the Manawatn T>nVy Times of Friday last :— " A number of fresh claims have been pegged out at the Pohangina reefs. The claims now number about 20. It is expected that the result of the crushing of the stone from the roofs which was sent to Bailnvat recently will be known some time next week. Arrangements have been made to hare the news sent by cable at once." Tn a leader on the subject the same paper says- ■" We may mention that the shareholders themselves do not expect the Ballarat crushing to give such good results as the private tests have shown. It was not till after the stone was sent to Ballarat that it was discovered that the despised reddish-colored stone is really the richest, and consequently the proportion of this in the shipment is not so great as would otherwise have been the case. " We take the following from a recent exchange :—" It is proposed to form a company to provide a small fleet of boats for service on Lakes P-.t-rnaand Rotoiti, between Nelson and Lyell, for conveying tourists and bringing timber from the sawmill." These lakes are said to rank foremost among the most picturesque and attractive features of West Coast scenery about these parts ; and one and all who have visited the respective localities,— whether on business or pleasure bent, - are unanimous in saying they are well worth seeiug, and just the interesting spots to make a holiday outing during the summer months really enjoyable. We feel sare that when something is done, to remove the roughness which attaches to travelling ing on the Lyell-Nolson main load, the overland route will command a steady stream of passengers, and in that way, some of the Bnller scenery will soon become a deil better known and appreciated and then the journey by coach will soon commend itself to travellers, as preferable to the sea trip. The Hokitika Gun dmn understands that a criminal information for libel, against a resident of Hokitika, will be heard at the Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday next. The West-port times mentions that the first blast exploded in the. granite quarry at Cape Foulwind — for the purposes of which a tunnel it now being driven— is estimated to cost between €500 and £700. Tf the. blast is a success some 50,000 tons of stone, is expected to be brought down. Ai Kimu (says the Hokitika morning ]iap.-r) Mellican and party have put down an air sbnft at some distance from their main shaft and strick wash, similar to that previously met with. Several other parties are busily engaged sinking and in making preparations. It is notified in the New Zealand Oassette of October 10, that all that parcel of land containing 1 acre 3 roods 8 perches, together with the buildings erected thereon (known as Government House), have been vested in the Hokitika High School Board. The Lyell Times says :— lt is our very pleasant duty, to have to report a most successful and lriuhly payable trial crushing from the Tyr Connell Company's mine at the Eight Mile ; and in giving the matter this little prominence, that all of this company's recent operations have been in quite untried, and unwronght ground, together with the fact, that as a result therefrom, a substantial dividend of one shilling and sixpence per 24.000 th share,— representing a total of t'l, Boo, h;w been declared l>y the Directors, should be reckoned, we think, pretty go«»d grounds for considering the event worthy nf more than ordinary passing notice. Seldom, indeed, is it that a journal, having as its chief object the fair representation of mining matters, and the proseMition of the mining industry in general, the only resource of the district, by-the-vny) has a better, or more fitting occasion ipon which to chronicle. the attainment >f success, and the achievement of that tubstantial form of reward which clown-

ight, steady perseverance-, and api>Hcatinn p o gcld-nii:iing work and its relative out- r \y, really deserve. And so it has Veen y a tin cas« tinder notice : the instance of g uccess which it furnishes cannot but t iwaken feelings of satisfaction, amlgenerite n lively confidence, timt with such >metical miners in the place, as those ffho have hronght the old Break O' Day ;o the f«.re airain, there is little fear of languisliiii", <»r sinking into my such lethargic strte, ns tliat which jould possibly betoken the least ti age »f of doubt as to the real worth and value of those resources which Lyell district certainly possesses from the gold-miner's point of view. No, reefing, so far as Lyell is concerned, is not in any sense, as backward as son.c unsympathetic outsiders would make ir appear, in speaking of the gold-mining industry aa affecting the Const ; and the ashes of the old Break O' D.iy, bursting into life and heinu; mider the Tyr Connell proprietary, with a yield of GBsozs of retorted gold, from 46i tons of stone, should help to dissipate any fears that Lyell has not a trump card left ; or that her mining population lacks bone, sinew, and "go " enough to unearth what is within reach. We congratulate the shareholders of the Tyr ConneH^tTonipany upon the result of tneir long call-paying innings, and that in the face of a lot of waving and withdrawing on the part of a good number who evidently thought so little of the concern, as to let their shares <ro from them, — they cared n<>t where. To the original holders, who promoted the present company, the announcement in another column constitutes about the best compliment which can be accorded them, for their judgment and faith shown in the enterprise, from the first. ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex (acquired or constitutional), Gravel, and Pains in the Back. Guaranteed free from Mercury. Sold in Boxes. 4s. 6d each, IV all Chemists andPatent Medicine Vendors ; Sole Proprietors, The Lincoln and Mii>la\;> CorvTiHS Dura Co., Lincoln, Englnml. Wholesale of all the Wholesale Houses Why 1«; sick and ailing when Hop Bitters will cure you ? None L'enuine but inadu hy American Co. Read and know.