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Hydbaulic Sluicing. T,r aP ttlT lly if SPe ? ng '/ .good deal of developing-work has been done and some encouraging Ereithas Sent 7 th 811106 1 ? 8t 1 re P°l'-' wUI be noticed under the head «f localitief wnere it has taken place, the principal of which is COLLINGWOOD. 37 S Tl Cial ° lai T aD f fiV6 e * tended claims w ere registered, comprising 628 acres 3 roods fromthe d * he a 216 acres and 10 perches. The returns irom the Golden Blocks Mine at Taitapu have continued satisfactory month after month the yield account of this operations since May have been confined to opening up th reS withthe resuit that a large amount of payable stone has been proved, and it is now intendedUo resume crushinas soon as improved means of ore-transport are devised and adopted. During the first of the 8 Y6ar ™ am rrr still employing considerabie iab -' * from P tZlZ™3!™ltt Sluicin9 an t Minin9 Gom P an y (Limited).-I understand that the returns irom the operations of this company have not come up to expectations, and that for a time work was suspended pending consulting shareholders. The rate of wage paid by th com 2 ™ Court Th[TV f C l °" CiliatiOn ?° ard ' and their award was cSmed fy thTlrbLaSn Court. This doubtless has had some influence on the plans of the directors who have expended great energy and capital in the development of their various properties forThich they a? e now applying for extended protection pending reconstruction and decision as to Tuture pkns The company has always found the ground extremely difficult to work, consequent on the wash being found in patches only, and having to contend with dangerous slips It has until recently emnloved continuously twenty men, and often more, and has provided constant work EnwS wot ha been resumed, but on a smaller scale for the present, and ground which was bdng worked has had hashSTo F ' &B r\t S allthe Pkns f ° r o P enin gthere:and a new face on entLTy other ground has had to be opened with a view to prospecting thoroughly g*ounu I hear resul a have been encouraging. The material and machinery lor two drS»es™ve Sivrf Goal. Three coal-mining leases of a total area of about 700 acres have been registered Of th* odercoal-minmg leases three are paying royalties, and when the wharfand are com pleted at Puponga the output will be more satisfactory, as there is plenty of coal ofXd aXvTn view there Prospecting by steam-boring has also been done at Pupongl with somf success • bit I should like to be able to report more definitely as to the output and the immedTate prosScts of getting a steady supply of coal to market from this part of the district. At hear that an outcrop of superior coal has been discovered, and application is in for a lease o?500 acres ff°gSed S 1S n ° Wn aS CaldWell ' S - An influential S "" dicate has beea f ™" to develop it Takaka. c% y n e e ar refu 1 s:d een appli ° ati ° nS f ° r ™™% V™ H es were made-sixteen granted, two t v T he Q? par A° f the - ie - W^ ere there is much activit y in mining is at the Bubu The Takaka Sluicing Company (Limited) have bought up Mr. Whelham's freehold property and have ■ brought in a race, capable of carrying twenty heads of water from fh P ™v,t i J i v' T. 7 , Bubu Eiver at a cost of £2,500, a/d Lye Sy W tytad one ckamng-up, but, from what I can learn, the shareholders are satisfied with their pSecw If the company continue to get payable results from their properties at the Bubu I am?Sed thaJ they intend bringing in fifty heads additional from the Anatoki Eiver at a cost of £20 000 Thts the Zltokf :1 granted ' Md WheQ r nplete WIH ° Ommand all the terracefbetween th" S?o£ l^{^Sl W W i. < Ser%SS!? y ° f MW gr ° Und kQ ° Wn tob —iferous. Th e 6 A Anat ° kl Wi s at h r aS h , een knoWn as Jackson 's Claim has been idle on account of the death of the owner, and is, I understand, for sale. At Sheepy Flat, Baird and Co. areS bringing
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