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Eureka Syndicate (E. Anderson, Manager).—This syndicate intends to complete the water-race commenced by the Moonlight Extended Gold-mining Co. Pour men were employed. Ben Lomond Gold-mining Co.—Only a little prospecting-work has been carried out durmg the year by J. better. The gold won amounted to 7 dwt. 4 gr„ valued at £2 10s. 2d. , , , w w ~, „ Oxenbridge-Shotover Gold, Ltd.—Ail work done on this area has been carried out by the tributers, Messrs. Weddell and Drysdale. Four men were employed working the bed of the Moke Creek when river conditions were suitable. The gold won amounted to 53 oz. 11 dwt. 5 gr., valued at £381 Is. The Wheeler Prospecting Party. —Driving and sluicing operations were continued on both banks of the Shotover River near the entrance to the gorge above Arthur's Point. Arthur's Point Sluicing Go. (P. Soper, Manager).—Active sluicing operations were carried on during the hrst nine months of the year. Elevating operations were also carried on at the down-river end of the claim. Active mining operations were discontinued during the latter part of the year, and the area is now being worked on tribute by J. McMullan. There were eight men employed, and the amount of gold won was 318 oz. 8 dwt., valued The XJpper Shotover Gold-mining and Hydraulic Sluicing Go. —This company is now in liquidation. Sandhills Gold-mining Go. (A." E. Smith, Manager)— Active mining operations have been carried out in the bed of the Shotover River, rendered workable by the construction of the artificial cut and dam. There were four men employed and the gold won amounted to 196 oz. 12 dwt. 13 gr., valued at £1,402 10s. Bd. Mountain Terrace Sluicing Go., Skippers Greek (R. McDonald, Manager).—Active mining and prospecting operations were carried out during the working-seasons of the year. Results did not come up to expectations. Three men have been employed, and the gold won amounted to 69 oz. 3 dwt. IS gr., valued at £473 15s. 7d. Skippers Ltd Maori Point and Skippers (R. D. Climie, Manager). —Up to the month of August the river was low, and as a result, water was in short supply and active mining operations were very intermittent, only about two months actual sluicing-time being obtained. Since early August, when the weather broke, the river has maintained a high level and has not gauged less than 2,000 heads, three times the normal flow, and very often it has reached the 15 000 heads' mark. Although there has been a fair supply of race water, the river conditions have been such that little paddock work has been possible, and only one washup has been made. This produced 62 oz. The past year has shown that the proposal to instal a hydro-electric scheme, to provide some 300 h.p. for pumping and other work in the paddocks, is the only practical method of working this river-bed to advantage, as work must be carried on for the full twenty-four hours a day if any results are to be shown. It is expected that the hydro scheme will be m use before the end of June. The water for this power is being taken from Skippers Creek, and carried, by a mile and a ouarter of 24 in. pipe-line, to a power-house site situated about a quarter mile above the suspension bridge on the Shotover River. Last year a concrete arch dam was built to act as an intake to the pipe-line. Skippers Creek wus then running about 14 heads, but, during the whole period since August this stream has not run less than oO heads, and more often 100 heads has been the weekly average. Bad such conditions prevailed last year it would have been impossible to have built the dam. The completion of this hydro-electric installation has been hindered by the very wet and unseasonable weather experienced since August, 1936. There were twenty men employed, and the gold won amounted to 441 oz. 10 dwt. 9 gr., valued at £3,446 9s. sd. ... Skippers Sluicing Co., Skippers (E. Sainsbury, Manager).—Sluicing operations were continued during the year whenever weather conditions were suitable. The gold won amounted to 46 oz. 17 dwt. 6 gr., valued at £329 9s. Bd. Central Shotover GM Co., Deep Greek, Shotover River. — The Central Shotover Crevices Syndicate (J. Stevens Manager), worked the claim on tribute until August. There were eight men employed, and the gold won amounted to 640 oz. 13 dwt. 8 gr., valued at £4,506 13s. 4d. On the completion of the tnbute the claim was taken over bv the company (G. Vernon, Manager), and five men were employed. Sluicing and elevating, by means of a Stevens high-pressure elevator, was continued in the bed of the Shotover River, but river conditions were unfavourable during the latter part of the year. The gold won by the company amounted to 50 oz. 17 dwt. 12 gr., valaed at GrustaAine, head of Sawyers Gully, Skippers (J. Tripp, Manager).-Active mining and development work has been carried on during the working-season of the year. Stoping above the No. 1 or top level is m progress, and a winze has been sunk below the top level in a good ore body for a distance of 28 ft. The four-head battery has been put into commission and in order to provide economical driving-power, a dam has been constructed farther up the creek A pipe-line' 1,000 ft. in length has been installed providing a pressure of 150 ft for the pelton wheel. The output from minewas 610 tons, yielding, by treatment at the battery, a return of 359 oz. 7 dwt. 20 gr. of gold, valued at *9 (541 13s 6d There were six men employed in the mine and battery. Short and Party —A party of four miners installed a sluicing and elevating plant m the Shotover River below the °< Wnear the head „< ,h, loft-hand o< the Sandhills Creek in a slipped area. Work was carried on drtring the early part of the year, and an attempt was made to locate the parent ore body by driving at a higher elevation. Two men were employed, and 15 tons of ore was treated, vielding 4 oz. 2 dwt, 6 gr. of gold, valued at £24 2s. lOd. Tipperary Mine, Macetown. —No work has been done at this mine during the year. The Garibaldi Maryborough, Homeward Bound, and Sunrise Mines.—iso work has been done at these mines during the year the Macetown Development Co. having apparently failed to form a working company for the purpose ° f re ZXS« h a"rPart" ei "scanlan's Gully, Macetown.-Prospecting operations have been continued during the ofThe old alTuvW the Macetown Township Tipper Arrow Sluicing Go. (J. H. Lynch, Manager).-Two men were employed durmg the working-season, and thC ?rtLwcting 10 right' bank of the Billy Creek, above its j unction with the Srow' rL™ and driving operations proceeded on the left-hand side of the Arrow River, just below the iWtion where a huge slip had covered the old river course, but nothing of importance has been located. Hamilton Sons, Arrow River, Scales Bend.-Sluicing and elevating operations have been carried on above the Hamilton:ana , Douglas and Hamilton. The river is narrow m this section, and working-conditions bend by a tribute in lugust Water is obtained from the Public Works Department's Ar^w ßation tpeTe mnnlg alongside. The dfpth to bottom varies from 6 ft. to 36 ft., and six men have been wrvrln'no- tVirpp shifts daily when river conditions were suitable. V 7he GoldL Arrow Gold-mining Go. (J. Hansen, Manager).-The depth to bed rock varies up te a maximum of 36 ft and the pressure water for working the claim is obtained from the Public Works Department s irrigation of 3b ft., and tne p> e 24-hour service, essential for successful river working, thus enabling pipe-line running content in the Arrow River. Seven men were employed daily in three SrZtrcXSSei the gold won amounted to 352 oz. 13 dwt. 16 gr. valued at 12s 4d. TM JuZtion Reward Gold-mining Go. (R. Hart, Manager).-Seven men employed working three shifts_ daily m Bush Creek about half a mile not comeup to*'expectations in thisMea" and operations were Small parties of free and subsidized miners are working m the Arrow District. Gardrona Valley.—Drilling operations are being carried out at Branch Ueek.

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