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THE HONGKÒNG WEEKLY PRESS AND
Monmouthshire. Before entering the army be wis a collier. Jordan was 25 years of age and enlisted at Treleger on the 7th a native of Bedwelly, July, 1895. He was Monmouthshire, and was described as a labourer. The enquiry was adjourned until Monday
next.
OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS,
JULY, 1899.
was opposite his, that he thought there was a man overboard. They ran on deck together shouting for the boats orewe They saw a man in the water a matter of 200 yards distant being carried away. A boat was pushed off almost immediately, it only being just by the side, and witness shouted out to Mr. Bryant the direction the man was in. He answered that he saw bim and pulled towards him. In about three-quarters of an hour the boat returned without having found the man. Besides Mr. Bryant, Mr. Sharp, the assistant shipkeeper, and three Chinese, went in the boat. He went round to see who was missing | Senior A. A.— and found that Private Jones, of the R.W.F., (Q) Hayward, C. B. who was on police duty on board the Mecanes.(Q) Li Chi-on was missing. His cabin was about 11 yards abaft the gangway nearer the stern. He saw no sampan about. It was a very moonlight night.
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· [ December 2, 1899. Uprise No. 1.-Continued on the lode or lots formation 12 ft on an incline of about 15 deg. from vertical, making a total distance of 50 ft. from Level No 2. Here again the formation is broken up and indefinite.
Product.-But very little of the rock from the workings at this level is sent to the mill, it practically all being too low grade to warrant
it.
Shaft. This was continued vertically in country rock, though a lode like formation Was Superintending Examine, Rev. T. W. Pesroe. passed through 21 It making it a total depth of 151 feet. A 150 ft depth preparations were commenced to open ont level No 3.
*Hayward was Junior.---
BOYS.
(Q) Tse Ching-fong (Q) Weng Tak kwong Distinguished in English.
(D) Compton, J. (D) Hastings, C. E. (D) Long, Ë. (D) Strangman, R. T.
(J) Agan, D. (J) Remedios, C. A. (J) Rozario, E. T. (J) Li Yat-choi. (Q) Ghulamali, B. Over Age-(D) Choy Po-sien. Preliminary. (D) Begley R. R. (D) Drude, F.
(D) Fan-kam. (D) Moy Hing. W. T. Over Age-(D) Cheung U-kwong, and (J)
Carvalho, V. J.
Junior. — (V) Len is, E. Preliminary-
GIRLS,
(V) Schmidt, H. A.
Over Age-(T) Carroll, M. D=Diocessan School. Q-Queen's College J-St. Joseph's College. Private Tuition. V-Victoria English School for Girls. Certificates may be expected in a fortnight.
Ġeo. H. BAteson Wright, Honorary Local Fecetury.
25th Nov.. 1899,
PUNJOM MINING CO., LIMITED, The following is the report for October of Mr. Bailey, the Manager at the Mines:-
John Bryant, shipkeeper on the Mccanee, said that early on the morning of the 17th he was awakened by Sergeant Miller calling. “Mr. Bryant, I think there's a man overboard, I've heard a splash." He at once tarned out and colled the boats crew. Then he wout back to the accommodation ladder and saw something lying on the lower platform. He went down and found a cap, a stick, and a newspaper, and took them on deak with him. He then got into a boat along with Mr. Sharp, the assistant shipkeeper, and ordered the boat's crew to push off. He steered the boat the way the tide was running and at the same time called out to Sergeant Miller, who was on the poop, "Can you see him? In what direction." He then heard a gargling ory al- ong the water and on stooping down he saw what he took to be a man's head, about 80 or 100 yards away, but before he could reach the spot it had disappeared. He searched around, still going in the direction of the current, but could see no signs of anyone. Coming back be told the crew to hail some junks which were near the Sovue and ask those on board if they had heard anything and they replied that they had not. There were watchmen on board the Meeanee. There were seven of them. They took one hour each from 10 o'clock in the morning.
Adit levels.-A little low grade ore was taken They had six life-buoys on board. He did not throw anything overboard, because his place out from here, and driving 30 ft. from the was the boat. There was a light kept burning second uprise at stope No. 1, and some repair. all night on the lower platform of the gang.ing of drives was the only work done here. way.
Lai Tam said he was a house coolie, but had acted as substitute watchman on board the Meeanee. His hours for keeping watch were from 12 midnight to one. He had been on on watch board 13 or 14 days. When he was be carried a lighted lamp in bis hand and walked about. He remembered a boat being launched one night to look for a man who was said to have gone overboard. Before the boat was launched or Mr. Bryant came on deck he was lighting a lamp on the bow of the steamer, the light having gone out. He thought it was a moonlight night. Before this happened he did not see a sampan come to the gangway, nor did he see anyone on eck or hear anyone call out before Mr. Bryant came up. He was walking about except when lighting the lamp. There was a lamp burning on the gangway.
Chung Kwai, a coolie and watchmen on board. the Meeanee, said he came off duty at 12 o'clock Between 11 and at midnight on the 16th inst. 12 he did not see any sampan come alongside the ship and someone get on board. When on watch he walked about the deck, and if any Loat had come up he would have seen it. When on duly if there was anyone standing on the gangway he could see them. When he went off duty he took a hand lamp and called his snocessor, who came on deck.
His Worship adjourned the enquiry until Monday morning, saying that he wished for some further information.
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TANKONG.
Level No. 1, (50) foot level). Stope No. 1.- This stope continued to give us a fair quantity of ore, but of lower grade thau formally, and work was almost entirely stopped here during the latter part of the month because of shortage of mining timbers and to await developement as No. stope is worked, per below.—A second uprise was put through to the Adit levels here in very fair ore all the way.
No. 2 Stope.-But little ore was mined here during the month as we had all the ore and rook from elsewhere to handle the mine is equipped to do. That mined was of good grade.
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WGS Bunk
No,2 Workings shaft:-This 15 ft. on a slight incline, on the lode, making it a total of feet. At the point adit orossout of this shaft a chamber was out to facilitate working from there.
Adit Crossout.This was discontinued upon reaching the sbaft per last month's report,
North Adit drive.-Driven 20 feet 6 inobes, making a total of 88 feet 6 inches from the surface, but nothing of value or promise being found in the 1 tter work, it was discontinued.
GUBAU,
Nevel No. 1. North drive from winse.-- Driven 2 feet 6 inches, making a total of 103 feet from the winze, when it was discontinued, there being no ore showing theroin and this ground can better be developed by a drive later from the crosscut from shaft. A small crosscut was put in west from this drive 13 feet 6 inches but developed no ore.
North drive from crosscut from shaft.... Driven 35 feet 6 inches, making a total of 93 feet on a good well defined lode all the way, which continues about 4 feet to 5 feet thick, but while still carrying fairigold not so good as where driven on last month.
South drive from winze.-Work was resumed here and 87 feet driven, making a total of 111 feet 6 inches from winze, some little low grade ore was had here in places and in other places it out out altogether. As a whole this drive cannot be said to look promising now.
Shaft. We have been delayed in getting
in pump. started sinking this for lack of timber to put
PREAN.
Shaft-A vertical shaft was started here near the old No. 4 East workings, off of the lode, 8ft by 4ft in the clear and sunk 13ft 6in, and timbered for a permanent engine shaft.
Prospecting.-Considerable surface prospect- ing along the line of the lode was done, but nothing new developed.
REDUCTION WORKS.
Mill. This was run equivalent to 29 days full time, 10 stamps on headings and 12 stamps and 2 concentrators part on headings and part on Tankong ore; mostly on the latter, crushing ore and yielding product as follows :
Ore.
Tons.
This ground is very heavy and difficult to keep timbered, being "swelling ground" be- cause of the sulphurets in the ore expanding with oxidization as it is exposed to the air mak-Tankong 951 ing retimbering the drives to here contionally Headings 2036 necessary, which has had due attention.-
Level No. 2 (100 foot level.)-South drive from crosscut Nò. 1-Driven 7 feet making a total of 66 feet from crosscut on the lode or fode formation. I am now somewhat doubtful if we are on a lode proper here; if we are it is very indefinite, and poorly defined, and what ore there is is practically of no value.
Bat little work was done here, principally be cause of shortage of labour; this work being prosecuted only when we have men to spare.
South drive from northwest drive from shaft.-This drive was not extended any, but widening it a little further 6 feet along it was done, some good ore being taken ont in doing 80. A stope will be opened above this drive late, where we will get some good ore, how much cauuot now be estimated,
The euquiry was resumed on the 27th Nov. Inspector Cuthbert gave evidence as to the wharves along Praya East and the condition
Northeast driven from Northwest drive from they are iu. No sampan was allowed to take up passengers after eight o'clock except at Ar-shaft.-Driven 33 ft making a total of 52 ft. senal Street steps.
Major Sir H. W. M'Mahon of the R.W.F. produced the defaulters book, from which it appeared that Jones had no entry for drunken- nesa aganst him, while Jordan had five, including three for this year. Jones was 22 years
of age. He enlisted at Trelegar on the 7th January, 1896, and was a native of Rhumnley,
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This was driven on a line of formation which I think likely the same as the south drive from crossout No. 1 is on in an opposite direction of course. Nothing of value, or of but little promise has so far been developed therein.
A orossout was driven northerly from this drive 5ft to test some white quarts but showed nothing of value,-
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* Concentrates * Guld Amalgam Ballion Estimated 1,000 fine in Tons dry OSS.
wight. Concentr. 52 160.37
02.
110 37.50 204.4 69.67
160.37
52 314.4 107.17 Total 2987
• Assay value 3 ozs. 1 dwts. 16 2-6 grs. In Bullion 91.81 oss.
The headings milled, as will be noted, wers unusually low grade, being from a pile that has been left more or less in the way for years, doubtless because of their very low grade,
The Taukong ore was also unusually low grade, because of the impracticability and inad- visability of sorting that mined to make it average bigher, as, not having an unlimited quantity of this ore I think it best to mill everything that will give a profit at all, now.
GENERAL.
Labour. This continues insufficient, partic-. ularly for getting timber.
Water Power.This was insuficient for power to run the mill a short while early in the month and steam auxilliary had to be used, but during the latter part thereof was ample.”
Transport-We are still short of sufficient transport for our needs because of continned disease among our bullooks.
Machinery.~~This is working well at both Tankong and Gubau.
Surveying.-Survey of our territory is pro-
greasing.