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Captain Superintendent May I would ask your worship to ask Dr. Clark if it was in con- nection with bribery. There was no bribery in the matter. Bribery is a strong term, and in this particular instance it is too strong a word. - The Magistrate-That is what the witness aid.
Mr. Francis again objected, contending that the matter which the Captain Superintendent had raised had no bearing on the case.
Captain Superintendent May-I should like to ask the witness what were the circumstances whether they were connected with bribery or not.
Dr. Clark-It was alleged that Mr. Pang was financially concerned in a certain con tractor's business, and that he made use of his official position to further the interests of that firm. An enquiry was made, and the allegations were not proved.
Captain Superintendent Vay-That is all, your worship.
The Magistrate-Any questions, Mr. Francis? Mr. Francis-No, sir.
The accused were then committed for trial on the first charge. The hearing of the other charge will take place to-day.
Kew was allowed out on bail-$1,000,
THE PUNJOM MINING CO., LIMITED.
The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Co., Limited, advises us that he has received the following progress report on work done at the Company's mines in Palung during the month of October, 1898 :-
JALIS,
Angust Shaft (No I shaft), Lorel No 4 (303 foot level), North Drive-This was con- tinued northerly on same sort of lode formation as recently, a distance of 32 ft., when it was stopped, the prospects here not appearing to warrant driving further.
South Drive No 2.-This was continued southerly, mostly through country rock only, a distance of 18 ft. 6 in. when it was stopped, the prospects here not appearing to warrant driving further.
Level No. 3 (2)9 level), Prospecting Winse No. 1. This was started on and sunk through a low grade ore body on the dip thereof, a
distance of 15ft.
Prospecting Winse No. 2.-Preparations to start this were completed.
TANKONŮ.
Shaft. This was continued 11 ft. through easily worked ground, making totul depth of 54ft., when it was stopped to open out for cross cut drive at Level No. 1, 50ft. from surface.
Level No. 1.--A cross cut westerly towards the ore body developed in adit tuuuels stoue, was started and driven through country rock 10ft., when a lode was discovered in chamber opened at this level, striking in the direc tion cross cut was driving; hence it was stopped, and drive started westerly on the lode, to develope it and the same ground the cross cut would develope. This was driven 12 feet on the lode, which is about 3 feet thick and, though low grade, I think is payable now. A drive northerly from the shaft was put in 9 feet 6 inches to be sure we had the full thick- ness of the lode proven. J.
Machinery-Finishing placing a boiler and pump here from one of the shafts at the Jalis. Mine was completed.
NEW FIND,
Adit Tunnel No. 1, West Drive. This was continued on the lode 5 feet, when it was stopped.
Adit Tunnel No. 2, East Drive-This was continued on the lode 13 feet 6 inches, when it was stopped.
11 feet, when it was stopped
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
West Drive-This was continued on the lode These drives were all stopped because of the fode not carrying sufficient, gold or being of sufficient promise to appear to warrant driving them further, particularly in view of the fact that the same part of the lode that these drives were developing could be tested nearly, if not quite as well, and much cheaper, by trenching the surface of the lode, the work of doing which was instituted, and some two or three bundred feet thereof uncovered, but nothing of value or promisə found as yet.
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SOUTJI TANKOSO.
Adit Tonnel, West Branch,-Drive on this was continued northerly 19ft. on lode formation, but nothing of value or particular promise deve loping and the shaft developing much the same ground, work was stopped here.
Shaft. This was continued on the lode 19ft. 6in., making it a total of 23ft. deep, but the good values had above disappeared. At the bottom hereof a cross out was driven across the lode 18ft, showing it to be about that width, but nothing payable in it here. Some prospect. ing work was done on the surface here, the con- tinuation of which may develops a sufficient quantity of good payable ore (a little of which was heretofore had at this point) to amount to something.
MIDDLE TANKONGJ.
GENERAL
December 3, 1899
Transport-This is still inadequate.
Water Power Water has been sufficient for power all the time,
Rainfall.—This registered 5-485 inches at manager's house and at Kuala Lipis, between 7 and 8 miles away, 13 feet 80 inches. Health.-Has been generally good.
Timber and Firewood. This has been plenti- ful
Labour. The supply of the kind of labourers we were short of has improred somewhat.
GREAT EASTERN AND CALEDO IAN GOLD MINING CO., LIMITED.
Messrs. Lutgens, Einstman & Co., the
Adit Tunnel-This was driven on the lode General Agents, have received the following bere 36ft. This lode is large and strong, but report from the manager at the mines — no payable ore developed in it as yet.
KALAMPANG,
Adit Tunuel, No. 1 Drive West.-This was
driven 57ft on the lode. No 1 Drive East.- This was started opposite No. 1 drive west, on the same lode, and driven 18ft. thereon.
No. 2 Drive West. This was driven 52 feet
on the lode.
No. 2 Drive East. This was started opposite No. 2 Drive West, on the same lode, and driven 14 feet thereon.
Nothing of payable value has developed in either of the two lodes here.
SELANGO.
This is a place where some work has been done by Europeans sometime ago, and prospect- ing has been renewed here.
WEST JA LIS,
Adit Tunnel.-l'his was driven near the “Jalis" works to test a quartz outcrop, but a permanent lode has not been proven as yol, Some low grade ore was developed, bat nothing to pay.
HADJI,
This is a quartz onterop in the neighbourhood of "New Find," which is being prospected.
GUBAU.
The old works here were cleaned out, but nothing was done beyond preparing to put on a pump and hoist, to do which it is necessary to complete a road, now partially constructed, from these works to the Jelai river, a distance of about 4 miles, the work of which was com. meuced.
MILL.
Great Eastern Mine. The contracts have put the rise up about six feet, the stone showing leading stope here next week. I very much free gold, and I hope to be able to start the
regret that it has been omitted to sink on the reef from the old main shaft a winze simultane- -
ously with the sinking of the main shaft, as it would have been finished by now, giving air, and above all would have prepared this mine for stopes on a larger scale, whilst now
we have to ise to the surface, a slow and ex-
pensive matter. We have now to wait for each
individual rise of 7 feet before we can add an- other stope, if the air during summer time does not become bad. Otherwise the prospects here are very promising.
Zulu Miue. The drive north is in 40 feet and although the chute cut out on a cross head, we immediately recovered it in the footwall, but at time of writing I cannot say what the new chute is like. The drive south is in 36 feet, and also here the reef cut out, but was recovered in the hanging wall; at time of writing it is ten inches wide, but the wall had not been shot ont quite, so that it is impossible to give the correct width. A fine seam of gold can be seen in the stone below by candle light. In the southern eud the reef has been difficult to follow, break- ing into the hanging wall twice, as now, but whilst local opinion predicted only short chutes, we have had so far a splendid vein of gold for over 80 feet; without that we have come upon the other chutes either way, which have been worked in the olden days, and that is very promising.
little further. This has so far turned out wonderfully rich mine and there is every pros- pect of its continuing so. We have about 100 tons on grass from here.
We have started the leading stope in this mine both ways and I shall put on as many men as possible, as well as carry the shaft down another Stamps.-These were ruu what time would 10 feet, as soon as the stepes are carried in a equal 28 days 20 hours' continuous run.
Pans-Some of these were run part time. Three Stamps Prospecting Mill-This was run a short time.
Alon ore and product and for amalgam aud bullion as follows -
Ore Crushed: Stamps--
Headings Taukong Iankung South Tankong
3 Stamp Pros. Mill-
Tankong Pans→
Tous Amalgam ozs. Bullion ozs."
3108 5
-518 65 193 54 101
41 50
15.50
73 (test).
7.75
2.23
8 19
量管
3219.03
676.09
1 (test)
2
Tankoug Concentrates To Tankong "
(test)- Tankong Bundry Stuff
12
"
""
"
alcined
2.25 3
2.90
2.80
214.74
*75
.95 1..2
1.60
29.35
.60 10.95
11.10
4.14
625.39 233.25
The bullion realized, from the several lots treated per above, being estimated from the percentage the total bullion was to the total amount of amalgam except in the instance of South Tankong" ore.
2.23-100ths ton test on
Bullion assay here 868 fine gold, and 98 fine silver, or a value, figuring silver at 2s. per oz.,
of £› 13 11% per oz.
CYANIDE WORKS.
Rise and Shine. We have met here with a slide unfortunately, which out out the reef in the face, whilst it is all the way under foot, and we have therefore started the drive two sets higher up above the floor, and expect to cut it again in a few shifts. In the upper level the reef is about 12 feet wide and to all appearances rich. We shall get a lot of stone from this claim soon. Also this shaft should as soon as possible be sunk another 100 feet. -
We have about twenty tons on grass here. Bank of England Mine. The drive north is in 38 feet, carrying with it a reef of about 7 feet in width, but the last 19 fest have been so mul- looky that I have stopped the contract, as We can employ the men more profitably elsewhere at present. I have two shifts driving south on a four feet reef which will no doubt be more defined as soon as the men get further away from the floor, which also here has caused a lot of trouble. The third shift is employed in driving the rich cross reef north to see
on parently become part of the main reef. We where it is going. In the south it has ap-
made an important discovery, on this ground the other day, about 150 feet south of the shaft, by laying bare either another or the same chute of gold on the surface. It is 8 inches wide on the cap and the quartz shows gold to the naked deye. Wel have between 300 and 400 tons on
top.
These were operated what would be equal to the full month, as the material which was in process of treatment from 17th September is included in October's results. 391 tons of tailings were treated for a product of 12 .5 ozs., of bullion assaying here 202.8 tine gold, and 84 fine silver, or a value, figuring silver at 28. per oz., of 178. 4.7d. per oz.
Battery workOwing to quite unexpected delays over which I had no control the ma- chiuery will hardly be completed before middle of next mouth, or end of it. Timber which
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