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No. 1 shaft South Gubau sunk a farther distance of 12 feet and timbered and a drive put out 25 feet on lode. The lode here is small. No. 2 shaft-Sunk 20 feet and timbered and commenced to open up drive.
Sunghie Tassey.-A shaft was sunk here 20 fest. The ground is hard and water heavy so work was discontinued for the present.
Sunghie Sar. Drive on lode 12 feet, but owing to the rain it fell in.
Sunghie Russ.-The drive on course of lode extended 28 feet. The assay value of the stone from this section is of low grade. No. 1 drive North Gabau assays the best with 4 dwts. 8 grs, fine gold per ton.
MILL.
22 Stamps.-These worked 27 days. Pans.--Two only ran at the clean-up.
To.. Amalgam ose. Ballion on. 160 3 18 5 10 2015 12 05 4 17 09 6 08 2 11 6 400
Ora orushed
Headings
2643
401 17
Now Shaft
821
201
77
1
10
2773.10
436 00
864 fine 115
Jalis 4
Manik
Pans
Ballion assay here
Gold Silver
OYANIDE WORKS.
173 13 00
£3 13 34 24
£3 13 6
Work was continued here for 15 days treat- ing 150 tons only for a yield of 19 ozs. I dwt. of bullion valued at £1.8.5 per oz. The clean- up represents only a partial one and the small quantity treated was owing to tanks leaking
and trouble with belts.
WATER POWER.
Sufficient for our requirements, but the supply was getting short towards the end of the month.
RAINFALL.
1 inches for the month-quite exceptional for this time of the year.
HEALTH.
This has been fairly good.
BUILDINGS,
A godown 24 feet by 12 feet and out-build- ings 36 feet by 16 feet has been put up at Bukit Sarong, a site prepared and contract let for a residence for Europeans 34 feet by 22 feet.
HEADGEAR.
For Shaft is almost completed and should be in place in about 10 days from now.
MACHINERY.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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lode until it broke through to the level below. The lode carries good gold all down the underly 45 feet. This air shaft has given ventilation to this part of the mine, where the air was very *bad.
The drive going north is in 102 feet from the shaft. In this end we have never had more than a few inches of stone.
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smelted gold. The number of tons crushed from the different mines is as follows
* Bukit Koman
Bukit Hitam Raub Hole
2315 Tona
1214 48
Total 2,4844 Tons The average yield was 1 os 3 dwts. 164 per ton of ore crushed.
For the quantity of ore crushed this is the best crushing the Company has ever had, and it is the record gold for a clean up. The result is due to an all round improvement in levels and stopes all through the different mines. (
An air shaft has also been sunk 57 feet at this end of the mine, 100 feet north of engine shaft, and 20 feet east of the line of drive below. At 55 feet the lode was out in this shaft carry ing good gold but the water became too strong for manual labour so work was stopped and a short orossent put in from the end of the level Considering that this is the result of stuff to come right under this shaft. This will be taken from all parts of the mines, and that all finished in a day or two and sinking of the shaft | quarts broken is sent to the mine without resumed. From the above it will be soon that any picking or sorting, the yield is a splendid payable gold is proved for 215 feet along one. the line of lode, with every appearance of continuing further, as our nearest workings | are over half a mile to the south-Raub Hole, and over three quarters of a mile to the north- Bukit Koman. It is impossible to say what these workings might eventually be. I believe we have the makings of a great mine in the section.
Bukit Koman.-There is nothing special to report from this mine; the work of opening it up is proceeding steadily.
No. 1 Level North End.-We have made a start to clean up the debris from the burnt we had some time ago. As soon as this is finished, and the ground secured, the work of extending the level will be resumed.
No. 1 Level Sonth End.-The face of this level is now in over 1,100 feet from the orossout.
In the face there is a nice body of ore 24 feet wide on the foot-wall and 2 feet on the hanging wall, with about 5 feet of slate between; both of these bodies carry good gold. From its present appearance I think the slate will out out and the lode take its place.
All of the stopes over this level are looking very well.
A New Winse No. 2 South has been started 800 feet sonth from No. 1 winse to connect Nos. 1 and 2 levels and to provide falls to com- mence stoping from as soon as the new battery is ready for work.
Another one will also be started in the north level for the same purpose.
No. 2 Level going North the lode in the face is about 11 feet wide carrying good gold all through but I do not think we have got the full width of the lode as there is still quarts in Is all landed at the mines and carpenters are
the banging wall. This level is carrying very busy getting necessary timbers for foundations good gold, some of the best ore in the mine
coming from here.
for same.
GENERAL.
Everything under this head is having our
care.
KAUB.
The Manager's Report for the two months ending on 3rd March, 1899:-
Raab Hole. The only work being done in this section is driving the Crossout East from the 216 feet level and cutting out a chamber in the hanging wall of level to sink a wines from,
on the small ore chute below the 216 feet level.
In the Crossout there is no change, the face being in hard dry black slate. This drive is now in 140 feet from the level.
Stopes on Ore Chute: The stopes over the
No. 2 Level.-In the drive going South at this level there is only about one foot of quarts and flucan on the footwall, the rest of the drive being all mullock which is sent over the tip. The crushing stuff is some few feet into the East in the hanging wall. It is my intention to put in a short cross-cut to ascertain the position of it. This level is now in over 1,000 feet from face to face.
nothing, as we are waiting for the pumping and No. 1 South Engine Shaft. We are doing winding machinery from Singapore. At the in, as there is difficulty in getting sufficient Bukit Koman Shaft a third boiler has been put steam to work the pump and winding engine owing to the wet weather and heavy water in
the mine.
Bukit Jellis-We have finished preparations for opening out at 250 feet level and have made a start to drive both east and west.
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The mill resumed crushing the same after- noon. -
Electric Installation.---Good progress is being made with the different works in connection with the Installation.
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The dam soros the Sempam River in all but finished, what little there is to do cannot be finished until the river goes down.- a u
Flume. Good progress is being made with putting this together...
Pipe Line. Everything is ready to lay the pipes when they arrive:
Power Station.—All foundations at the Power Station are finished, and good progress being made with the building for power.
Cable Track.-About § mile of posts with in- sulators are fixed on cable track.
The Resident of Pahang paid his first official Bungalow for Resident Engineer is finished. visit to the Sempam works on Thursday last, and expressed his surprise and pleasure at the extent and nature of the work done.
New Battery-The Railway to the New Bat- tary is finished as far as it can be for the present. Good progress is being made with putting up the buildings for the mill.
New Dam at Sungei Koman. Good progress is being made with this work; about 4,000 yards of earthwork have been put into the dam. I hope to have this work finished in about three months from now.
In closing this my last report for the Com- pany's financial year ending on the 28th February it affords me very great pleasure to congratulate the shareholders on the steady progress that has been made with the develop- ment of the mines, sooumulation of ore reservės and improved yields from the ore crushed, which has risen steadily from 10 dwts. in 1890 to nearly an ounce per ton in 1899.
SHANGHAI & HONGKEW WHARF COMPANY.
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for the year ended 31st December, 1898, sub- The following is the report of the Directors
mitted to the annual general meeting, held at the offices of the General Agents, Changhai, on Tuesday, 21st Maroh :-
holders the statement of accounts for 1898.
The Directors beg to submit to the share-
Tls. 3 per share on 16th August last, the bal After payment of an interim dividend of
ance at credit of profit and loss (plus ·{Tls. 16,137.20 brought forward from last year) amounts to Tls. 183,613.47.-
of Tls. 36,594.31, representing final paymenta Property account has been increased by a sum
for now Godowns and improvements to property during 1898.
back of the ore chute have been discontinued owing to then becoming so small and poor as we rose on them. It is very evident this ore ohute improves as it goes down, as in the level some 45 feet below the chute is fully 30 feet Owing to an accident to the rods of the lower long and 21 wide and carries good gold. Should pump we have not been able to do anything at
The amount of Tls. 20,000, taken from pre- it improve going down I shall have to sink the the 35 feet level. The last work done was driv-vious year's profita, has been absorbed by cost main engine shaft to work it, but before doinging on the ore body near the shaft. This car- so I intend to try and get down a winse to test ries a large percentage of almost pure anti-expenditure required to keep in order the of repairs during 1898, and in view of the mony, which assays 51 per cent. star antimony. The presence of antimony in Company's wharves, pontoons, and numerous the lodes at Raub, has always been a good sign godowns, a further provision for this purpos
is necessary. for gold, but we have never had it in such large quantities as in this level. We have not yet had time to assay it for gold, but will do so shortly.
its value.
Bukit Hitam.—I am very pleased to say that this mine is opening out remarkably well, parti. cularly in the South End, where the lode is now worked fully 10 feet; how much wider it is I cannot say, as I have not yet out through it. This drive is now in 145 feet from the shaft and carries good gold all the way in.
Battery-This was cleaned up on Wednes An sir shaft has been sunk 100 feet south day, lat inst., to close the Company's financial from the engine shaft and broke into the lode year. The total number of tons crushed for the at 50 feet down, where it carries good gold; the ¦, two months January and February was 2,484) shaft was then continued on the underly of the tons yielding 2,944 om. 2 dwts. 0 yrs. of
Out of the balance at credit of profit and loss, viz., Tis. 183,613.47, it is proposed to pay a final dividend of Tla. 9 per, share, thus absorbing Tls. 135,900.00; to... place. Tls. 25,000.00 to credit of Repairs Account, and to carry forward Tis. 22,718,47 to next
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