Tin mining operations at Tingha.
Monday 22 January 1906, The Sydney Morning Herald
TINGHA, Saturday. Markham and party, working near Ah Bing's lead, are driving on payable wash. More and party, working on Star Gully, have bot- tomed on payable wash, and have commenced driving. Jack and party, working on Cope, Hardinge gully, have cleaned up with satisfac- tory returns. McLean and party have sunk two shafts, both of which turned out a fail- ure. They are now engaged sinking another, and are down 30ft. A syndicate has pegged out the whole of Stoney Creek for dredg- ing purposes. Should they obtain the leases machinery will be put on as soon as possible, and work will be provided for a great number of hands. At Bowers' Red Hill claim, Jen- nings and party of tributers have struck splendid wash. The dredges have nearly all begun work again. The Tingha South, at Sutherland's water, cleaned up with a return of two tons for about ten days' run. The Cope's Creek Extended have cleaned up with a return of 2 tons 3½ cwt. Tingha South cleaned up for nearly 3 tons, and the New England for 18½ cwt. The Cope's Creek Extended, who have been working with the engine on the bank of the creek, have decided to place the ma- chinery on pontoons. This will enable them to obtain an output of about double the amount of tin they have been raising. The Cope Hardinge dredge, which was purchased some months ago by a Melbourne company, has been lying idle, but arrangements have now been made to remove the plant about half a mile higher up Herding Yard Gully, and erect more powerful machinery. The local price of tin ore is £104 per ton. Owing to the late rains, water is abundant for fossicking purposes, and a great deal of tin is coming in.
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