We take .the following items of mining intelligence from the Tuapeka Times of Satur day :—

When work was at a standstill lately for want of props at the Wetherstones Cement Gold-mining Company's claim, the manager ( Vlr Gascoigne) availed himself of the opportunity of having the tail-race cleaned up. This work occupied several days, and resulted in a cake of retorted gold weighing 7oz sdwt—a moat satis factory result, we are informed, as proving the suitableness of the arrangements adopted for saving the gold. This Company's battery is fitted with wells and fluted ripples. When we state that the extent of tail-race cleaned up was about 200 yards, and that the machine haß been almost continually crushing for the past 10 months, we think it will be taken for granted that any gold that has been lost must be of very little consequence. At the Excelsior Gold-mining claim (Wether stones cement) work has been steadily kept up for several months past by means of two eight hour shifts. The main drive is in about 120 ---feet and the T drive about 20 feet, showing very fair washdirt and very excellent prospects. The cement too, we understand, is getting soft and more easily worked. The party express a confident opinion that they are on the right track for success.
