THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 38, 14 February 1905, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS.

! ON 'CHANGE. Waiotahi shares eased in price today, being sold at 15/, with further buyers at 14/6. New Moanataiari shares on the other hand advanced from 2/10 to 3/2. with later sales at 3/1. and fur!ther buyers at the same rate. Talisman 1 Consolidated shares ?olrl at 9/3. and were still wanted at 9/. Waihi shares were again asked for at 136/. and Grand Junctions at 75/. hut uo sales resulted. In Coroair-ndrl lines a transaction wa? reported in Royal Oaks at 1/, with buyers still offering 10d. Albumins failed to hold yesterday's advance. May Queen Extended s-haras Lad a -uJr'.e-i fall, being offered at noon at 1/2, with buyers quoting. Inquiry was made today for Hidden Treasure shares at 2/2. Standard lino showed little change, with the exception that buyers of Union Oil advanced to 20/. Mr. R. C. CaiT offered a number of shares for sale by auction this morning, but the only ?ales were Mannkau S.S. Co. (£1 paid up) at 18/. and 50 Milne and Choyce at 22/. In otheT lines the reserve was above buyers' ideas of value.

TAIRUA BROKEN HILLS.

The manager telegraphed to-day "Treated 170 tons of slimes for £306." MAHARA ROYAL. The manager telegraphed "Crushed 100 tons of ore for £190.' : By letter h« reports that sttiping on the hanging wall shaws the lode formation IS inches in- thickness, looking well, and showing gold in the ore frequently.

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Waihi SoutU.—The total depth of borehole- i» 23Sft. Smce last report tne borehole has passed tfcrouph the bed of Hive metal or b!aek lava, which vraf< about oort in the saaft, It proved to be about the same thickness in the borehole. Tbe drill lias no"*' KOt into a softer class of country. There will be nothing new nntil the 300 ft level is passed, about nest Thursday. Haarafel Freeholds. —Operations ou Anderson's leader shows pold in the different faces, some pieces ot stone carrying strong blotches haTinc be?n selected. Risiag has ooirjmr*ace<i for a third stope. The nortfc reef in the stopes tics pinched up to a seam. A start hsis been made at No. 2 level west, with 8 view to opening up a block of ground which is intact, and under where high grrade ore was obtained in the level above. Driving south is also proceeding on 0 lenrlcr which showed pold when pickins np the level on the uorth reef. Bnnker's Hill.—The extension of the adit level continues in first-class sandstone r-ntmtry. Another 120 ft should cut the 'An leader. Knranni.—No. 1 crosscut is being continned with two shifts. and is now in 74 feet from bottom of shaft. No. 2 crossf-iit is in 3-">ft. and worked with the same lramher of bands as No. 1. vis., one man in each face, with the other man truckißC. etf. By working the men in tiih way the work will be dor>e very mu-cia cheaper than to eenploy two men in oc? face at a time. After explaining this to Mr McCullorajrh. who fully appi oves of what is being done. 1 have pounded up some of the "stone from the reef hi.sber up the '•reek, with rather poor results, but ihis is not much of a tert. as th? stone was from the cap of the reef, which appears !o he in a finK channel of country, with good mineral indicflrtons."

THAMES WARDEN'S COURT.

Mr R. S. Bush dealt with the foHowuijr cases yesterday at the Warden"* Court: — T. H." Crawford. Yanjniard special claim. Thames, nnd T. Dnnbnr. for tbe Temple Bar. Tarsru Crook, granted: Maurice Kelly, applications fur the Domino aud Krrilriri claims. Kirikiri, recommended to tho- Minister: Golden belt Co.. si.' months' rpotecrion for the Minnesota. New Wentworth. Rapid, .nnd Cascade special ciaims. jrraut"Pβ; A. Hiinna. six months' protection for the Sbnrtlnnd Plat special claim, granted; J. T. 3. Tilsloy.' absolute- »n.rrender of the We Three special claim, accepted: T. T. MaseSeld. W. S. Whir>y, aDd Wm. Bailey, six months 'protection for water-race and maciyne sate, Tairna. granted: Ernest Syms. six months' protection for Ne-w Manchester special claim, granted for fonr months; Blc Beetle Co.. permission to work with two men instead of 3o for six months, jrranred: Arrindel Syndicate, six months' protect inn tor the George Tnrnbull special claim, forwarded to the Minister: Sunbeam Co.. permission to work with two men instead of 33 for sis months. Kranted: Jnne Rabe, six months' protection Sor the Fortuna special claim and waterrace, protection for water-race was granted, and the application for protection of claim was forwarded to the Minister.