MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 222, 19 September 1928, Page 4

MINING NEWS.

MINE MANAGERS , REPORTS. Lucky Shot.—The drive north on the foetwall dropper from the bottom of No. 2 winze hag beeu extended 10 feet; The face H» now out 25 feet from th« winze. Although no picked stone ha* been secured, colours of gold are visible In the ore, which is very heavily mineralised. During tlie coming week I intend driving on the main reef sooth to connect with No. 1 winze. This will Improve the ventilation,, and, so far as developments have gone in this direction, it has every appearance of opening up a large block of high-grade ore. Moanataiari. —During the week thefollowing work bas been carried ont: —-Reef over i buck of drive: This lias been carried throughout to the main air rise and a break came across the face, and no quartz has been Keen, but we know that the reef is in the footwall. To secure the main rise we bad to leave the quartz. We started .to rise to-day for another stope over where the' (ticked stone was secured. ' No quartz •has been broken since last Saturday. Crosscut : After having the survey plotted, and after consultation with Mr. E. F. Adam*, I have decided to change the course of the crosscut. We will be able to carry a reef formation along with us for a considerable distance, and at the present time it is making more quartz. In my opinion this formation is the same reef that all tfcf whizes nave been stink on, and the Cambria reef Is well ahead of us. Albumlβ. —The manager reports that the drire north on the hangingwall branch of toe Orlando reef has been driven 7ft, a total of 235 ft from the'eentre of main crosscur West. The reef averages 10ln wide and carries a fair amount of mineral and silica. The country rock on both walls Iβ a good firm class for making gold. No. 2 rise On the hangtagwall brunch of the Orlando reef ha* been risen 3ft, a total of 20ft. The reef averages 2ft Bin wide, and is a strong body again, carrying a fair amount of nice miner*" antimony and silica, and fbo.uld~>nifo «w>io" f>* any time, as the country rocV on both walls t> of a splendid class, being interlaced with mineral veins and flulty seams. No. 1 rise on the footwall dropper of the Rons of Freedom reef has been risen ">ft. a total of lift. The reef at present Is lOin wide, bnt there is a formation of stringers about 2ft wide, and some pt the <>re looks very promising for making gold. This rise is a three-way rise, being over 10ft long, with two passes and ladder way. A .start has also been made to carry along a lending stope on the hanglngwn.ll branch nT the Orlando reef from the winze north. Holes have been bored along the roof of tnp drive ready for firing. These holes « p flretl this week - Mannklpawa Holdfields.—The mine manafho T p ?r te " ntlcr date September-10 that chatnh?» Ve is now 30ft eouth of the SttertEn 11,,8I 1,,8 bGPn tnrn * rt ,n * westerly r'^r 1 "; ■ view to striking the gut' done J he development work ahaft. Th "nw I *, t0 ,h % we9t °« th * thoro M-TiVLJ? Nt J 8 run "in* well, and ■U dv" T h " ?io± reak in t,,c P°™r f°r an oasterlv direetlot °lT at WOrk rtone ,n ground there thomrt, s P rove <» that the not payable ' *° M - le possible flnanrial Vmh. provld e against company, ami ?o enß e^ a t r ™ s « m ent of the the mine, the director- i, develo Pm«t of advisable t«. USTn-JT. h * f ve , «""»«*«« it Rhare*. and a suVunt ""allotted he*n «6ld to mat "ria iv nßS i?^ r has now finances in the eveni ?oie£JEZ^ tl l***''* protracted beyond P^USnSdtoSK,,* 1,, *