MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 558, 13 July 1909, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

/ WAIOTAHI " \ i ,' i(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent) I ' , Auckland, July 13 ? The extension, of the drive eastward on tho i hanging-wall leader at tho No. 4 .level of the 5 Waiotahi rovno is in progress, and the loader \ is being stripped So far as can be seen the f leador is still continuing on tho changed ' eonr=e heading moro to the left,, and bearing I away clear of tho corner of the May Queen I boundary. The latest indications, as showing t in the faoe, appear to show that the leader i will increase in size in the lower portion t W the drive as tho work advances Gold is \- seen in tho email veins of quartz in tho dig, \ while a stronger rib of quartz, lying on tho » hanging-wall of tho leader, has shown some \ Rood etrong dabs of gold right down to the I floor of the drive in the face. The bench of [ the leader was stripped , this morning, when \' 51b. of picked stone was secured. ! THAMES DEEP LEVELS SCHEME. f (By Telegraph —Prose Association) i ' Auckland, July 12 '' The question as to the companies accepting a or declining the Government's subsidy of J25000 * towards the Thames deep levels scheme is sail \ agitating local mining circles. At a meeting I of the directors of the Saxon Company hold t on Wednesday, it ivas decided that tho proper course to adopt would be to accept tho subsidy "> and proceed with tho work, according to tho [ scheme submitted to the Mines Depaitment. * From inquiries made, it would appear that the ! ether companies ivill follow the Saxon Coni- ' pany's attitude. ( - ' ' I * BOSS GOLDFIELDS, LTD. J l , Hokitika, July 12 f Tho machinery of tho Ross Goldfields, Ltd , i ' is working smoothly, and it is expected that r pumping operations will be commenced next ' week To free tho mine from water will prob,ably take from one to two months When this I is accomplished fully one hundred men. will bo I i emplojed on tho deep levels