MINING NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 14

MINING NEWS

RETURNS AND REPORTS

Bell-Hooper, .Cromwell -Gold, Ltd., reports, for' the week' ended January 19 as folldws!—A'll men were engaged on pie-1 paratbry blocking out stopes and blocking out work.. CentVe stope through blocks N Slid- 'M^ advanced^ to Within 40fee't of boundary. Centre stope through block Yi* completed, a:rid- stope now 20 feet into block P. No.- 2- stope driven to \hdundaxy, and blocking out stope off No! 2 stope now in progress southwards and parallel to boundary in block F. The contractor up to January 20 bad completed a distance of 70ft in No. 2 " tunnel./ The return for the week was 270 a 13dwt,10gr. •'■■■■ GILLESPIE'S BEACH. The secretary of the Gillespie's Beach Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., advises a return of- 630z for a broken.period of approximately 150/:-' hours'/ dredging.'••■ On. a'fcdoniit :bf the. dredge starting in' a: Very narrow paddockl, considerable//tune-'; was lojst in opening ,upi therefore'-it is. Very difficult td.gauge!; exactdredging time, but it will1 be a few weeks before the dredge-' master can 'open out a good face; Steady return* c'aii only be .expected when this •is \ accomplished. Since starting, the tuh; nil has been fully inspected and the report is highly satisfactory. The dredge is now running the full three shifts,.and. all the machinery is working satisfactorily. . \' MOUNT TOKATEA. "■'Repbri to.January 20 bf'Tokatea Mine: —Cross-cut under Pillar Rock penetrated main Tokatea ree£ for ■ distance of; 60ft. Hangidgwall will be reached ,in this drive within, next few days.^ Assays of -.quartz taken over first 15ft width of reef at this ' point reveal gold content. Total width will* now be' sampled'and assayed. No. '2 cross-cut in main, drive reached Kangingwall and disclosed width'of reef to', be same as in No. 1, namely, about 80ft. Preliminary assays of samples taken aver. 24ft .'from hangingwall are decidedly promising^ 'In Syke's Cieek area No. 1 cross-cut has been driven 80ft on about the line of contact between the andesites and basement sedimentary rocks. Quartz *trittgers. and a definite hangingwall met with. A considerable, flow of water is coming face. ,No. 2 cross-cut, .further sputh/ahdat "a'slightly lower level, is in the altered basement sedimentaries and has penetrated ,a formation with a definite hangingwall,'composed of quartz stringers and bands...of „ altered andesites and sedimentary rocks for a distance of 10ft, without any sign .'of the other wall. Systematic sampling, and. plotting for- assay purpose*, are. now-being .carried out over the company's claims'at Coromandel, and the raulte ,tMu(}' obtained will provide valuable data forvfutiire guidance. . , WORKSOP EXTEN DED. Contractors for, the Extended dredge , now,^being constructed for ,the company report'as "under:—The bottom of starbpard -pontoon finished. Long deck stringer now to' hand enabling completion of after part °f P°rt pontoon. The tie rods in/place, and closing-in plank is ready to.be put in position. A start was made with 'the' construction ■of the. lad«ter, immediately after the holidays. Tho building' 'of' the" winch is nearly completed. ,-;..... KAMUNTING TIN. Kamuntijng Tin dredging yield for December' was." 105 tons tin oxide, realising £lfc,OOOr.working costs, £5500, at 3.4 d per cubic y&fdy ;"■"" ' ' ■