MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3938, 8 October 1875, Page 2

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(From our Fx'chnu^s.) V correspondent u,firms the ‘Tuapoka Tin-s’ * ha- the Ins -ct-r of IIK aipori M-ft'via ;<i Cham.cl h'R two n len employed *r eugt.en ng the hank', ol th t channel and tending to to- protective w.»tks generally, a.i'l it is co aidere.-l the woks ..re now pi oof aain'b a roller fl >od thin, has visited the flat . ; nc. the coiv.-ti notion of the oh; nm-1. As iiowiio. th » licoi'tit- of the rhavuiel, it may be afed tha an iiff ■r o 1.40 w a nul l, tho other ay for a i lavm .rony.' o"t it. v.iuch was very : eeiit.-'y ptrch-sod f *.6; thi; owiumr, how--v r. wi i u'it i-ell for leu limn LO, Several • ■ i he claim-.wne s are open : eg .nut, and ex ect •■be on uo'd in n f-w nays. T'-ore are about 2 0 m n at w ,rlt all f w .on, are t hinumen, • • eeptiug eleven hhuo e-ns This number . ili yiv- a wm k'y f V 16, «• 1. 61 a. .i n under th»* veguiaii-Mis, m».d T miner’s i ,-hts aad gold duty are cdi.eil to tint the •hunnel inu-t he tv.mtn duing at <h.- rite of a y at- to .‘•be i.'vi-a.*-, thus yielding ivi-r t weivii per c-'ut. m the wkl ot the work. Buchan and p.rti's d’< ee no Hr.tain, ■ iiich tins U-en -»t son* on t-’otv's Beaeii f, r .mi time part has beffi- on very gold tho .;•! th.ee week-., dminn: wtiich time i!2or.s w«.o netted. T..e g-n.d is cuostiy vary fine, /though pieces a-, lii.t us a pen have been obtained. This icsult must bo very encour .g----■ug to the pally, and .ietnoortruso'- the payablo atme of the Nlolyueux isaviiCß at its lower : aches. , At, Waiport trial ot uv'.ing'o f eight tons nf 'one was ni ioeieeuitiyfr.nl Mc-sra Boberts .oi l Oo.L claim. T..e -esult, w.as ry no means .ihlbc'ory, ;he »\> f, which h.o been traced o.r a cot.s .ie a'’U* ili -tan- , apixtars wel' detinc , ' u; the iudi-tafions «»; go.’u not very i>ti .ci-. b’v. ing i.o tit.- tesuit **f the trial env-hiug not. having e,.., e , ( p to .'.xpe tauotiH, - ! e Messrs Roberts have >e o’ved to abandon i ln ir present wot kings, and t ropose prospecting n a i"or« >ves orl> iiirtcti.m. At the Waipori Go.dmining Company’s; ■'aim w.»k i- suspeii leo f- r the .reßent. 'J.'«U • i.itiipiiny ima b on sit gti’nriv unlovtuiiHle with ■ noir claim of late. A few months ago, they let. a contra t f >r driving the tunnel to A tetters Philii; s and S-arhq but it was thrown u;* aim si, immediately after it was taken \tl hand. If appeal* 'ho contracfots commneed opemhois under lavorable cuontn-stare-os, lint owing to tho dnvr having’fallen in twk-e in dilferent places, they eventually threw ii, up. a party of practical miners was sub-qneirly engaged by the slmrehtilder* in i'uredm to r nuno the undertaking; but aft-r continuing ope atinr.s for several days-, wit-i avi-ia.e .-uoc s- fin-e miners discovered out- iiio.i.ina that the drivn ha-i fallen in overnight, and tie. re ■ l\vd lo throw die work \\p likow:-e. .■.no her iffort >o lOutinue during die tunnel is t- be made some ime during the. pros- n! week, and we tiusi with i ore success, that, hitherto, Th,; p aspects of ih< Nil T'esperandum Claim .re >.f a more cheeifui chaiaeter. For some time past the enteiq isin.. and iudustnoHs proprietors have been engaged in creeling new pumpinig appliances, L vc,, which au* now fixed iu thorough working order, tis th- intention of the c mpany to continue sinking in th< ir prevent s’.aft, which is now a depth of tiOfi. The yi> hi f gold hj lemf.vre has been very encouragiiisr; an i it is to be- hoped that, after i.orng to so much expense and loss of time in rrcc.ing additional machnioiy. the warty will bo ban some y remunerated for their outlay.