MINING NEWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 30, 28 April 1927, Page 2

MINING NEWS

Kuranui.—The following is port for week ending April s, lto. ‘ Old Battery level: Rise on connect with winze has been risen ■- a total of 21ft. The reef h*re 18in. wide and is a nice body « carrying a good amount of m,n *TL.,, silica and has every appearance 0* ing gold. A start is also with further cleaning out of tne tery level with two men, leaving W two men driving east on Barry bottom of rise. Hauraki.—Under date April 27 « manager reports.—The water i* no below the 160 ft. level, and me plunger is showing 4ft. rLut on the up stroke. The gland under water and there is no sups** t ing: the pump is working 80 ‘i£ -jyr evidently in good condition, $t is still lowering at the same ra Union Beach and the -punte shafts, showing that the di»m*®L tions are open. In the ft* shaft the water is now 16ft adit. The Cameron pump ered to the 220 ft. level, so to have that level clear a « All the machinery is working w Alburnia. —Driving north hM tinned on the footwall vee& Orlando reef. The distance ter 4 1 was Bft., making a total 1,593 ft from the starting PJg 1 ' of leader, which is an average w continues to show a s Ugt' broken. The country rocw firmer than that through, and is of a splendid . kU Several leaders are showing « angle, coming in from of the drive. Should th®3 Lotion * it,> present course they will jiineG - leader we are driving on. jlf crosscut was advanced a n \ o ul 4* from the main level, making a tance of 102 ft. to date. t passing through is inter©*^, that previously reported- fading iV, I Level. —We have carried if along the reef here for a di ig <*• and have stripped the , tance. Very little to t> rev; we propose one day this wees down. t | Ohinemuri.—For the April 23, the manager repor Level, South Section; \ „ 3 ,ie 108 ft. In sulphide ore “U 6 Workmen ’ 100 ft. ;i rafet.v-zone for taken along 15ft. southward j ; i sulphide ore. A w.m e ;»“ to connect with No. 1 rv nia( l« " The connection shoitld a four weeks, which wW read! ' I block of highly payable ■ <**■ ofa *u ; storing, besides y? nt ‘h Section: The in this section. North wcnou > drive on the ’’Camoola reef dm - tended a total distance inipr OT^Sf Silverstream e r ? s^ c “ t ’„ v f n |feste<i in the ore is being n VVI parallel,*!; drive approaches the zo b) hts the Silverstream section- » cootfe phides being present 1 ,: a . O n»J , driving. The drive » from which it ,s a i" a r r ' Id t ( n spur over 40ft. in width. Golden^ The manager has Si ing and has sent samphis the reef • prospects from the cap disclosed y r -id.