MINES.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 11, 18 August 1883, Page 2

MINES.

EUREKA. — This claim was one of the first marked out in tins district, and, as a good deal of systematic mining' lias been done, a general description m^iy be of interest. Work in this mine is at present confined to connecting the low level with the winjse sunk from the surface. The rise from the level is up 12 feet, the reef being about five feet wide and showing gold. The manager is also sinking the winze, which is dow down, about 32 feet, gold showing in the stone in, blotches and in the blue streaks which are so frequently seen accompanying the gold in this district. This reef ought to crush well, as the gold is very evenly distributed tin oug h it^ the quartz in which no gold is visible 1 giving a payable prospect of fine heavy . gold when crushed in the mortar. Nearly 100 feet o$ rising and sinking remains to be done before the level is connected Avith the surface. When this work is completed the manager can break out sufficient quartz to keep 20 head of stampers going. A large amount of good: work h .s been done in this mine ; upwards of 350 i'eet of driving ia the loav level, about half this distance being on what is called the right hand branch,, a reef averaging three feet in Avidth. from Avhich capital mortar prospects vreijc obtained. The main reef, which is from five to six feet wide in this leA'el, is certainly one of the most regular and best defined lodes in the district, carrying nice kindly sandstone counts y in | both walls,, gold; showing freely for a •distance of 45 feet along the reef, im- ' proving towards the present face. This level avi'll be at once pushed ahead as soon as the rise is thr.ou.gh h as this drive is not yet under where the best #old was seen in the cap of the reef,, and there being upwards of 300 feet to drive on this reef before reaching the boundary. There are at present 150 feet of backs over the I drive at the face, and* this will be nearly doubled before reaching the boundary* It is intended; to> connect this mine Avith the main county line by means of a wire self acting tram about 20 chains long, which can be ovectsd in, a. short time at no very great expense.

Premiers'— -The name tram from the 'mouth of the low level to the shoot, which Reacts to, the- hopper, will soon bo finished. The erection of tUehoppui n:ill be started tit the beginning" of next week;. Driving is being continued in the No. 1 level No. 2 reef> all the *tono showinggold, some heing a,bout tU« bestyet found in the mine*

Colonist.— "The winsse is down to about the same level as the back of tho drive, but as tho portion of the reef parried down in thewinzta undertayoil a little more than the part driven on, the Manager intends cross-cutting about six feet, in .which distance it is cxi>»eted Iho winze will be connected: with tho level. This mine will then be in a position to send an almost unlimited supply of quartz to the nrilK

New Finix— The trmnway formation is completed, find the sawyers nro making rapid progress with the timber culling. Carpenters commence erecting the hopper on Monday. The iion for the shoot »s at Wa,iorongomai landing and the iron rails on the top of Fern Spur grade. It is expected the connection of this mine will be ready as booh ns the main tramway.

Wkrahika & Wajtoki.-— Tho Manager ha,s commenced a, vise in the Werajiika

from No.. 1 level to surface. Very goodl gold is coming to hand from the rise. , KoiiiNooit. — The claims known' as Fraeer'a No. 1 and 2 are about being formed into a company under the abovename. Very little prospecting has been done in this locality, and as it is undoubtedly a gold-bearing country it is hard to tell what, vigorous prospecting; may disclose;"" ' ""

\ Auckland. — Idl this claim v which -is situated on the May Queen Spur, the well known prospector, Michael O'Keef e, has just 1 commenced a drive on a nice looking reef abopt 2 feet wide. The class of country and; quartz are everything that could be desired, and. the mineral indications, arevery favorable. A good many blotches of. gold are visible in the stone, and theprospector is sanguine that a little work ,- will prove his discovery to be a valuable one. '

Golden Hjll No I.— This claim which compi iscs the old. prospector's claim, discovered by Hone Werahiko, as stated in previous issuer, is again at work. A d-ivo has been put in from the Bonanza sidoof tho Prospector's Spur in. which a leader Las been followed, varying in thickness from 2 feet to 9 inches. The, country driven in taking out the vein has been hard, but in the presentface is of a more kindly nature, and may be worked* with ti e g a d- ' The leader driven on' ie moat likely the same as that worked by the old compiny's manager, Mr Moor' and' the characteristics similar. The loolc' of tho country in the present face would incline one to believe that the leader is likely lo go down deeper than was the case in the old workings The present drive appears to be about 10 feet deeper than the old crosscut driven from bottom 'of the winze. The quartz being broken out .shows a good deal of gold, chiefly J ea f goid. but some stone contains gold tlirpugh. the .solid stone. There is certainly 'sum*-' cient encouragement to warrant the _ present owners in continuing their ope«t--'tioiis as an improvement might occur at,my moment, and it is, possible the channel of country containing the leader may nmWln to the eastward, • and so escapeth ban! a- In the old low level

Ai.i'H MiP/rrcAL.— Mr Goldsworthy, themina^er, after driving on the leader from. which ho obtained very nice picked stone, till iN junction with a cross lode about 3 fr N Ai'do. extended the drive for some dis-. tince on the latter, getting good payable'^tone id! who wny. A rise is beinir rut np, to the suiHce, so tJi.i f . we may expect gold; i'rom the ¥to increase our first month'scrushing A great deal of systematicprospecting has been done on there claims, and payable stone discoved in manyplaces.