OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 20, 20 October 1883, Page 2

OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Mining matter.s in the Oiiincmiiri district have been very quiet for the last few : weeks, Karnnirah.ike being the on'y pluce which tlie public huv« evinced any interest in. Thu Hiuraki bitterv" lias rkMivd up ;»ftor putting through' some 400 toiw for l!2oz of gold, which muat be looked on a* anything 1 but sitHl'.iclony, The mine in in l"ul! wwiii^., the Hire trunit way and batcory sire working fully ul to expectation-*. rvANHoic 0 M. Co. -This company are making active preparations for n crushing us soon us a portion of tnc b.ittery id at liberty, their tramway connections botwe&n the mine and battery being nwirly complete. There is very little work being done in the other claims round the hill, all interest bring centred in the reuult of the Hanraki G.M. Co.'s. crusliing. Owiiaroa.— This once active little place seems to be under a cloud just at present, the battery being idle and most of the miners cleared out, many of tht*m ; being attracted by the fabulous quantities of gold re >orted to be sticking out of tho hills on both sides of tho rouky Waiorongomai. The only work being carried on in the Smile of Fortuneat the present timd is the driving of a crosscut frqm the Radical low level to intersect a reef which hai yielded large returns of gold in the upper level. There remains about 100 feet to drive, when I expect to see this famoiuf gold producer coining to the front again as a dividend paying mine. Waitekauri.— Thfe district has also be&n under a cloud for sometime ba<sk, the only operations beingcarnVd on by tributers, tlf« most successful being Kiely and party, who ire working a section of the old Waitekauri mine. Thoir last crushing gave them E2GO per man for little over a conpla of rnont'is work, and they arc getting out another crushing which , they expect t0 be as good as tho last. Many up your way will be gl.id to heiu uf ge nial Micky Kiely having dropped into a patch, he being an old identity of Ta Aroha. Waihl— The Martha Extended Goldmining Company's property ip the onlymine under way in this district. It is being vigorously worker!, iwenty ' head of stampers being kept at work full timo. Another ten head ate being added to the battery, and will be' running in about a fortnight from now:' The reef on' hand is a large size and easily worked, and though of low grade quality leaves a good margin of profit after paying all expenses.