OUR MINES.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 23, 10 November 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

Premier G. M. Co.— Breaking, <Wp the reef is being ontinuud from day \\o day, with the usual highly satisfactory re-sult-s. The men me now engaged sloping out blocks of ground on No 1 and-2-reefg. Colonist G. M. Co—The men are hr'uking out qmrtz from two different portions of tin* ivef f t)r forwaiding ,to the b ittvry. fy>!il can be seen showing m'orf iVeftly than hitherto. Vulcan G. M. Co.—-Tlie new discovery iiuN now been proved to be a-crosi lode sinking into tlio Premier N<i 1 reef. The. numgvr i» nuking preperations- to break down for h crushing. The reef haft been itripred for a distance of 40 fe?t, nn<f gold cm he seen blowingfreeJyAha wholt distance. The quartz are of exactly thq same description ;m' the Premier. Wkllisgtom G. M. Co.—ln. prospecting this propeit>-, a nice leader «f about t| iunhes has been cut, in which gold, can-bii fieoiy seen. Furtiwr. dev.e!opamei>tB ,<?| thn important d,»?covery jvilJ .npl doubt ad.l anotht-r #old producing claim", to thfl already numerous Hat on thi^t field. - New Find G. 11. Co.—KrVrydfty repeal* a freJi L'e.nure in thi< fine property. Th^ >mnag<'ri» nowtnvating out good gold from both ends of the level, and fr.un ths face of tlie ryyf. This claim in itself is capabie of keeping the whole 40 hea4 con .tantly crushing. WehaU'Eo G. n. Co.—Stoping is being ci>nturned in the inlennedUte l»vcl, a.nd thi inteimediate drive Urn baen cxten'Jea sMitli for » di-tun^e af 15 ff-et on a reef averaging about 3 feet, the dirt fro'n^ tln» poition of t le ground ig shaping very 3iti lactorily. One hutidr-d tons of quart*, aie ill ready for for.yarding tt) the battery, and t:ie hoppi-r-i ire full. DiAM'iHD G(JLf/Y G XI. Co.—During the wtiek the -a (O-igar brought down some *u,n<! sJimvMj/ H'ce goJd. On being rurih»r pro^{iL'i tt>d and developed, thin claim fr.'iti it-« itnporrant; position in the fiild, will no doubt in time prove one of thti largest gold producers in tho district. Vv t aioi.onq^mvi G. M. Co.—The reef /ins openml out to six t\et in thickness, aid U showing gold freely S -me nice picked stone cama to hand during the week. Tii© men have now completed their contract for bmlJiu < the compmy's whare, which appears very comfortable and suo~.tii.iti 1. IScrkka G. M Co.—The mmager is •>till yn^iged sinking the winze to connect with the risH that i« being put up on th» reef from the low level. The winze is do .\n close on fifty ft»et, »?ood blotches of gvild showing in the stuff an it is broken out. Th >re is still about forty feet to cuin-'ct th-> use nnd winze, when this is completed the mine will be "well opened u;j. Thc'iue for wire tramway to connect w.tb county lino, lias been surveyed !>y Mr Haydon, and the construction •of it will be at once proceeded with, Thi»" claim i\- some distance above the main c unity line, but when the wiro tramway is completed, which will ba about. 19 ch-iins in lon^th, it is expected one man will be able to «end down at least thirty ton* a day. The trucks will be filled from a hopper <it the mouth of the drive and sent down to a lurge hopper standing on the County trim way, about 2 chains t'r in the present New Find hjpper. It is expected that this company will ba in a position to start crushing at the beginninc of th^ F «w Year. Liitle \Vundkr Licenced Holding.— In thu claim a main drive has been pul in ft is now in 54 ftet on good likely looking 8 mdstone country. The lode is •xp^ct-d to bo struck in a few days. Wait-iki Kxtemded G. M. Co.—ln this C m,.an>'o ground the won; goina: on consi ts chi ;fly of surface prospecting. Waitoki G.al. Co.-Stoping is being c rric'd on in tiie block of immediatel\ ovor thy shift connecting with the 1 >\v level, and a winsw is being gunK from the surf ice on the footwall branch. Thid is expected to break through onthestopet >>n (h« main reef. It is really an excellent !o king lod •, and will yield good crushing tuff. The loturus at the battery froiw tiu-? mine are ntn >t showing u^ co well bs those fi oiii the other croshiugs, but it is li^My prol%abie that an improvement will* sboitly take pl.;ce, when the quartz from th winze on"tin 1 footwall branch can^be got down through the pass.

Premier 126 94 112 111 ' 107 15 New Fmi 80 124 122 101 106 5 Werahiko Gtf 10 44 M) 40 10 60 Colonist 29 52 10 58 52 60 Waitoki 15 10 915 915 1110 1015 320 321 5 337 15 316 944 15 Total amount of amalgam, 164250zi . -

Amalgam returns for five days' ran of battery from the following companies :—