MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 60, 26 July 1884, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

The month's returns include loz. 16dwt. remainder of gold from Diamond Gully crushing of the previous month, 3oz. 6dwt. from F Claim, do., and the Wellington yield of 3")oz, I2dwt., bringing the total up to 919 ounces. New Find. — The reef in the low level continues to look well. In the north end which has now been extended some 50 feet from the cross-cutitliere is a fine body of quartz the full Iwidth1 width of the drive showing gold pretty freely, and in the opposite end going towards the Diamond Gully boundary, the lode has also a very promising appearance, and is about four feet in thickness. A leading stope is being carried along over the drive northward. The reef is there likewise of a good size, and daring the week lias yielded excellent stone. In the Arizona level there is not much change to note, the various workings presenting the usual healthy aspect. The lode in the north end is still of great width, and is producing stuff of fair quality. In \>he drive southward it has i'or some distance been pinched up to

about a couple of feet, but i* now opening out and looks as promising as before. Stoping is going briskly on in the '•locks above the level, aivl ample supply of stuff is being got out. for the twenty head of stampers that arc now engaged at the battery. Colonist. — Driving is now being carried on northward on the reef that was cut in the low level, but so far the results have not been quite satisfactory. Some of the stone taken from the footwall side shows a little gold, but on the whole the quarts is rather pool*. In the winze the sinking of which has been let on contract the water is still very troublesome^ and the progress made is in consequence somewhat slow. The lode, however, continues to look very well and stuff got out during the last few day-, was of excellent quality. The underlie | (o the west is still as strong as before, and j should it continue so to the depth of the level below, the cross-cut there will have to be put in some Hi tie distance furl her to reach it. In this case the reef at present being driven on in the lower level and about the identity of which there lias all along been considerable doubt will prove to be a new one that has not yet been met with in the u»*per workings. But apart from the evidence derived from the underlie, the supposition that the ! reef? in the two places are separate veins n strengthened by the fact that although there is only a comparatively short dis- [ tauce beeween the bottom of the winze nnd the roof of the drive, the water in the former does not decrease but rather scorns to get stronger as sinking goes on. The difference in the quantity of the stone obtained from the two places also tends to confirm the belief that they are not one and the same. Before the end of next week, however, the question will probably be decided. There is nothing ff Importance to record concerning the other parts of the mine. Canadian. — The strflt got out in the 1 ist 15 or '20 feet of driving on the reef first worked upon having been proved to he rather poor, operations there have for (lie present been suspended , and work lias been started on the lode known as Williams's. This is a compact nice looking vein, from two to three feet in width, lying some 12 or 15 feet to the west of the other, and, judging from the trial lot put through this week at the battery, it is likely to prove milch the larger gold producer. The two run nearly parallel* but the supposition is that they are portions of the same reef and as driving goes on southwards they will in all probability be found to come together. Diamond Gully. — Since the sinking of the winze was stopped no work has been done in the mine, the directors evidently having not yet come to any decision with regard to future operations. With the excellent prospects obtained in both the winze and the level, it may not again be allowed to lie unworked for any lengthened period.

ok. dwt. w Now Find — Battciy, including bo.vjs G7B 0 Tailings 71 0 749 0 Colonist-Battery, including boxrs 3,'W 0 Tailings 25 0 364 0 Canadian— Battery 82 0 Tailings ... ... 12 0 94 0 Eureka 136 0 The usual '•" *'»ly retorting took place on Tuesd, y an resulted as follows : .a.. cj.uu. Gold. O'A. d\Vt. New Find 1873 10 flattery 44G 5 Tailings 68 9 514 14 Colonist 863 18 Battery 200 10 Tailings 28 12 229 2 Cin-lian 151 5 46 16 EuVn 305 5 83 3

Battery. — The returns of amalgam for the week ending Saturday, 19th inst., were :