MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 75, 8 November 1884, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

Batteky.— The returns of gold and amalgam for the. week ending {Saturday, November Ist, were as follows : New Find— B9 trucks, f>Guz. retorted gold ; Tailings, 240z. do. Colonist— so trucks, lOOoz. amalgam (hot water). Canadian — 19 trucks, 260z. amalgam (hot water. Inverness— 3l trucks, 20oz. lOdwt. re torted gold. Waiorongomai— 3s trucks, 78oz. 15dwt. retorted gold. Premier — Tailings, 12oz. 10d\vt. amalgam. The weight of the Waiorongomai gold after melting was 770z. 9dwt., worth £3 8s 4d per ounce. New Find. — There is now a really fine looking reef in hand in the north end of the low level. It is about four feet in width, and is similar in appearance to the best gold-bearing parts of the lade in the Arizona; A few faint colours of gold have been seen in the stone, and a quantity of it is being saved for trial. In the south end, going towards the Diamond Gully, there is not much improvement to note, the reef being still of a hard flinty nature unfavourable for gold. Good prourws is being made with the winze iv the Arizona level, the depth now approaching ")0 feet. There is no sign of any falling off in tlie quality of the reef, which is still very largo, an 1 the look of things in the end of the low level approaching in this direction warrant th<» supposition that it will so continue, and that a great

•Kfont of th«» lode will I)h fturi I payable • i this portion of theintue. [Since tn«» oregoing was written payable, gold hrt*! •ei'ti got in the ntrtii end , of tjlw lo\V| level. < ' Colonist. — Although the reef in the low level has improved in appearance, | md the jrold-bGariug ;virt of it has ,in.•reased considerably in sj^C"**' cannot vet be regarded as quite payable. A stray colour can now, however, bo occasionally seen in the stone, an- 1 there is is good reason to suppose thit the reef will get better as it ia driven on. The face is now nearly under the winze going Imvn from tlio No. 2 lnvel. In this winze, which is about 40 feet deep, the lode is four feet in width, and is considered payable.. Some good stuff is at present l»«»iug got from the stopes in the >ther win/ifi north of the cross-cut, but the stone taken during the week from the. upper blocks has not shown up quite so well as usual. Piikmiku. — The excellent show roported last week still continues, and gold is as freely visible in the stuff as before. [n any other claim on the field stone showing the metal as plentifully would be estimated as worth several ounces per ton, but the excessive fineness of the gold in the Premier make appearances somewhat deceptive. There ca:\ hardly be any doubt, however, that the vein now in hand is highly payable A few tons will be sent to the battery next week, and a good return may be looked for. Canadian. — Driving is goinsf on on the western branch of the reef in tlu onil of the low level. There is a goodlooking body of stone over three feet in width, showing in the face, but the stuff crushed at the battery has not so far yielded quite satisfactorily. Diamond Gully. — Tne hopper and shoot to connect the mine with the County tramway are now ai-out finished, and a commencement will be made next week to forward stuff to the battery. There is a considerable quantity of quartz on hand, and a good stretch of the reef is stripped and ready for breaking down. The supply will likely be sufficient to keep five head of stampers employed for some weeks. Waiouongomai.— The tramway has been laid in the low level atd driving j commenced. If the country continues good the fact 1 should, by the end of next weeK, be well up to the line of the shot of gold found in the intermediate level. Work is goiug on in the intermediate drive, which lias during the week been extended some distance in the country, and the breaking down of the reef is now being proceeded with Operations have also been resumed at the south end of the claim, and the low level put in by the Vermont Company to the Waiorongoniai boundary, is being extended on the line of re<;f formerly worked in the Virginia City section of the ground. There is a strong lode now in hand, and an ocita>ional colour of gold is visii>le in tne stone, but a sufficient amount of work has not yet been done to fairly test its a alue in tnis level. The crushing last week f'om the reef at the Wellington end. resulted in the good return of 770z 9d\\ts melted gold from 47 tons of stone, l>eing an average of about loz 13dwts per ton. The price received for the gold wa.s £3 &s 4-d per ounce. May Qukhn. — The sinking of the upper winze is being continued, and the quaiMs got out is yielding fair prospects. In the low level, wnich is now in some 25 feet, two mu.iH leaders have been crossed during the week, one about six inches and ihe other two inches in thickness. Both are gold bearing, and from the larger one payable stone has been got. The large reef for which the drive was started still lies 16 or ltf feet ahead, and the existence- -of .payable gold in these smaller veins, augurs well for the quality of the main lode at, this level. Lucky Hit. — Tne prospecting of the May Queen reef, near the boundary, is being continued. The giouiul near the surface is considerably broken, and the lode is not yet very well defined. Fair prospects can be got by pounding the stone, and, when the solid country is reacted there is every likelihood that payable quartz will be found. Phqsnix. — Excellent pro^res* is still being made in the low level. It is now in about 130 feet, and country continues good Twenty five fe.et more of driving will, it is expected, curry the face into the reef, which will probably be reached in a fortnight, if the ground gets no harder than it is at present.