KARANGAHAKE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 139, 30 January 1886, Page 2

KARANGAHAKE.

iNotwithsfanding the fact (t ( th at mining' matter* generally are at a very low ebb, there is 'still a conpidernble amount of work going on in the /district, especially in the Woodstock, wiiete there are about 20 men engaged in'bpening up the mine '•and completing the^'-am way connections between that point and the furnace. When the tramways are finished the manager will be in a portion .to forward quartz from two different reefs, which are now being operated on having that object in view, and, judging from the quality of the ore coining to hand, both should yield handsome : £eturns. Crushing one shift with 16 head of stampers is still in progress for the Ivanhoe mines, where the stopes' are looking well, and the manager expects an all round return of one ounce per ton. from his next clean np, which will take place about the end of the month. A second parcel of 5 tons of ore was despatched from the Ken il worth mine to the Thames furnace this week, and the manager has received instructions to continue sending till farther orders. lam also informed that a trial parcel of 10 tons of second class quartz from the minp will be sent to the Ivanhoe battery for treatment. If this trial lot yields payably there is an abundance of similar stu ff stuff broken out and readfoi transmission. Stoping operations in the Crown mine are still in progress, and the reef averaging 4 feet thick carries gold throughout, some of the stone showing strong colours of the precious metal very frequently.