OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE.)

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 143, 27 February 1886, Page 2

OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE .)

Paero*,- Friday. The new find in the United mine, Waihi, has created a considerable amount of interest in mining circles i during the week, and, being anxious to ascertain the acttral state of affairs, I took a trip in- that direction 1 a 1 few days ago. Wtar* passing through' Owharoa I ascertained that eight head- of stampers were running one' shift on » 1 6-ton parcel of crushing dirt from- the Hidden Treasure mine, and although the show on the plates was not up to much, the shareholders expected the boxes would turn out sufficiently well to give them a payable result. Kelly and party haye 1 taken up a piece of ground situate north of and next to the Lucky Hit claim, upon which they haye 1 obtained some very encouraging surface prospeots. They are now engaged in driving a level for the purpose of testing their ground at a considerable depth beneath the sur- | face, and they hope ere long to be able' to render a good accourrt of themselves* Farmer and party, tributers in the Smile of Fortune* mine, are making good headway with- the work of driving the new level, and t/ltay expect to have the No 4 leader in 1 hand rerf shortly. The new stoi'e which is being 1 erected for Mr J. HosilVon the site of the one that w.ts burnt some time since; is fast approaching completion, and the proprietor anticipates being able to stnifc business thficni- aboi t Monday next. Towards the end of last week Mr Hosie's magazine, which ia located on the bank of the' "Annie Creek," about one quarter of » mile from the road, \uid broken into and eight cases of dynamite, together with .1 considerable number of detonators, were stolen therefrom. Mr Hosie estimates- his loss at £50, and has offered £10 reward for such informationas will lead to the conviction of the peison or persons who committed the theft, theft. At Wa<U, upon reaching the United mine I found quite a- crowd of twining' celebrities congregated there, amongst them being Mr J. VV. Walker, who is one of the largest shareholdersin the concern. This mine was located about six moufihs ago, since when a," shaft has been sunk to a depth of 70ft f and from the bottom of which a- crosscut west was extended a distance of 40ft ab which point' a reef 4ft thick was encountered. This lode is supposed to be the southern continuation of and identical with the reef upon which work is now in progress in the Rosemont mine, and, judging fiom its strike, underlie, general character, and appearance, I should say it ia one and the same lode. A few weeks ago a trial parcel of 5 tons was broken out from this lode anl senfc to the smelting works, Thames, where it was assayed, and valued at £8 per ton, which amount, owing to cost of transit and treatment, was not more than payable. Pending arrangements for crashing a parcel in the Martha battery, Mr E. H. Cooper, who was iv charge of the mine, started prospectingoperations. In fossicking about on tbe surface he found several pieces of stone in which the precious metal was freel/ discernible-, and, believing that they had detached themselves from some reef close up to the surface, he started trenching, and very soon succeeded in unearthing the lode which is the subject of this letter The discoveiy was made at a point about loOffc south of the shaft, and it is just possible that this reef may be identical with the one in the shaft workings. At the time of my visit several men were engaged in breaking out stone from the tiench, which