WAIHI.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 161, 17 July 1886, Page 2

WAIHI.

Martha Extended. —There is nothing ,ne\v or important to report from this imine, where the usual work is going 1 on with satisfactory results. At the battery 20 head of stampers are continuously employed in the reduction of quartz from all parts of the mine, and the show on tho plates would indicate a return equal it' not superior to the last one, which paid handsomely. Hoseraont. —ln this mine the contractors are making good headway with the extension of the low level tunnel which has now entered upon a channel of £rst-class sandstone, country, requiring no timber to keep it standing. Union. —Crushing operations for this crime were 1 commenced with 10 head of stampers at the Martha battery on Wednesday last. There is a large parcel of general dirt to be treated, and the manager expects a yield that will give a

handsome margin of profit after paying for working and all other expenses. The 20-ton parcel of quartz Which is intended for transport to the 'Mother Country, will have to be sent round to Auckland via Bowentown, as none of the carters will 'undertake the work of 1 bringing it through to' Paeroa, owing to tbe wretched state of the main road between Owharoa and MackaytoVm. Silverton. — In the ' low leyel going south of the winze the footwa'll branch of the lode is now fully five feet in thickness, carrying more or less gold throughout, and indications of the existence of silver are not wanting. Kittiberly. — Prospecting operations are still being carried on in this mine without any material change worthy of note.