MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 249, 24 March 1888, Page 7

MINING NEWS.

Tuamiss, March 21. CAMBitrA.—The mine manager reports that tho crosscut is in 233 feot from shaft through hard country. The winzo that is being sunk on tho main reef at No. 4drivo is now down 3 feob. Gold is being seen through tho quart/ when breaking down tho hangingwall. The drive west on main reef is in 86 feet from tho hanging-wall leader. Hold is seen in the stringers on hangingwall sido of reef. Tho drive west on No. 7 lender has been stopped and the men put to sink on tho louder fchat was cub in foobwall of 9th stope No. 6 leader. It is about 4 inches thick and gold was seen freely through tho quartos. lOlbs of good picked stone came to hand from this leader last Wednesday. Tho leading stope west No. 7 leader is in 31 feet. This lender is 4 inches thick, and dabs and coloius of gold arc <-een freely through the quartz. The 7th stope on No. 1 leader is along 30 feet. The leader is 18 inche.-> thick, bhowinggokl when broken down. 9th stope west is in 55 feet ; leader 2 feet I hick. Colours of gold in quartz. Gold is also seen freely in a stringer on the footwall side of the leader in this; stope 10th stope wc^t is m 25 feet. Leader 4 incheb thick, showing gold treely, lOlbs of stone came to hand fiom here last Friday. 102 loads of quartz have been crushed during the week lor 3530y.s ot amalgam, and two loads of tailings have returned 50/.° of amalgam, or about ] ]o/s of cold. Tkkntov— -The mino manager repoits banking C7B 15s lOd to the ciedit ot tho Company on the 19th inst., being products of the hiht caching. Saxon. — No. 1 winze is down 17 feet. Reef from 2 to 3 feet thick, carrying abundant mineral and good colours of gold. No. 2 winze is down "22 feet ; reef about; same size. No. 3 htopo has reached Trenton boundary. From the last breaking down a little picked stone was obtained. 4£ stope is 40 leet from boundaiy, and the reel 1 foot thick. 5\ stope is 123, 6i stope 105, and 7i stope 56 feet in from the rise, and the reef 18 inches in thickness. In all, gold is seen. 4^ stope has been discontinued seawaul of rise as no gold is showing. The loading stope is up to face ofdiivc, and the second has been advanced 7or 8 feet. Reef 15 inches, showing a little gold. In the stopes above No. 3 level the reef is from 18 inches to 2 feet., and colours of gold are been in it. Amalgam on hand to date is 5600z5. New Alhuknia. — The crosscut driven at the battery level was put in 20 feet during the past week. The manager is convinced that the lode previously reported is the No. 2 hangingwall lode. It had been driven on, but no breaking down has been done. Colours of gold have been aeon in the stone. The lode is 9 inches wide, and looks promising, carrying nice mineral and also a band of gold bearing countty on each wall. Irwin and party's crushing of 10 loads of quarts and 601bs of picked stone produced 43ozs, of gold. Henderson and party obtained lOozs. 16dwts. of gold from 6 loads and lOlbs of picked stone. Jamieson and party got 6ozs. 15dwts. from 2 loads, and jobe and paity obtained a few pounds of picked stone yesterday on the No. 2 hangingwall, Tho manager thinks that the dirt coming to hand thould bhape well at the buttery.

PAKOQUEr (Waiorao). — The mine manager reports that he has let a contract at 10s per foot for duving on the reef on No. 3 level. 70 or 80 will require to be driven in order to get under Laurie's workings, where they obtained rich gold. The reef is compact ] with good walls, well mineralised, and ought to crush well. The leading stope behind will be started next week, and stoping operations will be got in full swing. The winze at No. 3 level is down 24 feet, Here the reef is 4 feet thick, carrying good mineral with a little gold seen occasionally. It i 9 expected to junction with the hangincwall leader in another live feet. The drive ' on this leader is in about 43 feet. The men will now be taken from this drive, as the leader is rather broken and put on at No. 2 level to sink a winze down to No. 3 level hillway of the contract. This will open up a large block of land for stoping with a system, as well as to give good ventilation. Crushing was started in the battery last Friday week with 20 head of stampere, but 10 head of stampers had to be hung up on account of the water supply being insufficient. The battery is therefore working at slow speed. Only 22 tons of quartz have been put through with a return hf 150 amalgam. New Manukau.-— The mine manager reports that the mine is looking well. No change yet in Mulligan's lode. A new leader was cat in No. 4 level yesterday. It looks "well, and favourable for gold. Payable dirt is coming to hand from No. 5 lode. This is where the last good crushing was obb lined.

Hand of Friendship.— A general meeting of the shareholders in the above mine was held at 11 a.m. to-day in Mr D. G. MacDonnell's office, New Zealand Insurance Buildings. The meeting authorised the directors fco dispose of the Company's property on such terms as they deem most advantageous in the interests of the shareholders.

New Alburnia.~A few colours of gold have been observed in the recently intersected No. 2 hanging wall leader afc the battery level, Te Mata. —Birch and party have crushed two tons of quartz at Pepper's battery for 10 ounces of gold. Goonan and party, who are working in the same district, have crushed five ounces of gold from two tons of quartz.

Coroiuandel, March 21. The Bank of New Zealantt shipped to Auckland yesterday 800 ounces gold. The Kapanga Company is on very good gold. The reef is improving as worked upon. A tribute party in the Tokatea— Steel and Dyer— have obtained 138 ozs. from a crushing of three tons. The tribute, which had been abandoned by others, was taken only six weeks ago by the present owners.

Tb Aroha, March 21. The recent heavy rains have provided the necessary motive power, and both battery, tailings plant ana furnace were again seb going Jast week. Work was also resumed in the New Find mine, and it is ore from this claim the stampers are reducing. A new building is now in course of erection by the Battery Company, as an addition to theiv tailings plant, and for the storage of tailings as received from the battery. It is rumoured the Battery Company contemplate the erection of a smelter for the treatment of refractory ore?. Much public interest is being directed to this portion of the field just now, and there is every probability that capital on a large scale will eve 16ng do invested for the purpose of working the extensive valuable reefs alroady unearthed, and in the erection of suitable machinery. Mr JS. Cameron, so well known in mining circles as a most indefatigable and oxperieuced prospector, has been steadily engaged for the post two years in putting in a low level in the May Bell mine, prospecting, and other works; ho is now engaged in bagging and sending away to Adelaide for treatment some 5 tons of ore from his claim, the May Bell. Several gentlomon of large means and

influence interested in mining have recently visited tho Upper Thames goldfields. Amongst the number was Mr W. R Wilson, who is one oi the fortunate shareholders, and also a director, in the farfamed Broken Hill mine. Baring the past week Mi* Wilson visited the mines both at> Waiorongomai and Tui (including tho Now Find, Silver King, Champion Lodes, May 801 l ote,, etc.) and personally selected and brought awuy with him a number of samples for testing purpose?, and made careful inquiries with respect* to mining mutters generally. Later on, when Mr Wilson hue had his assays completed, etc., we shall no doubt hem* again from him respecting tho result of his visit ; meantime we are pleased to bo able to state he has formed a favourable impression of the district generally as a hold lor mining operation? on an extensive scale. AJr Wilson had fully arranged to return to Auckland via Thames, Jenving To Aroha on Saturday morning for the latter place, purposing to visit Marototo on his way down. Owing to the veiy wet weather which set in Friday night and prevailed all Saturday morning, Mr Wilson, at the last moment derided to postpone hit. 1 udt to Marototo till some future dale, and left by train for Auckland same day, en route fur Sydney. Waitoa. — The repoi t that has got into chculation th«n> tho Oimsichurch syndicate who purchased MrJ. B. .Smith's Wai toa property had suspended operations, and given the place " be-t," i.s atvaiianco with tho real facts. True, the test, plant has ceased working, at least for a time, but extensive boring opciationu havo been carried on, and a number of holes havo been put down to a depth ol 40 feet, the full length the boring iod*> available would permit, and so far, we believe, but little encouragement h«s been met with. But having taken the matter of testing the deposit in hand, the syndicate, it would appear, are determined to carry it through in a thorough manner, and recently ordoied boring apparatus from tho South, capable of testing tho ground to a depth of 200 feet. These rods arrived last week, arid the work of boring will be re-commenced so poon as instructions to that effect come to hand, and it is to be hoped will be attended with more satisfaetoiy results this time.