ARIZONA.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 251, 31 March 1888, Page 4

ARIZONA.

which is owned by a part} of miners who have dono u considerable amount oi work, cont^tinjjof tunnelling and tienc-hin^ upon it. The lode, upon which work haf- been caiiied on hfie i 1i 1 - believed to be tin; cuuthei n extension of and identical witli the one upon nhich operations aiv now in pioyros in Me Isaac -'.•> mine. Alter diivin«£ a croshcut a distance of 100 feet the lorle w.ub met \\itli ftt a d-. pth of about 60 feet under tin- surface, and since then a distance of 10 fvvh hu.-N been dn\en aloiipj its course in a southerly direction. TJirou^hout the whole length ot this level the lode !:as averaged ( feix feot in tbickne&s, and fair pro.sp^ctb

of the precious metal are obtainable troui any portion at it. A dish ot stutV bioken out iiom t'»c tae<> and punned oil in in) pioseuce, welded a pro-peet of equal lo a batteij return ol at least 10/. per ion, and that i" the value which the owners* place upon the *-tull obtainable iron) wall to wall of the whole lode. \N ork in this mine iss now conlined u> Milking a win/.e beneath the (loor ot the present level, so as to test the \alue ot the loile going downwanN, and i here is> now about 10U ion» ol oie to gia^s. E\eiywh«.re tlnoujzhoul thi-> ih^tuct the lodes are em oinpa-t-oci b\ channels ot that ott lufaciou> iui u u I'ich i>- in\.uiabl\ louud luuniUji, hi company withhold an i sa ci - Lieaiing lude-> in tli< U'ppei L'naines diM.ni.l, and baM \i n\\ opinion un the thenuth ot tli.it nidiu itum mluih. i tlunU ilu're i.- a bi^ r futuie boioie i!il i [il.ilc. Ucluic cuududii.^ l in- Ictti. I \\ i-h todiau atienlion to the iaet that the load leading Jroni llikutaia to the Maiototo digjiin^ has been closed [ where it tia\er>es Mi Alley's pioput^, and tia\elie^ aie eoiwdeiabl> ineon\enienced in eoiKociuence. Ot eouisc, it is jiosbible to get horn point to point by taking another unite \\lncii has been openeil by the packer, but a^ thi'" cio-^e^ a swamp it will only be nt for tiatlie dm ing the line weathei, and, unless some inline 'Kite ,u e taken to le enter on the old line ot load eiosMiiu Alley's iaini, Maiototo will undoubtcdh be < % ut oil trom all eommunica tion \\ ith thediileient eentiesof ei\ih-ation duunir the en-umg wintei month?.

Thami>, Maicli 27. The mine manayei of tin; l.unbiia X>leUiaphed to ila> " Twent) -me pounds picked -tone fio'm tenth slope, No. b lc\el.'' N T iw I'hiNct Imi'H;i\l. — Theic beinj; now about 57 loads ot quait' on hand, the nianaixei ha- eumtnem cii eiu^unjj at the eompan\".- batten, although it i- not, e\ pec toil "th.it the stut! will .shape \<i) wel as no picked ftone \ui^ obtained when In caking it out. Tlicio i- mmhc unpiovement in'lhe eku-:- of country being tia\ei-ed in the dine at No 2 k\elon the haugtngwmll leader wlueh u- neaily OOft. pa-t the junction, loi the pabt week the count ly has been \civ Inud, whicii had the etieet ot pmehin^ the lcadei , but now the c l^e^eiy likelihood ot a better c a^b ot sand-tone biiiiir Denetiatel, the q ait/ should o|ieii out and unpune in quality Dabb ot j^old aie tre(iuentl> seen in the leading ,-topo on this leavlei and a second .^tope wiit be staited in t\ day or two. Cm lkcm v n — Altliou^h thu mimarrci ha« done a lan amount of prosj^ectinp, his etloit- to uncai ill pajablo quait/ ha^ c \\]) \o ihr jiie-enl icsuked nnsucLC-^full}. Two ieei> lulK 2 feet thick die now bcii.g prospceted at "No 1 le\el. CvMr.Kiv. — The winze on the main reef fiom the ilooi ot No. 4 dri%e at No. 3 level has attained a dtpth of about 15i"t, atid it i* ?atista\.tory to note that btion<j colouis ot fjold ha\e been observed e\ei) Ine.ikuif; clown. Fail headway ib bem^ made -with the cio->eut at No. 4 le\el to connect wnh tli)^ \miizc, Init tlieie if still a eoiwdeiable distance to dine c c coinmunieation will be etli i ted between tlie-e two le\eN. Colouia of i;old aie m\anabl) ob?er\ed when bieakmsj down Nob. b and 7 lcadeio in the {•ropes. Tiieie i> no ehanere to iepoit tiom otliLr part- of thu mine The toitni^hth cleaning up and letoi lm«_c take- place to moiiou, when a good payable ictuin may be expected. S.won.— Colouib of gold are still -oen in the quaiffomin;' to hand horn both win/es below No 4 le\el. The -tope^ aie $ leldmg fias alilo quai t/ \\ vmt — Tlie tender of Hani- .aid patty, j at £148, In- been accepted tm teinu\iu^ the • piimpniir nj.iLh.nt rv horn the Dait -hitL and i -taic was to da> made to diaw the toii> As join leadeis aie alu'.ids a^aie, j the Dai t pmnpinir and wuulin^ inuhmuiy i has been puitha-ed by the Waihi dold J MininLr Company. XtK t -- n v. (ikih —The tiibuH'i- in this nun ■ m c 'iioakm^ ou.imi puon d\) \ w\\ in trold | and -ih<T, Horn the low level in (lit if 1 -tction. Tin- jtaitN h.iM 1 to hand about; 2'J ton--, uf whnh u t<jns is tn-t <• la-- ore, \alue t"4O per ton, .tnd tin- -tuli i- intcii'.td tot -hiiitnciit to i lie > t ttit tn'C'i'_ m hi t iiiui kt t-. ! \\ (M)|isio( k. — v iu-hni'4 1 ot about, ICO toiM l- now hem/ pas-eti thio gti Lht hauhoe | Battti}, [<n the tubutei- m tin- mine, and thu -tutl l- tot <t lUum ot 20/>. pei 'on. 1 lit tailing- K-ulung; horn thi- etu-h-I milt lint been puuluc-ctl b\ Mr Chamber.- 5 Jot ti.ui-jioi t to 'J'hame-.

Tn\Mh>, .M.ncli 28. ( wi.ui\ -Tin 1 lortniti'lith cleaning up to d.i\ jn of lucccl 5770/ of ictoitt-d £"id i obtained a- fallow- 181 load- quait/. 257 u/, 001 ij -pLUinui-, J2oiv. ( iiuoM \M)i l, Maich 28. The p;i-\ wcelv - i:o Id jkjUl i- ;h follow -> 1 -Lulmlli chum, E.luuicK C 5 19- Toka ; tea tiibutr. luw.u). +JlBl 17-; Tukal- a ttibutc Kofifit-. 187 2-; M.uuua, « oic Inookc. JJI 19-: All Natiui^ claim, > Uuueurl, 18 15-, \ oiin-i Oak. Kenan, £21 ■7^ ; Mi'.elum, fl 4- : total, L'3oB 3-. Tin, i-f\clu-ne of Kapanura ami anothur bwj; i h-h compaiiN.

IM kiki. M.ueh 24. liiiiiHs Trlw i;i A ndi hnd of v;<>ld ha- been made in thi- mine un the top oil I the mam tunee Sceptic- cannot \n> well -ay tint thi- i- ,t as tlie count! v ii 1 -* (•olid below and the -ky abo\e. in theXo. 1 tunnel the i.ict X full ol uon.-toin- and quaiU 'stiiMpeih oanying insLiaie I A '4ood-^i/(3d Kct miv \)i looked foi in <i lew ftet, when it -honH be yood by the indication-. 1C '-lahatnaiid \ui\l\ ot Auckland, weic toitunato ( noii'ih to -ecuiu th( .idjoinni'T \\i,K |, should hniiouL well. The, 'L'svo n<\]nu\i\i<s Hid(J«..n 'JVoa-inc on J the -outh. ai<i fl'.iMii'^ to cut the Hidden JV,i-<uc K"J ni ,i luuci lc\d. The lodt will mu,;l liktlv !ju Hi Ijaud in a ten d-)y^ dm i\iis. M \oi'i l'it«iNi'K( i ok- Oik, of the .-haibhoMei- l- dead, and all haiitt.^ ha\(_ piotco tion fui alanyi winch i^ now taking pl.u.-u nt Ken Ken. Another find ha- been made up the main , cicek, s-oine di-tancc beyond Bcdioi d and ' putt}. The owner- ate m shooting conn- j ti},and dtniny a tunnel to cut the leef some di-tanee below the surface. A paily of >idot I*s lia\o a yood sho\\ in llits bu-h, übout a mil(> irnni the Prospector, evidently th« .s-unc belt ot country ah J'io-speetoi-> and ilidrlen Ttea*-uif. AltoKcthcr, mining aflaii.s are looking up in this hitheito n«.jrlccted ,cfo)dlidd.

Tj. Aikmm, March 27. On Saturday evening, jtK, bcfoie knocking of! woik, the mun wo! king in the Ruakaka lease i-tiuok another ieef, and on working upon it jesteiday it developed ! into a Jim: body of .stone ot f-ome five or ?i\ feub through. The rect is carrying oie, appaiontly quite equal to the other rich lode. Several now elainn hau been pegged out dm iu^ the past, m uek.