MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 4

MINING NEWS.

i'\i <'„<i i ! (Waiomo) - The manage; lit' lavomed mi with hNiepoit on the woilc done tm Ihi pa-t thiee wivU, ttom which 1 i\(iacl the tollou ing inhumation eoncuni,ig Ihe mii" At "Nu a li\el, (ho dine . nui i hwaid ha- I icon dii\cn u teet, and i nniinunieation e'lrclul with the winze. The '((luut/ Ikmiiu to that hiokenoul iioii' the \\ .uoiiio v, ni/e hillw.ml, the man.igei int< mX bothua) but tlieuoi U laniiol be--taite(l uiiiil -omo ot llio((uait/ now m (la: liopput ha^ l>c n letnoved, will oeeupv .'i leu dd}^. In the '•out li dn\ t\\\ Inch h.i-< bLonextuuled 21 feet. Lhe, u-et l- oi ;i I.U'ie m/( and j^henw-, ■ c oloi'i- ot 'l\\o --hitt- ;ue empUned l)iniL;in<4 along iho le.ulmn -topr, .md next weok anollioi' will piobalily bo in lull sum v n. The (hit, hcie ha- been a-.-a\ed, and niduui'Jf '•> theietuin should Ciii-li well. The win/j on lhe hauuiimwall leadoi below No. 3 le\el ha-, attained a d(<pth ot 2311, and alter .Miilun<; another 7ft. (lie manager [.in pose?, <li iun<> west-on the leader until the |iinet.ion i-. met with, when he hope-- to come ,c n H)^ <^ood. The loot i, euinpo-cd oi a ma*--> ol suin v uei.-, which occupy .i width ot 2tt. Coloms of oold aie t-con when bieakin^-down. The load hcin^ in a \or\ had hta(<', a contiaet was let foi cordmc^ - in-: about sc\tn chains, and the \v oik will l)c eoniplolcd iiy iicn b Monda) . Ouiin^ the pant (luvc week.s the batteiy \u\y not) by any means been innniiiu, eonlinuou.-ly, About 14 bairow loads ol blanket m^.s ha\c been \n\l through the bcidam> Jor 50/> Wdw ts oi amalgam. The manager .states that theio are aimct 208 loads oi quart/ in l,he hoppci.s awaiting- coin trance to the batteiy. ,S won.— The crosscut at Js'o. 3 level has been discontinued owing Lo the unta\ourable native ol the country encounfceied. An e\cellent channel ot .sandstone is being peuetiatcd in the ciotscutat No. 4 lc\ol, howe\er, and a body of miarlz 10 or 12 inches thick occupies the iace, but up to the present no gold has been obscrml. There is no change to report in the other wot kings. Thcie ai c l^OoJ-s ol amalgam on hniuL Sa\on".— The mine manager reports Iliac theamalga.n on hand to date amounhfc- to 84/|o/.&. lbdwts.

'Do you have ninny leU-era nowaday lrom that fair unknown ofyouihV 'No; you see b ho asked mo for my photograph. j sent it. I "vo never leceivcd another letter fioiu her b'mce.' ' JCow would you like some nice branched peaches ot my own niako".'' a>kcd a bencvoJcnl old htdy of a tramp, ' L tlon'b wanli to pub you to so much trouble, mum,' replied the hardened vagabond. * You needn't mind the peacheb j a little ot the brandy will suit me.'