MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 6

MINING NEWS.

MOLLOY REDUCTION WORKS. 1 visiTKD Uio Asklmm-Molloy (Jo.'s Reduction Works ab the Herald battery bo-day, bub tho plant was afc a .standstill. I wna informed by tbo manager (Mr llalph) that during the time the machinery had been in operation everything wan found to work most satisfactorily, including the dynamos. Operations have been suspended, howevo, owing tothc wire gi filings, which ,u oof a fine ness equal to the B,oooth purl ot an inch, ami through which the bailings have to pass after being put through tho pulvon-cr, not being Millioiently strong. A cablegram was do Ipatched a iow days ago to Sandhurst for gi.itiutrs oi anothei description, find as the-e snould cmno to hand within the nevt day 01 i wo, it iV mm c than likely that tho plant will be in lull operation within tin; present week. So f.ir, about 20 tons of (ailing 1 - belonging Lo tiio Company have been pul. through, and Mr Ralph informs us that the result was \ei\y satisfactory. There aio 50 or 60 tons ot baitings ai tho wo; i s from tho I'.uoquet. mine, none of which ha\p been put. thiougli, but they will Ik tio.ilcd .-.^ -oon a^ possible. (COKKKM'OMJI'NT. )

Tn \mi->, May 8 S\\ii\. Kilteen t.eiulcib have hvon ie cci\o<l loi ciiU.hiu .1 12 iool ch.unl'O and dn>in^ 550 iecl. U) opon up Lho main iucf at Mi' lowci lovi'l. Tlio lowest Lcndci is 1 4s 5d per ioul, including ehamlK-i. I'muk.i iT (W.iuimo). --'flu * ai)ial",;un on j hand lias boon ictoiled fo> V!2o/

('UJIOM VMM L, iM.IY 8, lv<>\ \i. Ovu.— Since last lopoil, (lietoct in the wm/ehas been impiovin<» since <h i\cn upon. Jn the last brenkino-doun »i tew stones woic mcl with, -.liow injf t-Xtonp blotches oi i>oid. The teei al picsentls about, oin. of solid -itone, ami is well dc lined. Thoie is also a change foi (lie bottei in the 'ippeaiauce ot Uio triouncl, which i^ -how mi; moio nunei.il. 'The yield ol f>old hidii (,i ilju(ets' ("tnhin^ t^i'ivo a lel-mn of fXio st!\v t. rotorfx'd pjld horn '1001b of -.peeiiiH'ii^ and l,\vo and a halt tons of uencial >tull. Tlieio has not been any bieaUintr dow n since the lilsl urusliiny took place — !')■'! Ik Hi in. Tokum \ --Dutni'j (he pa^i. week llalpin and pait) tioin No 7 block h,i\u obtained 4lbs ot picked st one, \\ hi< h wib make on hand 12)b.s or ,-tone and lull\ 'A\ ton-, nt m»od (piait/ Thi^ tubule has not turned onl. >o i leh . i- e\pected in woikinj^ the icef np\va?d,s, hul the appeal a nee ot t no .stone and the ihi'-knes- oi the leadei and also the len^rh woiketl on the eoin^e ot the lead ate about the svimo as that taken out tot the last ciu^liini> The stope i^ t>M'tity-ti\c (utt in le.i^lli and llie lode about 5 inc-ln*-. thick uithuoo) rounti\. Stie-leand D\ei on No. Gha\edii\en '^0 feel, on t he leadei nuitli without ifetiint; pasable stoiu 1 . Thcvaio now .sinkin<.» down on Hie iun and '.retting fMuitl payable diil, bin no picked stone Tliej h;i\eonhaud clo-e upon one ton of jrood f(ii;iit/. lloliciN and paily, Xo. 17 (iibute, obtained 51b of picked stone. Tin* make- lOili an i mil;, one ton of quail/ on hand. — .Im». Jsh\\i