MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 281, 14 July 1888, Page 4

MINING NEWS.

Thames, July 11. fcjAXOX'.*— The satisfactory announcement was made yesterday afternoon that colours °t ft old. had boon soon in the reef at No. 5 level. There being: a few feet of the leef flipped, it was broken down, when the quartz was found to axeiage 6 01 7 inches in thickness, and upon looking over the .stone colours of gold weie obsei \ cd. The quartz is of a kindly description, and contains some fa*\omable minerals. The lode is suriounded by an excellent cla^s of sandstone, and good headway i» being made by the conciactois vvil/h the drive, which is now in a distance of 152 ft. fiom the shaft. Coloiurf of gold are still .seen in the quartz coming to hand iiom the various stopes over No. 4 level, while when bieaking down the footwali por ion of the reel in the leading stope above No. 3 level yesterday afternoon the manager selected 151b of fair picked stone from the general dirt, in which good dabs of the precious mctil were also discernible. (J'VMUkia. — The winze being sunk on the main reef at the intermediate level is down about 32f1., and colours of gold were observed in the quartz la-^t bieaking-down. The leader in the drive at No. 4 level is now being stripped. Maxukau. —On the whole the stopes show a slight improvement, and the quartz being obtained should yield even Dettei than that crushed last month. TnhNTov — A slight change ior tlic hotter is noticeable in the country in the bottom of the shaft. It i^ still hard rock, but is more easily blasted. Cambiua. - The mine manager reports: The rect in the winze in the intermediate lex el \\ as bioken down yesterday. There is '•till good mineral through the hanging wall portion of the reef, and coloui.% of gold weie ..-ceil thiough the quartz. New Auuexi v. The mine manager icports : — The work in the mine carried on on the Company's account, is progiessing uivourably. The stope on the eastern side of the crosscut has been extended fully 15 feet since the last leport, but the junction of thin leader and the Success reef has not yet been meo with. Tb's is owing to the leader bearing oil a little to the northward ; it will theitfoie be necessaiy to cany the stope faithcr ahead yet to icach the junction. The leader at tjiis end is not more than 6 inches in thickness at present but showing gold at c\ cry breaking down. Theie are 10 loads of quarts and 201b picked stone on hand, u Inch will be forwarded to the battery for treatment early next week. Tkiisuters. -- Irving and party banked 60lb of lair picked stone on Friday for sate keeping till they start crushing. They have about 20 loads of general quartz on hand. Jobe and party have on hand 301b picked stone and 18 loads of general quartz, and these the party will forwaid to the battery this week. Christie and party have given up their tribute ; all the other parties are working on payable quart/. Ohm. — The mine manager reports: — I commenced cmshing with 10 stampers on Monday, and so far the show is quite equal to the last crushing, and I believe betore we clear up the average will be better than the last. Theio are about 20 tons in the battery to start on, and I hope to keep the stampers going for some time. In fact, if the quality and quantity of the output continuo, I will be able to continue crushing indefinitely. The mino is looking well. Wo ha\e gold for a distance of 100 feet on the line of the leader, and as we get more into the hill the gold seems, to t-trengthen. A few pieces or stone bioken out on Saturday from the race were supciior to anything we have yet had. I have now two shifts in the face. The country came in a little hard during last week, but that is now changed. Our general stopes arc advancing fcowaids the face, and good payable stone is being obtained. .Saxon. — The mine manager reports :—: — The drive at No. 5 level is now in 131 fet^t from shaft. . The reef, which is a nice solid body of stone 6 inches thick, was broken down yesteiday, showing colouis of gold, and on picking over the quartz a few picked stones were fsr4ected from the general dirt. The leading stope on tootvvall portion of main reef u,l No. 3 level has been advanced 9 feet, and yesterday a parcel of 15 pounds of picked stone was obtained. This part of the reef is 12 inches thick. The second stope has been advanced 7ft , and 3rd scope Bft., and in each the reef is 10 inches wide, showing gold I and good mineral. In the drive on this portion, which is now being taken In independent of the hangingwall portion, the reef is 10 inohos thick, and tho face is about 125tt. from the '.Fronton boundary. In the crosscut from No. 1 footwali leader j the country is still very light, but otherwise good for gold and the leader is close to hand. The drive on hanging wall portion of main reef has been extended 8 feet and the reef is about 18 inches thick, showing colours of gold. Two stopes are in progress ovor this part. Tho reef in each is 18 inches

thick and of the same description. The two stopes on No. 1 footwall leader have' been advanced 7 or 8 feet, the leaders from 4 to 6 inches thick and still showing good colours of gold. The 4th stopo on hanging wall reef from No. 4 level is within 20 feet of Trenton boundary, and sth stope 35 feet. This reef is about 1 loot thick, and shows colours of gold. On footwall reef the 7th stope is up to the boundary Bth stope is 157, and 9bh 120 feet. In from rise the reef is 12 inches, and shows a little gold. Amalgam on hand to date is 1940z. lOdwt. The crushing is improving again. Woodstock. — The mine manager reports: Heitrnan and party are getting some splendid stone at present, beoter than anything they have goO yet. They have within the last three days bagged 2cwt. of good picked stone, and the average ore broken out is very good.