MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 287, 4 August 1888, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

Thames, August 1. Saxon. — The mine manager repented on Saturday : — The hanging wall reef No. 4 level i« very small in the back stope, and no gold was seen in it lately, so I have shifted the men on to the No. 1 footwall leader, which is 6 inches thick and shows good colours of gold. Four or five pounds of picked stone were obtained to-day from the 3rd stope on footwall portion of reef No. 3 level. The country is still tight at No. 5 level, and no quart? has been broken for the la«t two or thiee days. Amalgam -on hand, 90ozs lOdwts. Whaxgamata, July 31. Goi-dw atkr. — The mine manager reports : Since my last report another live ton parcel of ore has been bagged, and last Friday week it was conveyed to the punt near the landing ready to be shipped. Since the middle of last week I have been working shorthanded, one of my men ha\ ing, gone to a new rush at Boat Harbour, and the other being laid up sick. lam at present engaged bagging a ton of manganese ore, which is not so plentiful as lat first imagined it to be. It will be ready to be shipped with the 5 ton parcel by the next, steamer. Prixck Imperial —The mine manager reports. : — The quartz being broken in the eastern topes on No 1 reet above No 3 level continues to look fairly well and gold is still being se< n. The reef i* getting larger and is now on series of stringers fully 2 feet thick. In the workings on the hanging wall of this same reef in tho wotern end theic is still a nice seam (if quartz cirr\ ing fir'-t-elass. mineral and I am pleased to say that some good strong colours of gold were seen though it on Saturday. Ci ushing with six head of stampers was started on Saturday. The quartz from the western end, of which there are 8 loads, will be pub through first. Tributrvs : — Turn bath and party crushed 4 loads of quartz for 4oz odwts ; Butterwoith 5 loadfe for 2oz 7d\\ts; Richards II loads for 6ozs gold. One of these is payable. There are four other parties at present ciu.-hing, but Cam sony to say none of their paicels me shaping for a payiblc letui n. Nh\\ Fi-AKMM (iiiT.— The mine manager leport.- : The hanging wall portion of the reef maintains its piomising looking appearance, and an excellent cla&s of mineial has been observed when breaking down. '1 he diive is in a distance of 10 feet irom the crosscut and i& pas-ing through a good class of country. The d. ive on the hanging-wall stringer has been extended 8 feet for the week. The stringer is rather small, but shows occasional colouis of gold. Trknton. — The mine manager reports that the contractors are still making slow progress with the sinking of the bhaib having onl> sunk it four teet six inclieb and timbered up fifteen feet during the week. There is little change in the appearance of the country, bub it is good working ground on the eastern end of the shaft/ The total depth ot the shaft i.s now 370 feet. Tnirty pounds picked stone have been obtained from the third slope of footwall portion of the reef in No. three level to-day. Oiiskkvek (Whak(!Ajh.yt\). —The mine manager reports : — I haw timbeied up the drive and have extended the drive 20 feet along the reef. There docs not seem to be anychangein it so far, bubit i-going through splendid country for gold. The reef in the face is also looking well. Mata. — The mine manager report : — I ha\e out the leader in the low level. The quai tz is the same as in the winze, only we have not seen any gold yet. The water is coming through fast, bub we have about ten feet to go to get under the winze. There arrived thi* morning from the Goldwater (Whangamata) mine, by the s.s. Douglas 100 bags, 4 tons of oie, and 22 bags, one ton of manganese. This has boen sent to [Messrs IWer and Sons for treatment. Id will be remembered that ib was a Minilar Quantity from thesame mine th»»b gave such ex< ellenb results last month. The mine manager is afc-pre-sent engaged assorting another parcel of ore to be stripped up next Saturday, which, he does not consider more than secuucLclass. There is about two tons of it.