MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 290, 15 August 1888, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

Thames, Augu&t 10. TiihNTON. — TJic country being j)cnotratcd in the shaft is s-till hard rock. Cajikkia. — Excellent headway i& being made with the cios&cnt at No. 4 level. No gold has yet been seen in the leader cut a few dayji ago, which is lying very Hat. The country, however, i« a splendid sandstone. Ask.jiam-Mou.iOY Co. —The allotted week for the ciifil ol this Company's ]>lant has now almost cxpiied, and it is con<4dcied probable that work will be .suspended in a day 01 two, when a gonoiul cleaning' up will take place, and Mr Chambers will report to the directoid on the lc^ultof the trial run. Until ihon nothing civ be known at> Lo tho value oi the tailings ticatod. The machinery is working «-mooth'y, and fiom my own observations J .should think that ncaily a ton of ladings i.s put tlnough per houi, although .statements ha\c been made that two tons aic treated Tho tailings, aie obtained horn one ot tho " pits" on the beach, .situated about foLty yaids fiom tho wot ke, and arc ,shc\ elled into a wheel ban ow and wheeled into a place set apait t i tlieti leeeption near tho pulvei her, by one ot I he Company's employees. It i.s geucially computed that 12 or 13 whcelbar/ow loads <uu icqmiod to make a lon, so that loekoning the plant woiks ui^ht houis pei flay, it will bo soon that if sixteen tons ol ladings* aio put llnough in that time, the one woikman —and only one is employed at this particular blanch -would lequiie to lill and wheel into the \voikr> between i ( .)0 and 200 loads a-da\. Tho Company now soem to have sin mounted tho many dilhoulties encountered in connection with the preliminary trial of the plant, and it is sincerely to be hoped that the new process will pro\o a success, rolhat the s-baioholders will 1)0 rewarded for their undoubted enteipiisein endeavouiin^ to sol\e the knotty problem of how to ticat our low.^iadc dirt cheaply and oflieiently. I'Aitoc.jui'T — Mr J'owei, a who it ibhlatod hasanivod hoi c fioni Melbourne for tlio pui po'-.o of ic])ortini; to ;i 1 - 1 > ndicate in that city w the Paioquct C!. M. Co.'s mine, \iaited Waioino jcsteiday and inspected the property. Nky\ I'.ki;\ Val'Tin.- -The contractor has commenced the woik of electing thio comjiany'.s |)lant in the old La '\Jonte budding on tho foreshore. »Sa\ox. — The mine manager re|)oi ts that tho amalgam in hand amounts to bbbo/,<. 16dwt.>. , and this will be letoitcd to-day or to-nioi iow. The report as repaid s the iiiinc i.s a mobt satinfactoiy one, K°'d showing in the three lc\cls and the s topes "\ciy gradually advanced. CoKOMA.sDKL, All^U&t 10. Tokatka. — The mine manager icpoits that Win. j)uncan and party, on No 1 tribute, aie employed lepaiun^ their woiki and putting down rails in the dii\c for a truck load. They lnve not broken any of the icef .since their eru-hing la^t week. iSteele and Dyer, on No. 7, <vro not getting any gold in their low level. The leader looks well and tho country good. Hal pin and party, on No. 8, aie extending a diive slaitcd hy Ste\en-~ alioiil 10 teet lower on the run ot <^old than the.ii own low level, llornbrook and pai ty on No. 9 aie getting some fail ly good picked .stone about f>lbfl, and some good genoial dn t. COKOi\IAM)I,L, Au^Ubt 10. Jio\ \lj Oak. — The inanngei repoit.s: Dining tho pa^t week there has been but tittle change to icpoit fiom tho mine. Tho ii.se is going ahead lavoiuubly. I The giound is better wovkiug. The tvibuter.s in No. 2 le\ei got a few stones showing gold in the same bunch lead on neaiing tho po\erty icef which was cut, show-in^ a lino body ot &tone a\ oil defined in good sandstone. Neai the sin face they are oponinjj!; on a branch ot No. 3 icct, which is small at pie s cnt, but showing good prospects of loose gold.