MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 295, 1 September 1888, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

Owing to lengthy description in our columns to-day, of tho new plant now in course of erection for the Te Aroha S. ami G. I\[. Co., wo are compelled to condense nil other fining news in this issue. At Wniovongomfti the works in connection with tho new plant above referred to fxre being pushed on with all possible speed , and several teams nre kept constantly on the road carting materials, etc. Another section of the water-nice extension was let this week, the succosful contractors being Messrs Cookson and party. In the mines work is progressing much as last reported, and consists in pushing on with the various low levels, and other works in connection with opening up the mines. Good progress is being made by tho contractor For road formation for the transpoit of kauri timber to the s-uv pit". Prospecting nfc Te Aroha is beinsr i steadily ennied on in connection with j several of the more recently granted mining leases at Tni ; whilst mm are engage 1 in opening up tho older claims, such a* the Champion Lode Co 's ground, Ruakika, etc. Amoncsfc the exhibits from (his district despatched yesterday to Auckland, en route for the Mo'hournc Exhibition, was an excepiionnlly fine block of quartz of about one hundrel Wright, rich in sulphides cf silver and nn ] °.n containing a lit'le Gfold, from tUn j Pvnakaka Licensed Holding and which has I'Pen pronouncod by some competent judges m these m.ittei?, to be one of the besb exhibits tliov have sei'n ftvmi nmo'iL'^t those being despatched to the Exhibition from thesi parts. We un lerstand several roofs have been discovered by tho mon engicrod in prospoet ing on the Monte Cini^fo Licensed Holding, the property of Mr 11. Brett and which immediately adjoins tho Rnakaksi ; but owing to the very wet weathor which has prevailed for come time pnst it hns been impossible to do much in the direction of developing them =o far. Puiing tho pnsfc week Mr Plumb, a director of «ome of Marototo Companies, pni 1 a visit to this portion of the goldh'eld, accompanied by Mr J. M. Moore ; and we understand was much pleased with what he siw, thinks highly of the future of the Te Aroha goldfield, and was astonished and greatly pleased at the advanced state of matters in connection with mining at Waiorongomni. Messrs Squirrel! and Munro have commenced operations on the Silver I Queen Licensed Holding, Tui, and alrealy discovered reefs in the ground.