MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 301, 22 September 1888, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

TnAMbs, September 19 Camtjkia. — The fortnightly cleaning up today produced 70oz. 15dwt. retorted gold from 63 loads of quartz, and 101b of picked stone. Mata. — The drive on the leader ha«s been continued to the east. Tt still keeps a good rise. The quarry looks \ery well, though us yet only occasional colours of gold are seen. New Ai.hurma. —• "During the 1 week the Company's operations have been confined to carrying on the stopos above the battery level. There are now about 8 loadsgeneral quartz and 401b picked stoneon hand, having been obtained during the week. Three parlies have finished crushing: — Foster and party, 3 loads for lozl2dwt; Hennespy and party, 3 loadb dirt and 101b picked stone for 3Aoz ; and Jobe and party, 16 loads dirt and 601b stone for 680/, 14dwb. Mr T. E. Smith manager of the New Manukau Goldmining Company reports as follows. — A few colours of jiold were seen in Mulligan's leader when breaking down last on Saturday. The diive on No. 3 level is now in 10 feet, the rubbly quartz in the face it> making stronger, but it does not look very well yet for gold. I shall Cbush a ton or two, for it might cru&h better than it looks. [

Thanks, Sept.. 20. New Alburnia. — Work is confined to atoping on Jobe's leader over the battery level, and colours of gold are frequently seen when breaking down. There are 8 loads of quart z in the hopper, and about 401b of picked stone. New Fearnouoht (Waiotahi Creek). — The crosscut is penetrating a good class of sandstone, and it is expected that several leaders will shortly be intersected. Trenton. — The contractors have nearly completed their allotted 100 ft. The shaft is now down 435 feet from the surface. Trenton. -- The contractors will have finished their contract for sinking the shaft 100 feet to-morrow, which will then have attained the total depth of 435 feet?. The country is excellent sandstone. Sinking will be continued by day labour pending the letting of another contract, tenders for which have been called for. Caledonian. — Stoping operations are being continued on Rowes leader, which, although small, looks well and show* good colours of gold. The manager is now putting a parcel of 10 loads of quartz from here through the battery, and it is shaping for a return of something like l^oz to the load. The drive on the leader at No. 2 level is in a distance of 12 feet, bufc'the prospects, met with so far are not very encouraging, and t if an improvement doB3 not sefein soon, this work will be discontinued. Royal Exchange (Tapu).— Goonan and party have banked 14oz lOdwt gold from 4£ tons quartz. Cambria. — The two leaders in the rise from No. 4 level, whichj is up 14ft, carry some nice looking minerals. The No. 6 leader is from 4 to 6 inches wide in the winze, which is down 16 feet, and colours of gold are frequently seen in the quartz. The return telegraphed yesterday was reduced, on melting, to 790z lOdwt.

Tlig time required to count 1,000,000 sovereigns at the rate of three a second, '12 hours to the day, would be 7d, Bhr, 35min and 33 l-3rd sec. It's handy to know this in the event of having a million left to one. The Tauranga Acclimatisation Society last week received in splendid condition a coneignment of 8,000 troub ova. The Society intends soon lo introduce the bumble bee into Bay of Plenty District. The annual profits of the three leading brewing firms of the world are : — Guinness, £450,000 ; Base, £340,000 ; Allsopp, £204,000.