MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 316, 14 November 1888, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

Thames, Nov. 10. New Prince Imperial. —The manager has banked 17oz 7dwt melted gold, being- the result of a crushing of 16 loads of quartz obtained from the stopes on the Jbangingwall of No. 1 reet above No. 3 level. New Alburnia. — The hangingwall leader in the drive at the battery level looks well, "and shows gold freely. It is 'a'bouti 12 inch cs in thickness, and when breaking down yesterday a parcel of 151b of picked stone was obtained. Saxon. — There are 1601bs of picked stone on hand, which will be crushed on Monday, when a general cleaning up will take place.

Thames, Nov. 12. Saxon. — The fortnightly return previously telegraphed was reduced on melting to 5160z Isdwt gold. Trenton.— The country in the shaft continues hard.

Pakkes's Furnace (Karangahake). — A correspondent/ writes from Paeroa under Saturday's date as follows :— " The Bay of Islands and Kamo coal have been condemned by Mr Parkes as useless for smelting, and the smelter has been closed down until a supply of Greymouth co«l can be obtained. An opinion is abroad that work has finally ceased, but this is totally incorrect, as Mr Parkes hab already been morally successful with the furnace. He hopes to reduce the labour largely, as well as other expenses. Where 20 men run the furnace here, three men do the same work in England. Mr Parkes informs me four of his furnaces are to be erecLed in Te Aroha."

Warden's Court. — The plaint lodged by the .Mining Inspector against E. Jl. Edward?, licensee of the Queen of the Maylicensed holding, for forfeiture foe nonpayment of rent, again came before H. W. Norfchcroffc, Esq., Warden, this morning, when a cheque was handed in to the clerk for theamounfc.andtheplaintwasthereforewithdi awn. The application for protection for three months was then called on, and after reading the prospectus of the proposed company and hearing Mr McLaren, who appeared for the applicant, the Warden agreed to grant protection for two months.

_ Kpw Fearnought. — There are indications of good gold being obtained when intersecting the reef by the main drive. Sevtual piornisin£-looking reefs and drives have been intersected by the drive. In breaking down some of the quartz, strong colouifa of gold and excellent mineral were observed. Ni'W Albukxia. —In breaking down the quartz that was stiipped in the drive on Saturday, 301b fair picked stone were obtained, making the amount in hand about 501b.

COROMANDEL, Nov. 10. Tokatea.— During the past fortnight Duncan and paity, on No. 1 and 2 blocks, have obtained 101b of picked stone. This golden stone was got from the same reef, about 50 feet north off the point where the last two crushing s came from. The lode lies very flat here, and to rise on the gold tostopeout is more like putting 1 up an inclined drive, the rise being at present two feet in 10 feet, but this will alter soon. The leader is three inches .hick and free from mincial. Wiiso^i ai.d paiby on No. 3 Block have done a good deal of piospecting on several leade s, but found nothing payable yet. Wells and McKeowrt are l still driving on the Excelsior reef in No. 4 Block. The reef here varies from one to six inches thick ; over 100 feet has been driven on it with no prospect whatever. Dick and Cowan, on No. 5, have driven •SO'fcefc in their low level : they cut a leader yesterday, o inches wide. The t-tone looks well, and carries'the right sort of mineral,, but no gold is seen. McSweeney ani party, on No. 6, are engaged driving a new low level, to come under where they obtained their prospects of gold. It will take them one month yet before the drive is up.

Wellington, Nov. 9. THE CASSEL GOLD-SAVING PROCESS. This process of gold-saving, referred to in the letter sent to the Minister of Mines by Mr Thos. Melville, is one in which a dilute solution of cyanide of potassium is used. Mr Melville says that he intended to leave Glasgow for New Zealand at the end of the present month. 1 may explain that it was the excellent result obtained from tre application of the piocess to the treatment of the best parcel ot quartz from the Crown mine, Karangahake, that led to the floating of that and adjoining properties at Home. The promoters are very tanguine respecting the de"\ elopment of the mmoh which they have acquired.