MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 347, 2 March 1889, Page 4

MINING NEWS.

Thnmer,, Feb. 26. Gem OYaiomo). — The crushing of 100 tons quart/ at the Paroquet, batteiy lias been finished, and cleaning up and retailing will take place to-monow. Tki;m'ox.— The contiactois have sunk the shaft 7 feet during the past week, making the total depth now attained 543 feet. Tjumls Fokkmioki.. — Some time ago it was mentioned m a telcgiam that an aiea ot ground on the Thames foreshore, to be called the Hidden Treasure special claim, had been taken up by Mr"\\\ Fraser, M.JI.U., with a view to liaving it floated into a company in London. I now learn that plans have been prepared and reports made on the ground by Messib Bayldci, MuLaien, and Edwaidt, which weie toi warded to London by the outgoing 'Frisco mail cut Auckland on Saturday nighl. I am intoimed that the iloating ot the Company is in the hands oi Sir Julius Yogel, to whom the plans and lepoits have been foiu aided. Thames, Feb. 27. j \ r \mi (}.Yi. Co. — Very little definite inioiniiition is obtainable lespecting the lumouied suspension of opeiations at the Wailiid. and S.M. Co.'s mine. A mmci who auived here from Wuihi last evening infoinis me that a numbei ot hands ha\e been UL-chaiged, but the seM ices of a few have been ietix.-.ed. The plant was at a standstill when lio left Y\ T Mhi, but in his opinion it w ill lesumo opeiations in a day or tuo. Swon.- — As the lesult of the past week's Clashing operations a total ot 165 loaf Is ot quart/- has been i educed for 4510/s of amalgam. In the mine, the cio.s'-cnt at No. 5 level to cut the mam No. 1 loot i* m a distance of 80ft fiom the " bieak. " The country is still exceedingly tight, and fiom its cuily natuie the managei iV of opinion that, it is a large boulder and not one ot lho-;e tegular "bais"' which in places tt averse the eounliy. It h now consideted almost ceilain thao this haid countiy will continue up to the ice!, which is. 15tt. ahead ot the piesent face. At No. 3 \e\e\ theic is no change to repoi t in the No. 1 footwall leader, which is small. The No. 2 lc\el is being carried on along the course of the leef fiom the to}) cf the rise towards tho Exchange crosscut. Five slopes aie in piogict? on thclootwall leader, which is ftom two to three loot in thickne^, well defined, and canning payable mineial?, while the quartz fiom heie is .shaping pa} ably at the batteiy. A few pounds oi picked btone ha\e been saved from these stopes dui\ng the week. There is no change to repoi t from the other workings. There are 201bs of picked stone on hand. Syi,\ i \ (Taiarn). — The Little Agnoi leef has been cut in the main dri\e after diivmg 1,012 feet. Very little qaaitz has been bioken down, as a large volume of water and a quantity of gas aic issuing fiom the face. Caledomax. — It has been decided to extend the shaft into the Otago workings on the Otago .section of this mine. The reef where opeiations will be commenced is about 1 foot thick, and in \ery good country for gold. A trial crushing is being broken out from No. 1 reef war, its junction with No, 2 le f, on the No. 1 le\el which has been driven a distance of 500 ft from the main shaft. The reef here is 3ft, in thickness, but although it contains very favourable mineials no gold has yet been seen. About twenty loads have been broken out from here, and will be put through a crushing this week. The battery is still fully occupied on public crushingo. Clas is troublesome in the mine.