MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 359, 13 April 1889, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

Thaml.s, April 10, Mininu matLors throughout the district show a decide! improvement, and much more moie healthy feeling pervades on 'Change than lias been the case for many months pact. New Albuknia. — As the present contractors have ju&fc aboutcompletcd their allotted distance, another section of 50ft of driving is to be at once let, and tendors aie now invited for the work. New Alisurnia. — The country now being driven through is a white sandstone, and favourable for quartz, so that the Success lode may be expected at any time. Tiibuters: Irwin and party, in breaking down the quartz on their level, 6in to 7in in thickness, have seen gold freely. Saxon. — On No. 5 le\el colours of gold have been seen, but no picked stone saved. The reef appears to average from three to four feet in thickness, and is a very hard body of stone, heavily charged with minerals of a very promising appearance. The supply ot quartz coming to hand from the stopes above No. 2 level on hanging-wall and footwall reefs is shaping well as usual. Sa\on. — The work of breaking down the main reef at No. 5 level, hie!) has recently been stiipped during the piogrets of the drive to connect with the winze sunk from No. 4 level, is being continued, but no picked stone hao been obtained. A few colours of gold, however, are seen in the quartz. There is no change to report in the various stopes. Crushing is shaping for a yield similar to the last. Nkw Moan'ataiart.— Colours of gold are still seen in the winze being sunk below the Cambria No. 3 level, but the leader i<3 of rather small size. The Moanataiari main tunnel has been cleaned out and repaired up to the Point Russell section. May QuflisN. — The contractors are making splendid headway with the cleaning out and timbering up this shaft, and have now attained a depth of 38ft. Tkkntox. — The cutting out of the chamber has jusb been finished and the contractors have made a start driving. At Cambria No. 4 level the rails have been I laid and all preliminary works completed, so that a commencement has also been made here to extend the drhe. Thames Mining axd Projecting Company. — Operations aie now in fall swing in this Company's mine, which is principally owned by Melbourne capitalists. The manager (Mr T. H. Crawfoid) has six men employed cleaning out and repairing a drive in the \icinity of the old Collarbone rifle range which was originally put in 5 or 6 years ago. This is being dono with a view to intersect.ng the old Atlantic reef, which is now being successfully worked near the boundary by a private party of claimholders. The drive, which will give a vertical height of 67ft on the reef, has been almost cleaned out up to the face, a distance of 270 it, so that Mr Crawford will soon be in a position to definitely ascertain whether or not it was the Atlantic lode that was intersected in it. There is a further distance of 125 ft to be driven ere the boundary in reached, and where the men working in the adjoining claim are meeting with such excellent prospects, some of the quartz broken out by them having yielded soz to the load. It is worthy of mention that the block over the present; workings was taken out some years ago. Mata. — The battery commenced crushing again on Thursday morning last, and the stuff is shaping pretty well. Five loads of quartz have been passed through the machine, and about 560z. amalgam have been obtained from the silver.

Thames, April 11. Saxon. — 151b. of picked sbone were obtained this morning when breaking down the main reef at No. 5 level. The amalgam on hand for the week is 4510z. New .Fearnought.— Sinking is proceeding- from the surface upon the outcrop of a large reef. Should payable quartz be developed here, at least 70 feet of backs will be opened. Lone Hand. — Operations were started today, and judging by the appearance of the reef in both the Lone Hand and City of Manchester sections, this mine should almost immediately come to the front as a gold producer.

Mr Scribblebur&b ; "Have you seen my last book ? It's the best thing Iv'e done.'" Miss Downer: "No, I haven't seen it, bub I've hoard nothing bub good ot ib so far." Mr S. (delighbedly) : " Why, whom have you heard speak o iL?" Mjss D. ; "Nobody bub you."