MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 381, 3 July 1889, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

Thames, June 29. Lo;> T h Hand. —^Good dabs- and colours of gold continue .to, be seen in the quartz being broken out fl'dm .the stopes in the Manchester section of the mine. The low level drive is passing through an excellent class of sandstone for gold. Dixon's Claim. — Waifco and party, proprietor 3 of this 'claim, have crushed 20 loads of quartz from the hangingwall leader on Dixon's reef-for the "return of 36qz 2d\yt melted gold.-RoyalJ-'OaK^ < Car oma rid el. — During the past week there has. been but little of imuortance to report from the mine. The reef continues favourable looking for gold as driven on. The ground has become Better working, showing cross veins running into the reef from the fbbtwal 1 . The tributers haye 1 been getting a little gold in theeross reef in the stopes, also in the winze, about 251b altogether of picked stone.

Thames, July 1. Nr.w Prince LmpkriAl G.M. Company.— The manager reports that the five loads of quartz and ton pounds of picked stone iroYn Dunns lead-,-} ,belo\v No. 1 level, gave a return of lloz sdwt melted gold. "New Moanatatari. — In the Point Russell level the Reuben Parr icef has been cut through, and proves to be fully 5 feet in thickness. ' ' Some of the quartz is of a very promising description, and i<* highly mineralised. Puring the month 400 tons ojt surface dirt has been passed through the battery for the yield of 46otf retorted gold, which is about payable, Saxon.— Retorting will not take place until to-morrow. " "