WAIORONGOMAI.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 384, 13 July 1889, Page 2

WAIORONGOMAI.

Ferguson Syndicate 5 The very wet weather haa considerable retarded work in connection with the erection of the new plant for this Company. The state of the lower track has prevented the carting up of some of the timber required, The blocks, wall plates, etc., are, however, now all dawn, and the roof on the tank house, which will be 88ft. by 28ft. The furnace and muffle are also in position, the bricks, lime, etc , are also on the ground, and as soon as the balance of the timber required has been carted up, and the bricklayers start work, it will not take long to build the chimneys and complete the work ; after which it is expected the furnace will be kept constantly going. During the past month 30 feet has been driven on the reef in the upper level of the Premier mine, and last week the country bpintf driven through greatly improved. Tho reef is very large, and only some th roe feet of it is being broken out at present, The ore looks well f and in the course of a week or two (ao soon us the furnace has been completed), samples will lie systematically taken out at intervals for assay purposes. Good loose stone is being got on the surface; The eoutrnctors in the Inverness portien of the Company's property are still driving ou thp rtvf, and heavily mineralised stone is beins? broken oat. The country bein» passed through is decidedly favourable for the existence of theprecidns metals. TeAroha S. and G.M.Co.: Work is steadily progressing at this Company's plant. Thirty head of stumpers (with concentrators) are kept goiner on ore from the New Find mine. The Boss pan plant and chlorodysing furnace are also kept steadily employed. The work of completing the new twenty head of otampora is being pushed ahead as fast as possible, and already the concentrators to be used in connection therewith have been erected.