Mining NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 398, 31 August 1889, Page 5

Mining NEWS.

"' ' ' ; Thames, August 27. , Trenton. — A good class of country is being penetrated, in the crosscut from the Cambria, No. 4'level, and the drive is now within 50 feet of the , boundary, so that the Saxon reef should soon be to hand. The drive from the bottom of the Company's shaft has been extended a further distance of 10 feet during the past week. The country in the face to-day is a little harder than usual. Lone Hand. — This Company's mine is looking well throughout. In the Manchester section there is some excellent mineral in the ■ sixth stope where the Moa and Adelaidereefs junction, thelodohere beingls inches in thickness. Stoping is proceeding on No. 1 leader as usual, where gold is frequently observed in the quartz, while in the fourth stope on No. 1 leader gold is seen very freely. The same remarks apply to No. 2 leader, which is 2 inches in thickness^ At the low level the country is still hard, and consequently progress is rather slow. As the Moa reef is not more than 30 or 40 feet distant, however, it will not now take long to penetrate this small hard channel of country. Saxon. — In the drive at No. 5 level, hillward, the face is at present occupied by about two feet of stringers, in which gold is seen when breaking down ; while 51b or 61b of picked stone were saved yesterday. The air compressor has now been placed in position, but the JPelton wheel to drive it has nob been, attached nor connection made with; the water main. May Queen. — A supply of timber has now been obtained, and the contractors are engaged cleaning out and repairing this Company's shaft.

Thames, August 28 May Queen. — The contractors are making excellent progress with the cleaning out and repairing ot this Company's shaft, having carried it down a further depth of 16 feet during the past week. Saxon. — As the result of the past week's crushing operations at the Company's battery with 32 head of stampers, 453 ounces of amalgam have accumulated. In the mine, driving is proceeding hill ward as usual at No. 5 level. The reef in the face is about two feet in thickness, from wall to wall, and is still composed of a series of leaders and stringers, in which gold is seen when breaking down. A few pounds of picked stone are also occasionally saved from here. The scopes and other workings are producing a good supply of fair crushing dirt, but are without change. Lone Hand. — The country in the General Chute drive at the low level is a trifle easier, and during the past week the contractors have extended it a further distance of 9 feet. Dabs and colours of gold continue to be seen in the quartz being broken out from the stopes in the Lone Hand and Manchester sections of the mine. Singapore (Tararu). — The low level drive is still in tight country, but the reef should now soon be to hand. Cambria. — No. 7 leader is about 7 inches in thickness and shows gold freely when broken down. On the second etope the leader is about 4 inches thick. The leader on the western stope is about 6 inches thick and gold shows freely at breakingdown. The No. 1 hangingwall leader carries good mineral. Lone Hand. — Gold is seen through the quartz when breaking-down Nos. 1 and 9 leaders, and also in the seventh and eighth stopes. May Queen. — The shaft contractors are making good progress with their work. Saxon. — The reef on hill side of No. 2 break is a network of small stringers, fully 2 feet thick, and shows a little gold besides yielding a few lbs of picked stone. In the eastern the reef averages 12 inches in thickness, and shows a little gold with several hauls of picked stone. No. 1. main reef looks promising. The amalgam on hand for the week totals 4530z. New Moanataiari. — The crushing still continues to improve. A little more gold was seen yesterday in the small stringer in main cross-cut No. 4 level, coastwise end. The battery is now fully employed. Caledonian. — The No. 1 level has now been repaired a distance of 375 ft. For 50ft of this the reef is intact along the back of the drive, and the rise going up, 10ft feet from the old ground, is up 30ft and still in new ground. The reef is from 4ft to sft thick, carrying excellent minerals and looked very well. Brown's leader at No. 2 level has been broken down, and will be crushed separately. The quarbz here has improved in appearance and several colours of gold have been seen in it ; the country is very good and the reef 20 inches in thickness. In the early part of the week 10 head of stamps were engaged on quartz from No. 1 level. For the past 4 days 15 head have been so employed and two more men have been put on in the mine. Amalgam on hand to date 1370z. .