WAIORONGOMAI.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 409, 9 October 1889, Page 2

WAIORONGOMAI.

Te Aroha S.nnd G.M. Co. : Smelting operations by means of the water jacket furnace was stopped on Tuesday evening of last week. Smelting will r however, , start againt m a few day's time* from now ~ th« temporary stoppage being necessary to aHW of dfsttlpherising- an cf slagging the balance of the concentrates and ore ,011 hand, and also of a parcet of ore 'from Karangthake, purchased by the Company from Mr H. C. Wick. As the result of the nine days run of the 'smelter, there are over fifty tons of bar bullion now ou hand, neatly stacked close y the furnace. The value of the bullion has not yefc been declared; bat we have good grounds for statmg thai it is worth about L6O per ton. The ore and concentrates to be put through at the next run, including that fron> Knrangahake, will be still more valuable, aiw? consequently yield a much higher grade bullion. About 40 to 50 tons of Tva ore will alio be smelted, after ft has been pot through the rock breaker and mixed with lead ore flux (and will not be put through the stampers)-. Mr Howell, the Company r s Manager, speaks in high terms of the way in which the water jacket furnace has worked ; and informs ua he nerer saw a furnace that has given so little trouble, or done better and cleaner work, than ha<? the one at Waiorongomai from start to finish ot the ran just concluded ; the work it has done being in every way been highly satisfactory, notwithstanding the rery refractory character of the ore pnt through. The Bow paji plant resumed work ob Friday last on. old s twlrnjfj. Fifteen stampers • am ' crashing ore from the New Find mine-: All the ; tributerg hwe been knocked off, and wages men psi ©a to work in the Hew Find mine. ' We may here remark the Totting portions of the mine on tribute was only done to provide temporary employment for men desirous of obtaining work in in that manner. The tramway fg- also running on tuch days as it is requiried.