THE KUAOTUNU GOLDFIELD. ELEVEN OUNCES AND A QUARTER TO THE TON.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 432, 28 December 1889, Page 4

THE KUAOTUNU GOLDFIELD. ELEVEN OUNCES AND A QUARTER TO THE TON.

Thejraine manager has , reported to,thecpmmibtee as follows r-^l, sent the quartz I had broken' out (40 ' bags 2 tons) to the Thames, for treatment. I found, on arrival I should have, to wait some time before I could crush at the Cambria Battery, so arranged to put ib .through ,i the, Moariataiari Battery, and am, glafl to say the result was far better than I expected, that is to say,22ioz gold or lljdz to the ton, which is very satisfactory. Yesterday I j cut , a .leader in. No. *1 drive upper level showing , gold , freely — this is a,, well denned lode, eight inches thick bearing,., north '- ?outh and , standing perpendicular. This is a great addition, as itisiunning in splendid, country and can bo easily and speedily, worked. I selected a few good stones from » it , when breaking down yesterday, similar- to those got on . the hangingwall 'leader, but hardly so rich, still the gold shows , more or less from the roof of the drive to the floor, and should prove very rich when put through the battery. I consider it the best find- in the mine, yet. The drive on the hangingwall is in 65 feet ; the leader is rather small just now, still it, prospects well and. in another, 10 or 12,, feet should., junction with a laree reef that we obtaitied some good prospects in on the surface, and we may reasonably expect from present appearances, to get something good at the junction. Some twelve feet back iv cross leader of about six inches in thickness was , passed through which gives payable prospects. The contractors for putting in the low level started work last Monday week. They drove in. 25^ feet; the country becoming tight, they decided to give it up. The face of the tunnel showed a mass of quartz and flint mixed with sandstone, which I take to be a blow from the large cross reef that vo have in the upper levels, and should be in hand on the low level at the distance now driven. In the meantime I have put the mon on wages so as not to lose any time and push the work ahead. When this blow is passed there is no doubt the country will be good, and would bs driven as cheaply on wages, as contract : besides, we may shortly get gold, then we should 'of necessity have to stop contract work.— Henry T. Kowe. New Moanataiari. — In breaking down the Reuben Parr reef on Tuesday in the contractor's drive, Point llussell level, a few colours of gold were seen. Some of the stone looks very kindly, and has a good deal of fine material through it.