MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 437, 15 January 1890, Page 6

MINING NEWS.

Thames, January 13. Lone Hand. —This n.orning the mine manager wired : *' Broke down new leader in low level. Dabs gold seen in quartz.” New Moanataiaki.— There has been no gold seen in No. 3 level, Cambria shaft, in the drive on the cross lode during the past week, but tho country continues of a splendid description. The drive in the Golden Age reef is being extended. The quartz broken out is of a rather hard nature, and as no gold has been seen the stone is not saved. The drive westward in the intermediate level is now in 20 feet, and the whole of the lode is broken down for that distance. The reef here is from 2 feet to 3 feet in thickness, some of which looks very kindly. No gold has yet been seen in the solid quartz, although some nice colours have been obtained in the stringers dropping into it on the hangmgwall. Fair progress is being made by the contractors driving on the course of the Reuben Panreef eastward, the ground being very favourable for working. A trial parcel broken out by the previous contractors is now being crushed. The winze is nhw down 14ft below the level of the tributers’ workings, and slb of fair picked stone have been selected during the week. The reef has narrowed to about 2fb in thickness, and at the bottom is rather mixed up with sandstone. Otama Claim (Kuaotunu). —I started work on Monday, 6th inst., with two men on the No. 2 (new) leader. I have carried the drive on for 30 feet; the leader has carried good gold the whole of this distance, in the present face it is fully three feet wide. I have to-day started a winze to connect with the intermediate level, the stone from which is very good, gold being seen freely. At bottom of winze it is a well defined lode one foot thick. On Tuesday I started two men on the intermediate level, and to-day we cut a leader six inches wide, from which 1 obtained fair prospects. The country looks very favourable for gold. I shall have about 20 tons of the new No. 2 leader ready for treatmentat Thames on the 20th inst, at which date I would like you to have a vessel here to take it round. I anticipate a return equal to the last from No. 1 leader.—H. T. Rowe, Manager. New Prince Imperial.—ln the winze the ground is keeping very good for working and is a good class for gold. The leader is still keeping a good deal of underlie and is from eight to ten inches in thickness. A good many colours of gold have been seen through the stone in taking down the lead, and it carries a good deal of mineral. Saxon. —The amalgam from the berdans for the past week is 120 oz. Lone Hand. About eight feet in length of new reef recently cub in low level was broken down to-day, when dabs of gold were freely seen distributed through the quartz, which also contains splendid minerals. New Manukau.—On Saturday morning the now lode was cub in the drive along the slide, 18 feet above the No. 4 level, and two or three pounds of stone showing good dabs of gold were got close to the slide. A meeting of miners was held on Saturday evening, when it was decided to form a Miners’ Union. About one hundred members have already been enrolled, and the movement promises to be heartily taken up. It is said that the assistance of he outside unions has been obtained.