MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 451, 5 March 1890, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

Thames, Feb. 28. New Moanataiaki. —Gleaning and retorting took place yesterday afternoon for the return of 1620 z gold. Of this 86oz was obtained from 45 tons of quartz and 651 b picked stone from the Reuben Parr Reef; 20oz from 60 tons of quartz and 351 bof picked stone from the Golden Age reef; and the remaining 56ozs from 677 tons of surface dirt. i Ivanhok Battery. - The plant which has | been for years standing on Karangahake (lab,known as the Ivanhoe battery, is about to be shipped to Puriri, Mr Alex. Hogg being the purchaser, for £3OO. Mr Hogg has marked out an area of 30 acres at Puriii, in which is embraced the old Prospectors’ claim, and application is about to be made to the Warden’s Court foi a license for the ground. Adeline Amalgamated. —At the Warden's Court, yesterday, a plaint for forfeiture of the Adeline Amalgamated G. M. Co.’s mine at Karangahake again came before Mr Northcrofb, who expressed himself a? being opposed to allowing the Company to hold the 55 acres with the present small staff of men. He agreed, however, to adjourn the case until the 6th March, to allow the Company to determine what portions of the ground they would throw off. New A lturn ia. —To-day tho mine manager wired: 2070 z amalgam obtained. Will retort to-day. A crushing of 9 loads of quartz and 561 b of specimens was finished to-day for6Boz 9dwts gold. Royal Oak (Coromandel). — l The reef in thefwinze has been large and broken, owing to a large fissure coining in the whole length of the winze. It is now making more solid going down. In No. 3 level the reef in the rise still continues to carry gold going up, aird the ground is looking more favourable. In lengthening the riso another of these cross leads was met with, showing a little gold. The reef on the west side of the range is small where opened to drive on. This reef has shown nothing in the stone except loose prospects. About two hundred feet further ahead 80oz. of gold was got, supposed to have come from this same reef. —Peter Reid, Mine Manager. Coromandel, February 27. Thames, March 3. New Alhurnia.— Ten pounds specimens were obtained to-day. Gold is still showing. May Queen.-- The manager wires : “ No. 4 lode improving ; solid quartz coming in.” Nemesis Claim (Kuaotunu). —Mr H. Rowe, mine manager, writes from Kuaotunu, under date February 28bh :—“ During the past week I have discovered three reefs, all of which give good payable prospects. The smallest is over one foot thick, which carries gold fully worth two ounces per ton, and I should not be in the least surprised if it made specimens when worked on. The second reef is much larger, bub I cannot say at present what is its size. I have uncovered about six feet square with no signs of wall. This reef prospects well; besides gold there is a great quantity of manganese, some of which I send for assay. I have not yet determined the third reef’s size, bub it is very large ; very similar in appearance to the Try Fluke stone.”