MINING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 457, 26 March 1890, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

Thames, March 21. Try Fluke. —It is expected that 20 ounces of gold will be obtained from the tailings saved from last crushing. The quartz treated was taken from the reef in the winze which is being sunk from the floor of the upper level. The winze has now reached a depth of 45 feet and the reef is fully eight feet wide, showing capital gold all through. Carbine. — The drive on the reef is in 45 feet. The ore is of a payable character, though the reef is not more than two feet in width. Another 25 feet of driving should bring the face underneath, where the best prospects were obtained on the surface. Great Mercury. —The reef has been somewhat broken for the past few feet, but still continues to carry good gold. Otama. —The mine manager reports that he is timbering preparatory to commencing the stopes. There is much more chloride of mercury on the intermediate level than in the upper levels. This he considers a sure sign of the presence of gold. Nemesis. —No. 2 reef has been intersected at a depth of 40 feet. It is nine inches thick, with an underlie of 1 in 3 to S. W. The reef gives good prospects and somewhat better than where stripped on the surface. Orient. —A leader about 15 inches thick has been intersected in the drive on the main ridge. It gives good prospects. The large reef is about four feet in thickness, and should give good returns. Norfolk. —Mr D. G. Mac Donnell, who proceeded to Tararu recently, telegraphed to-day: “Just back from Norfolk mine. Prospects from near reef, which is four feet wide, are the best I have seen on the Thames.” Try Fluke The manager wires: “ Total return for 15 tons of quartz 171 oz.” This includes the tailings. New Alburnia. —This morning the following telegram was received : —“ Shot in main footwall leader; not on as far as where the best gold was. Got 51b of picked stone.”

Royal Oak. —For the past week there is’ little to report from the mine. In crossing No. 3 run the reef continues rather broken on the hangingwall and showing no gold, but the ground is showing strong mineral indications. The reef in rise in No. 3 level continues small, but still shows blotches of gold going up, and the ground is looking more gold-bearing. The reef in the west portion of the mine is improving in prospects, two flint bars have come in showing indications of the reef making gold.— Peter Reid, mine manager, Coromandel, March 19. Thames, March 22. Orlando. —This licensed holding in the Moanataiari Creek has been successfully floated into a company, and operations are to be at once commenced. Mr D. G. MacDonnell is legal manager. Norfolk. —Shares in this mine have been in demand during the last few days in consequence of excellent prospects met with in the drive on the Star of California roef at No. 2 level, which was recently picked up. The reef is about 4 feet, and the manager estimates that the quartz at present being broken out is worth 3oz to the ton. This reef is supposed to be the eastern continuation of the one so successfully worked some years ago by Mr James Darrow, who obtained £1,200 worth of gold for eight days’ work, with ten head of stampers, the dirt running from an ounce to 25dwt per ton, while the gold was valued at £3 9s 9d per ounce. There is a considerable extent of backs available upon the reef in the Norfolk mine, it being estimated that there is a height of 110 feet to the surface, whilst it runs the whole length of the mine. It is the manager’s intention to at once break out a crushing for the purpose of asceitaining the real value of the lode, and it is probable that the stampers will be set in motion upon the quartz some time next week. Heavy rain fell last night. There is now an ample supply of water for the batteries. Cambria.— lolb of picked stone were obtained to-day from the slope on No. 7 leader. Crushing is proceeding, and is shaping for a good return. It is probable that a dividend will be declared at an early date. Lone Hand. A commencement was made to-day tq sink a winze on the Adelaide reef.

May Queen. —No. 4 reef in the drive has again been broken down. Colours of gold were seen, but no picked stone was obtained.