Mining notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43377, 24 September 1908, Page 2

Mining notes.

Matters mining are looking bnghte in this district at present tbai has been the case for a long tint past. Practical and reliable mej are at work, men who cannot t , “got at” for a few pounds; who have been epnnected with mil ing all their lives, so to speak, ai who we have never known to t mixed up with any unclean thing < wild cat. . mi ■ Good preparatory is still: progress at Murphy’s Find, $t tl back of Te Aroha, and we expect hear of something payable bflil unearthed in this locality id tl course of a few weeks. I A few prospectors are busy aloni the ranges, now that attention ha been directed towards this distria At Waiorongomai the Bendia mine is receiving attention. Sinl Mr Gavin, the mine manager, h® taken charge, he has been very buß cleaning out and timbering the Lew leading into Silver Ring Reef. TM Reef has been opened up for a lengß of about 250 feet and carries go® values all the distance. Mr Gavß has several tons of ore bnjfkno® aud pad docked, which is of a til grade ore and gold can be very free® got by dish and .mortar test, there® also a quantity l -, of sulphide o® where you cannot get 'Oie free go® by washing, but w'hich assays an® thing from £l2 to £SO -per ton. is the intention of this Company™ break out about 20 to 3Q this ore and get it treated at Wjf® rongomai Battery or at son?e place that might bo more suited* the treatment of the ore. Jfl Since Mr Gavin has had charge * has been testing this Reef on theoW crop in several places and finds the Reef carries free gold for a leng* of over a thousand feet on the oi* crop. There are also several om* reefs on the property and most. * them carrying good values. laK«[ all things into think the Bendigo Mine will to be a valuable property. 81