MINING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 157, 28 July 1909, Page 2

MINING.

THE WAIHI MINE.

By Telegraph.—Press Association, u - . Wailii, July 24, AlnvH CC , , lntur seL'tiou of the main Jlaitha lode in the north crosscut at iNo. J level in the Wailii Grand Junctionmine on Thursday last, a distal f m « 11 with no tlfit ?/ f n footwull - indications show !iu i 1 J"' ove au immense body of value n? i« m t0 "/ eot gavc w av «™«« value of. 18s jjcr ton, subsequently the avuuge value improved to over xi per ton, and the present face shows a furrrr <~,,rat , ,n thc s ° uth ■w , , sa -" lc lev '-' th(! fa <* °f the ,m' a,™ I' V® fcet witl ' »» i' C t ovcr £3 I )C1 ' to "- The latest reports from the Wailii Extended mine show; a marked decrease of the low of water from the drill holes in the ;; e of the rerf struck some weeks tl'ie 'vol!, "f 5 l "' l ' n ""'touched lest tin volume of water, if the reef were « I ;th e "'rh to 'i WoUld I , )L ' to " " mt t0 c ope ,1 in,l {. hc ' d(,cre <V io '' pnssure of water < h ml l ie face ot the lode is associated \ n , '"tprseeticin of the main l/rivi !' 1 I e I 1 "., 4 ' 10 ' ,U!lt ' tiou , v,? r' 0 "";' 1 th u iwf 811011111 be delayed much longer. WEST COAST.

Hokitika, Tuesday. A meeting of the heads of local bodies, | held yesterday, considered tho water power regulations. The representatives present did not favor the proposed petition, to 1 itr]lament at the present sta-e It was resolved that the request of the toveniment for the deposit or bond as Surety of good fmth and the plans of tin. undertaking were unreasonablediffLwil jll'lV llll gold-mining was on a Afferent footing to any other branch of the'industry, and to assure the sucof Ihe schemes for the high terrace ,-vater povve,-for pumping purposi, Mi' ". I he granted free in alf eases ailecting alluvial undertakings. I