MINING.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 56, 11 December 1871, Page 3

MINING.

Golden Lion. —In our Saturday’s issue we incorrectly stated that the Golden Lion were driving alongside the reef prepara- : tory to breaking down. It should have | been the Lion company, whose ground is situated on the Moanataiari Creek. The Golden Lion are still driving from thenshaft towards the reef, which is still some feet distant, and which they hope to reach in a few days. The country through which they are at present working is showing every indication of being near the lode, and they confidently expect to reach it in a few feet furthei diiving. Albion. —This company’s shaft is now down about 125 feet, and good progress is still being made. The second contract has been taken, and the contractors are in full work. Owing to the heavy work attached to hauling the stuff by hand, they have purchased a portable engine for the purpose of winding, and so woiking more economically, as the permanent machinery will not be erected for some time to come. The Poverty and Charleston Tribute. clean up for these tributers took place at the Manukau machine on Saturday night, but retorting _ will not take place till to-day. The yield will he a payable one. Tookey Company.— Lowe and party (tributers) are commencing a crushing at the Manukau machine to-day of about 30 tons, and a lot of about the same quantity from Willis’s tribute will also be put through at this machine. Driving alongside the main reef from the Caledonian end, and also from their own main shaft. Progress is not very fast, as the country is pretty hard, hut good headway is being made - ~ c , n Bank of New Zealand. —On _ Saturday a shot put in disclosed a body of stone in the face of the drive, which is supposed to be the long sought for reef that they passed through the other day, being, as the manager then reported, only a large fcedci. Water came in freely when the lode was tapped. At present it is not known what the stone is like, nothing having been knocked down. In a day or two when broken into and examined, we shall be able to report more fully. After the time and money spent in getting in to it, wc trust that it will prove to be something valuable. , . Golden Crown.— The manager lodged on Saturday 67 ozs. 14 dwts. of melted gold for the company, the result of a quantity of stone crushed at Tararu. tins has to be added to the 64 ozs. 14 u\\ts. melted gold lodged last week, making a total of 132 ozs. 8 dwts., the result ot 135 tons. The tributers ot the company also lodged 65 ozs. 13 dwts. melted gold for their fortnight’s crushing, 46 tons having been put through during that time. Shot over Tribute.— A parcel of about ;50 lbs of stone was crushed at Spencer and Hall’s test battery, on Saturday, for this company’s tribute, and gave a satisfactory yield of 17 ozs. 7 dwts. of melted gold They did not clear up their general stuff at the company’s battery. Manukau. —The usual monthly clean up for this company took place at tlieii own battery on Saturday. About 100 tons were put through during that time, and gave a yield of 73 ozs. 1 dwt. melted gold, being a slight improvement on the last yield. The reef still keeps very large, no change having taken place lately. Standard. —The crushing company just finished at the FALK, battery shows a decided improvement on the last. This is owing to the better quality of the stone crushed from the middle level, that from the upper having yielded about the same as last time, about an ounce to the ton. 41 tons have been reduced altogether this time, giving a total yield of 55ozs. 13dwts., being at the rate of loz. 7dwts. to the ton, with a few ounces more to come in from the blanketings and berdans. The improvement in the quality of the stone at a deeper level ought to encourage the owners to push tlieii workings ahead vigorously, as they have all their different level tunnels already m, and have a splendid chance of opening up their mine well ; and now that they can obtain crushing power close at hand, they will save a great deal of expense in carting it, as they have liarl to do heretofore. Caledonian. lodged on Saturday in the Bank of New Zealand. This is the smallest week s yield we have had to record, but the company’s battery alone has been clashing, during the time very little stone having come out, owing to the changes that have taken place in the working of the mine. Now that the contracts are all started, stone will be brought out in as large quantities as heretofore, and crushing will be resumed at the other batteries. In the mine tilings look well, gold being visible in the main workings in different places, amongst others, close to No. 3 winze on tho south-west side.