MOANATAIRI.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2566, 28 March 1877, Page 2

MOANATAIRI.

' Several gentlemen well known in mining circle's visited the mine.,this morning, and all of^lfem. prQnp^iced.tlfafc the.show, .wassplen3icl, as indeed. jOs. I* visited the minfe at- "aboj^t \eight this, morn-; ing, and. fpjyuL beside^, the manager and several "others,' thafc Messfa Stone and Bleazard were below. "A shot had just been fired .in the:stope.sjfand the show that .-remained outdoes that has yet been seen. In addition to the lode— many-'places~ak>ng its course serais almoßt solid gold—there could be ■eenis^he^face" th§, - -stringers referred to in theSnianager's Jast week's report. Some of thg)j?e ..w.cra aboutjhalf.an inch thick, and wereslmpTfy nothing TnoriTKan^ small streaks of coarse shining gold; '.The' show on "the lower part of the stope, just above-the drive', 1 was also Very good. After"'a close'inspection of the reef we turned bur attentioh'tb the debris—quartz and mullock—which the'shot had brought to the floor of the drive. A large percentage •_ of the stuff.'.was.. specimen stone, and the'.picking 1, up arid handling of the golden stone at last became, so monotonous' -that sgrne of us left the men to finish the 'selection of- the' specimens, only occasionally some 'particularly rich piece of auriferous quartz:, r. About 12cwt of rich specimens was the result of the morning's breaking down. I forgot to mention that one. large block : of -quartz was amongst the specimens which was nearly as good as- those' obtained yester--1 day, and might without the slightest exag- , garation be put down to "contain between and 300 ounces, of gold. The piece yesterday was exhibited on* the ißank of New Zealand counter for several .hours to-day, and will be sent to Auckland for .'the delectation of the shareholders there. -The following is a copy of the telegram despatched by Mr Comer to, the company's office at Auckland at about 9.30 this morning—" Amalgam on fire from yesterday's specimens. Will give 2300 ounces gold exclusive of large stone reported. . 12cwt broken out this morning, leaving good show." Judging, from the above it may.be safely surmised the next Saturday's retorting will open the eyes of even the .most sceptical; though there are only five working days in this week. The men employed at the mine now all go to work through the long tunnel, and not down the old shaft, as* was the case till the beginning of this week. The new changing house is finished, and the office now up near the oM battery site is about to be moved down to the battery; . >