MOANATAIRI.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2567, 29 March 1877, Page 2

MOANATAIRI.

._ ■■-TfieVe is little 'fresh to in'con-, nection with, the No, 9. reef to.-day, the same splendid features noticed' yesterday ; remaining unchanged^ ; - The; lode "maiatains its average size,, and the show is in! some places even.-better than } yesterday.' TJie, gpld,appear^, to be t[ .gefctin.g coarser than4l was some daysjuwk. -Tie, multitude of little threads and* stringers' in .'the^stopes' .look as v well^as ever; anjd 'tlxe ,B|^n.e:s,!br6kfn^^oVn/!from that part contain a large quantity, .of igqld. A shot was fired in the stopes this morning; which 5 brought downfabotttriialf k ton of rich specimens.- • The show remains unaltered. Ihe result ofthe. retorting of the amalgam "resulting- From Monday, Tuesday-and Wednesday's crushings of specimens and general stuff was lodged in the Bank'of ; JNeyr Zealand this mornibg.'and on being weighed on the large scales in^ the gold office it was found to amount,to"^2so ounces/ It must be admitted by even the'most fastidious that this xetuta is nat at all bad for three days', work. The melting was completed this j I afternoon At 3 o'clock,land- the return was ! 1 reduced to 5180 ounces Bdwts melted gold, the loss being about one per cent.-I -Gold 'is showing in the western drive on the No. 9 reef and in the All Nations, leader. To-morrow being Good Friday there will be no visiting, but work will go on in the mine as usual. The manager hag, however, kindly consented to open the mine to visitors on Saturday next, and a small charge for the benefit of the Hospitaltfor admittance will be made. Waite and party have completed-their trial crushing at the company's battery for the yield of loz..3,7dwts' gold." At present the only parties' crushing at the company's battery are Williams'] and parly, the company's tributers, and the' Alburnia company, which has 10 head, j employed. - . <: -" . I