MOANATAIRI.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2569, 2 April 1877, Page 2

MOANATAIRI.

Breaking'doWn has beendiseontimudon the iSo. 9 reef for a few days, as the manager has the men employed putting in timber* »nd at ending to other mathr* co as to allow more eXteti«ive >toj>iiig operationß to be earned on The »how on the face and up in the top of the slope* is very good. In the latt> r place, where the last I shot «a> tired on Saturd <y, is a hole about 'one foot de> p rnrrung into the lode. ihe li^'it of a candle shows tint the, -sill.'* of thi* aperture are c mpoged or almost »olid gold, very HFtle qiirfnz b. ing visible. Several Auckland gentlfineu visned t c mine this morning and a ( p a red veil pleased with what they saw The p»n ol the reef on the floor of the drive, whicfi shows very rich cold, whs washed for the edification of the, visitors, and several pronounced that they had never' sepft anything better. ' Tl»e visiting on >aturday produced about £1 for the Hospital, and now nearly every i visitor pitt sHOmetKing! in the Hospital box, which is fixed^t the head of the shaft.-1 be ISo 9 reel-in the western drive and the All JNations leader continue to have t i rotnismg apptarance, and are both turning out X >od crushing dirt Although the breaking down of the rich stone hat been temporarily suspended, the single stamper is still kepttuoing on some stove remaining from last week's breaking dowu. Itie retortirtg «Uer. three d»\.i f crushing, was completed «n Saturday: uight for the splendid return'of. 6177 ounce* gold. Titis was melted at the Bank of >e» Zealand on Saturday night, dnd was r-dueed to 5118 za Jlirtg., .be total-ju-ld of retorted gold for th« week was 10 427 ounces, and the meltrd return is 10 298 qunces lldwts. It may be added that consideriiig-tae' force of stampers used, &c , thi« is the bi«t, or one of the bg»t jpield^ ever obtained since tliis place be ame a gOldfield." • ' Ga- in and pa ty fi-.ished their specimen cnir-hihg on Saturday for ibe, yield of 42oz* 4dwis gold. . . . r ,