OHINEMURI.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2576, 10 April 1877, Page 3

OHINEMURI.

(FSbk OITE OWN CpEEESPbNDENT.j

' \\tyAj£EKJmxi,j April 7

EEBSBTEEAJrcE; G-.M.Co.—Mr Mason, the managerj is Vigorously pushing ahead with'the Jow/leyei, and expects to cut the lode early this week. ir,He is also sinking a. winze; from the surface, and is now down about' 6 feet in splendid sandstone country." The; lode .is rather broken, and no true opinion can .be formed as to its size, but'there is no question as to the value, of the 'stone taken from : - it, as gold is plainly vUible 4n patches through it. The. discovery could not -have been made in a biet^er portion of the mine For being easily, '^orkedi and itia-in close proximity to;|he, tramway, -onlyo being a few feet distant. At the upper portion of the claim from wherfc; the: recent crushing was taken : thereiis an immense body of qtiartz and sandstone, which gives just as good rprospectaras; that reduced; and as there will.be no difficulty inconyeying it to the tr'amway4t;should par handsomely for sending to thdihill;;''}

Yptr^Q: Njbw. Zealand Gt.M.Cq.—T.wp of the* shareholders" are busily engaged driving botlf^aysupori the lode from the main cross-cut, in which it. ; k r about twcfeet thick, 1' and carries good gold. Some splendid stone was broken put yesterday* arid aV-if'is in easy 1 country to work a goodly pile^bf is accumulating ready |Qrithe;;milL ?b ;kj -:;/: ;:r : r "V?ELcpJtE G.M;.Co.—The manager has started.a wn^e^in 'the top lev^l on the Nb. 4; crtfss' lode, and is down about ; 8. feet, the- 463fe 'being about 10' inches -iff: size^ ; gold., iA. drive from the low lejSithasljalso beenjstartedo to meet the winze* so as to thoroughly open up the ground: for working, also for ventilation. .^Prj.ying ..has tiils.p-- been pushed ahead''on the No. 4£ which is a nice gold .bearing lode, gping. south. The manager estimates that that drive is not.m.ore |ban 180 :pr j2OO .frbjn. the Shannon and. ,_. lfergns' boundary^ so -if work was started in. that "Company's ground .there, : would not be any' great distance to drite Jfrom the old tutfnel on the western si<ie before this lode ;>vould be in hand, and as'^t would be rip distance frpntVjthe, tramway ifc: would not .be very eiftensive tb'have a trial crushing therefrom. „.,-...•.- ■' ...:^-'.,'-', .„-•.;• :.■

WAiTEKATTiii <jr,M..Oo..—fTliV.prbspectsof this mine have improved considerably during the last week, as rich stone has been proved, to exist"in-large quantities: at the low level, and at the 160Teet or intermediate lev.el good payable stone has be.en carried a .distance of 35 feet oh each side of the No; 2 win^e.withVevery prospect.'of its continuing for^sbiuV, distance, further. In the leading sj;ope going south some really-rich stone-cSme4O;hand at the end of last 'week. ' At ihe battery the 40 head are crushing day atid'night, and the show of amalgatrron the-plates Jooks well for a good payable return. Tho tramway was Btarte.d .last Monday, and gqod progress has been made on "the sections let to contractors, but more men will havo to be put on at once if it -is to be finished within the time reckoned upon.