Our Mining Reporter.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2593, 30 April 1877, Page 2

Our Mining Reporter.

MOANATAIKI.

TheJf following is a copy of this weekly report of the' mine manager which was to be Submitted at the directors' toeeting ■tp ■be held at Auckland this morning i—" The directors.—Gentlemen, —•I haveithe honor to report as follows :— 80ft. leyil iS.-E. Cr OSß . cu t, No. 9 reef, is now 2ft/thick in the new winze/*'being sunk below bottom level, and in last i breaking down the reef has much improved. „ A. belt of isjaow. dipping in from west end of winze, "showing gold freelyin the face. I have suspended the driveeast untilthe winze being sunk down i from tunnel level is communicated. This will open up the ground, and at the same time prove whether the reef has heaved north or south. This winze will be broken through in about 8-days; The drive west is still under the influence of jthe slide, but Itnink. that after a few feet more driving the reef will greatly improve. Si^feet west from winze the cross-leader has" dislocated Heldt's reef, and driving has now been commenced on these two reefs ; about where they junction ,good payable,, stone is now, been itakeri out. North-west crosscut—All Nations leader.—l am,, pushing on-this drive to pick up junction of No. 9 reef. No. 1 reef.—l think after driving about ■20 feet further east the slide will be intersected, when I have no doubt good' results will be met with.—l am, etc., Eobeet Comes, mine manager.": The sinking of the winze alongside the lode is being "proceeded with, but no quartz has yet been broken down. At the battery 30 head are employed by the company.and 10 by the public. The gold resulting from Saturday's retorting was melted in the Bank of Now. Zealand to-day, arid reduced to 766bzs 6dwts 12grs gold, the loss being a little over one per cent. ' ' ' "r":' """' Carnie and* party finished their crushing to-day for the retura of 29ozs gold.