WAIHE.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3825, 1 April 1881, Page 2

WAIHE.

THE MAETHA.

The drive on the eastern side, put in for the purpose of cutting the underlie of the reef, is now in 155 feat, and it is confidently expected that the reef will be to hand within another 15 feet, or on Saturday morning. No less than nine leaders have been cut in this drive, averaging in thickness from six inches to nine feet. The stone from these lenders ig somewhat of a similar character to that of the main reef, but no tesH have been made of its value. DULCIBEL. Potter and nntes are stui driving on the footwall of the reef taking out about toy.v fset of stone, from which fair prospects have been ob'uined by mortar crushings. There is about 150 tons of stone io grass. LITTLE LIZZIE. This claim it will be remembered was purchased by Mr Hugh Jones, on behalf of himself and several Auckland gentlemen. It is in th's ground that the prospecting tunnel is being d'uven to cut the footwall side cf the reef, and which will lest the lie and direction of the reef in the western end of the hill. All the ground taken up by Mr Jones lies to f "je westward of the tunnel, so that the reef when found in the drive will in a measure prove the upper portions of the several claims. The tunnel is now in 136 feet, and on Thursday night's shift the reef was met, showing a wgll formed and compact body of stone, "similar in appearance to that in the prospectors. It will be resrembered that I mentioned that nine lead.js were met with in the prospectors drive on the opposite side,of ths spur, and in this drive no less then seven distinct bodies were cut before tß.e main reef came to hand. Should the stone prove regular in its quality, there will be no want of meterial for the soyeral batteries projected;. -#WAITETE. I believe ft is the intention of the shareholders in this mine to put in a crosscut from the Little Lizzie tunnel to the boundary, a distance of 58 feet. The following are the c'aims which have been pegged out up to date, but in which no work has been done:—Old Colonial, applied for by James Smith; Little Tommy, by John Leydon ; Young Colonial, by Hc>llis, Campbell and. party ; Emily, by H. T. Bowe ; Eveline, by Janres Liddle ; Jones No. 1, 2, and 3, by H. R. Jones;' and Nevada, by H, T. Howe. In the Young Colonial, work would have been done, but unfo. iunately for the applicants for the lease, several otter persDns, fancying the ground, want interests in it, and the Warden will be called upoa to settle the dispu*os. PUXETUI. This is the name given to the hill which lies about oae mile to the eastward of the Prospector. In the Coaistock, applied for by Mr A. Hogg, a lai'ge reef has been stripped, and a winze sunk several feet on the lode, and from the stone taken out, good prospects have been obtained. The Pukei'ui.—Cummings and party have some eight natives at work, and have obtained sione giving fair prospects. The Rose and Bannockburn claims have also been pegged out by the same gentlemen, and the Elizabeth, by .Alex. Mackay. Mr C. F. Mitchell has been out prospecting about a dozen miles from here, and rumor says he has found something good.