Mining Review of the Weak.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3832, 9 April 1881, Page 2

Mining Review of the Weak.

During the weekly period drawing to a clo?e, Te Aroha has been attracting a little more attention than hitherto, owing no doubt to the near approach of the starting of the battery. Morning Star shares are said to be in request, and other stock will no doubt advance in favor soou. The people of Te Aroha have showed great pluck and enterprise in pushing on the battery in the manner they have. Everything was against them, it being problematical at. one, time whether there would, be a battery at all, and it was freely asserted at all the Thames street corners that the Aroha was a duffer. Hence we hail it as a harbinger of better days when the stock of a Te Aroha mine is saleable in the Thames market again.

We are glad to see that the miners of the Upper Karaka and. Lucky Hit are soon to have a road to that vicinity. Vigorous prospecting has been done in this country for some time past, and the assistance the County Council now extend was never better deserved.

As an efficient and cheap means of utilizing water as a motive power Prices' engine'is unexcelled. We have now two batteries driven by that machinery Here, and the monthly saving is very considerable over the turbines formerly need. Apropos of this matter, we may mention that next summer the battery owners will not be so short of water, the County Council haying decided to bring the waters of the Hibi Creek into the race.