Latest Coromandel Mining.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4007, 1 November 1881, Page 2

Latest Coromandel Mining.

[fbom: the cobomandel kail] Home Rule.—The crashing of 198 tons general stuff and a ton of picked stone yielded 666 ounces retorted gold. The first retorting of 355 ounces was from the picked stone, also the second of 139 ounces, mailing a total of 424 ounces from the picked stone alone ; the general stuff gare 172 ounces. On Wednesday work J| was resumed in the stopos, the T6e£s* averaging two feet, gold being got iiytwo different places. The manager ex*>, eo t ß get out 200 tons by Christmas S£ad ba*'e^ another crushing. The low Jgsil is goiu^ ahead inimproved groji^tfr* Tiki.—The Msxfi Win leader in No. V level is b?;^,g driven on with good indica- . tio,\js7""A winze has been started on the saiene leader in No. 1 level. /The Queen of. the North has a splendid ytield. The tributers (Stevens and Mayne) crushed seven tons of dirt, and 48lbs of specimens. The specimens went '2ozs to the pound, and the dirt 4ozs to the ton, making a grand total of 1270z5. These tributers hare crushed 21 tons during the year. The gross yield was 4830zs being an average of 23ozs to the ton. Gem.—The leader is making for the line of the Tokatea reef, the level being near the surface. The country is somewhat broken, but the leader is well-defined, looking better on the floor of the drive than on the roof. On the. floor the reef is compact, and, with casing, measured 18 iuohes wide. Thirty feet of driving was done during the week in a nice, easily worked channel of country. A orossout has been started from the wain drive into the body of the hill to test the ground * hitherto broken into.

Success.—Tenders will be rewired until Monday, Slst'iust., for driving 200 feet, more or lese. The usual quantity of gold is being got in breaking dowq.