Ohinemuri Goldfield.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4500, 7 June 1883, Page 3

Ohinemuri Goldfield.

(fbom oue own cobrespondent) . Paehoa, Wednesday WAITEKAURI.

WAiTEXArEi G.M.Co. — I visited! Hollia' new find in this mine yesterday. Ik was not in the Queen level proper that the dtscorery was made, but in a branch tunnel that was driven along the course oF Butler's reef, by the Waitekauri No. 3 people, who encroached something like 60, feet upon the Waitekauri Co.'s ground. This was accomplished owing to some mistake respecting the underground boundary line between the two claims. About. 16 feet from the point where operations in this tunnel were suspended a blue slide, twelve inches in thickness, and crossing the reef at an acute angle, was encountered. It was between this slide arid the face of the tunnel, and not .^inore than six inches beneath its floor that Hollia broke but the first stones showing gold. The winze is now down 25 feet and the lode, averaging 2ft. in width, improves in size and richness as depth is attained upon it. In examining the lode in the winze yesterday I saw gold showing freely in various places throughout the whole width of the stone, which is thickly impregnated with what a Thames miser would call " good mineral indications." This is an entirely new departure in quartz mining here because hitherto < wherever good gold has been got, base minerals have been conspicnos by thpir absence. It would be premature to offer an opinion as to the extent or value of this find, the tfibuters themselves not being very sanguine as yet, because this is the first time in the history of mining in the district that gold has been got in the sandstone country. From the winze tbe iributers have broken out about 20 tons of general dirt and 3 cwt • of specimens, which comprise the richest • stone I have seen broken out from any lode in the Upper Thames eoldfields. Hollis and party's tribute is known as No. 1; it includes about 200 feet south of the point of present operations, and is - almost intact right up to the surface. From the level downwards their block embraces a. depth of 100 feet, in which direction the reef has never yet been touched. No. 2 tribute is in the hands of Quaelley and party, who are prospecting the main lode on the surface, where, they expect to obtain payable stuff every shift. No. 3 tribute is being worked by Beitman and party, who. are at present engaged in driving a crosscut from the Queen level with a view to intersecting the southern continuation of Butler's reef. This crosscut is now in about 10 feet, and they expect to meet the reef in another 40 feet of 1 driyinp. No. 4 block has also been let to a party of tributers who are to . start operations during (he present week; Upon the whole things generally are looking healthy, and Bhonld the shot of gold in Hollis's tribute section prove to be extensive Waitekauri will bloom as of yore. _^