Waiorongomai Mining.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4654, 4 December 1883, Page 2

Waiorongomai Mining.

New Find,—This is how regarded as the leading mine on the field, through the fact of its heading the list of. gold returns, and giving promise of being able to keep, not only ten head of stampers going, but also the whole force "of the battery employed on general: stuff, if it had the chance, owing to the enormons body of payable quartz which ia. now being opened up. The New Find or No:. 2 reef is certainly looking very well at the present time. The drives, north and south are each advanced about 30 feet from, the crosscut, good crushing' Stuff coming from each face, gold could be seen on a big face stripped on the surface as well as in stone coming out of the level. The leading stope is now being carried along over the two drives, The reef, five feet in thickness, extending along the eastern boundary of the claim, and underlying mt° ll > is turning out payable crushing stuff, gold being frequently seen ia the stone. Canadian.—Two men are engaged driving a ievel to cut the New Find reef. The manager is prospecting a surface section in the hopes of picking up the cap ot another reef believed to be. running through the ground nearly parallel with the New Find No. 2. Diamond Gully.—The work of opening up on the line of the New Find reef progresses satisfactorily. Welcome.—Good stone was' broken yesterday, from near the point where the' late rich crushing was obtained. Wjekahtko.—Th(3 mine manager, Mr E. Cameron, has received instructions to berdan two tons of tailings with new silver for the purposie of ascertaining their value,—Nfewa,