Ohinemuri Goldfield.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4833, 5 July 1884, Page 2

Ohinemuri Goldfield.

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■'■:■":D /';;V^^:;^^;::' r-:;-^BB °A»'::Te«t»rdt^^:y:Q Some time since the Thames County Council obtained; a Government grant of £lbO for the purpose of constructing • i footbridge, over the Ohinemuri river; at Karangahake, and were t about to call tenders for the work of constructing the ■ game when it was represented to our late member (Capt. Morris) that nothing short of a bridge suitable for horse traffic would meet the requirements of the district. When in WellingtoD that gentleman interviewed the Chief Inspector of IMKhes and obtained his consent to an additional grant of £100, which is now available for. the bridge in question, and it is to be hoped that the Council will call tenders for; the ork of construction Is sobin as possible, for the late hearyl rains} haTiß: flooded the river to such an extent aa to make it positively- dangerous to those whose avocations compel them to cross and re cross it.daily;■';■/;■;:_,""'-';■ ;:;"■■-'■ ■':/'.'■(', .'r^

Sib ;Waiteb SjbpTT,~ThestopVgajfoiTe the intermediate ' level are ; y ieldiog an ; abundance of excellent;/crushing dirt, which, judging from the amount of goldr visible in the stone, should speak for itself when subjected to battery treatment. Crushing will again be started for this mine about Monday; next, and the full force of the battery will be kept continually employed for the whole of the ensuing month."':-; ;■- :J-- ..; r'^K ' ' .•'• v';;:;'?^-\ >l;-; '.•:■.;■*. GoldknCbown G.M. Co.—-Good pro- „•'■ gress is being made with the work of sinking thewinzes in this mine. No. 1, which is > being sunk from the upper to connect with the intermediate level, it now down to » depth of 12fe and No. 2, which is being sunk from the intermediate in the diree« tidn of tbe low level, has attained a depth of 20ft. Gold showing freely in the stone is ; seen daily in both workings. manager has about 60 tons of crushing dirt to grass, which will be forwarded to V the Hauraki battery for treatment as soop as the road has been made passable foir sleigh traffic. ■■^^yt}^^//i&Y^'^,-':','■■■;, '__ IvANHOB G.M.Cd.r-The rope for the s aerial tramway reached the mine yesterday, and I suppose that notwithstanding all the arguments that have been advanced against it, the powers that be will still .persist in carrying out this; >erj ; questionable scheme. The late crushing from the Sir Walter Scott establishes, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the Talae > of the reef that runs throughout the whole length of this claim. ;