Waiorongomai Mining.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4840, 14 July 1884, Page 2

Waiorongomai Mining.

New;Find.—-In: the Arizona, level the reef looks no legs healthy thfta^efore, and in the south eDd it has increased con-

siderably in size. 3 the faces is now,: nearly for the whole &% tbia distance fcayabje ljt(Mt|B has been fpjundHhe lode varyjnft from "% tp 8 feet/ H&jpyigJi less^than^S. neither end is there any; indicatibn of -a ' falling off as ttiere^;{i^^loclc; about 130 feet in height to operate on OTerhead,, some idea may from this be formed t« to

the duration: of work/ in ?ibiß; pbrtioti of. the mine alone^. In: the low level the.*ppearance pi the lode in both faiSjt'iiiltill

very satisfactory; eap/eoially/ in the driTe north ward; * wherethere \i about 4: feet of reef of good quality. uPn ?!hurßdjiy aotd Friday the quartz broken^pwn jras-of; excellent quality, one large /blbckljreigt^/ ing about a cwt being sprinkled with gold/ all over, the whole'being, estimated to yield about 3 ounces to the ton. Though somewhat smaller .going south the reef there also yields payable stuff. The stopea are turning out a plentiful jsupply of crushing dirt, which shapes fully. up to the average. ':■/■.•.' ''■.:■','■''■■: ': '■■.■.■, '',':-'■--

Colonist.—At the low leyel driving his been commenced on the lode passed through about a fortnight since. There is. still some doubt as to whether that veinis^ identical with the one now being wbrfcetfin the level abdve, but the .sinking of the winze will shortly, proves whether it|is op not. Very little quartz bps yet been broken down, but in<iomeof the stone there, is a fair show of goldr The output of »t«£Ts from the upper blocks is being well kept up, and is yielding satisfMtorilyf at tkeC' battery.':' ■. v ■-■ ..", ': \;:'':\^.^,^it-'^?-S;^-^::*--~' Canadian.—During the week tt^rt[^iit|jis been an increase in the size of the lodfeiii; the.low level, it being over 4 feet jtf]iii^fe and yielding stuff of paying <jualityi|^o^s .leading stops is also jgoing^j^^^aw^^pi^vi^ thesq workings there is obtainea^ pf Squar ta W»^^||; stampers^mployed;:;:^/;1^^*;;;^;:^^ ''■'■ 'Diamond GuLLTirrTh^ee.^

continues to get larger, and it is now about ;;3 feet in, width. The; stone, thpugtii'jjibtiii quite so rich as that first met with, is still highly payable, and in appearance is no ' less promising that it has been hiihertb.-^ ■News..,;