MINING SUMMARY.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4844, 19 July 1884, Page 4

MINING SUMMARY.

• The;; jnfl^ 'golii:; in: a gock) locality?:wi]l have-on whole: fields would/':/suii)rise:- r';anybne;:nQt'r accustomed , ; to, sne 1» rX'Cf!<irrences. :. An inßthnce:pf Al'is lius/ju,l' fcciirred :on the; Tharae§; -. Three : «:t;v'k* vogo everything was veryjjdull,^^.tbo;slrri,i:eindrk<it wos.alDJost:! dead; pbly}s-iiS&^i^'iW M'|"rf "^ .i))*? a* low figures^b'diiVK^r^portVS'^Hnd^ilV^Jfe^l;,:. ing generally was 6?>fl'-,0f.-.-.'dc.'sponaency^ .Orie\day^;hqweyer,"a';|e]Sglr9m;'-*rfs'poßicd i : up stafiDg tljat: 20lbs-df: Specimens had; been secured (rom^tlie now 500!t. level of the Beyr Prince Impnriai; an<i r ;this being followed;byt;anbllvpr rfi^t'PK; i* further haul of 70li)S, shares in the mine rose from 14s (3d 'to3os, { other: shares- also advanced, and the feeling changed to one of, expectancy of better,times coming. jOphis discovery is one of . importance to?the field, as it notqnly shows that the gold is going dowhrloutiitlprom richnesaof the. block being opened up, which m?an9 larger monthly returns, and dividends.; The other workings in the mine continuue. to produce payable dirt, and the size of the blocks forcßhadoiFS crushing sfca^fbijjja?:!png*iiEbe to cornel Deep Xevel^rossthal a,l«p resumed pro. specting at the 6^pftleveU The Caledonian Low Level's; eastern crosscut at the same; level is in rieariy 600 ft, and the country is again faTbrable.S§ Aireef^ftliwide has just been 1 cu^ltiroullh, iand as^ gold (fan be seen oh pounding the quartz,themanager will take out a -tnaV crushing; The Queen of Beauty- trial from the Vanguard lode at JNo. 8 level gave a poor return, and the reef at --^ :|evel >■ has; not been looking so-well; lately;;* but? prospecting is being• 'vigorously carried \ =en. " The Hani of Friendship has started work from the Imperial No. 4 level. There; is no change to report fromi the JMToanatairi, Kuranui Hill, or ; : Golden 'Qrowh; .the Caledonian is preparing > to' test the Eed; Queen -leader at No. 3 level |, the Waio--tahi has banked a good payable :Yetafn, and the Cambria, Waiotabi Creeks has crushed alpttrceiipflO loads from admass of stringers at the 230 ft level, for the good return of 20ozs' gbld^while payable dirt is still coming to hand. The winding and, pumping machinery; for the } Moanatairi Extended, same creek, has been success* fully started, a.nd easily'keeps the water under. Gperatiqns are to be; commenced shortly^ TnejKaraka^<3reek distrtctcontinues to go ahead,; and a considerable number of men are; row■employed here, while: prirate parties are ; ; getting good yields. The return from the Kocky Point gave over 30z3 per load, that -from the Adelaide orer an ounce, ,atd|thej return' from the City of Manchester, is.-aq ; excel? lent one. Payable dirt rs coming to hand from all these mines, and the vtwo former are - sinkipg, a; ; ,w,inze,;, .which ; : will give:; them^ S veritiiation,'; and Jeriablc 1 them to put on more men, when jttie retnrns will be larger. A trial of %! loads from the North Star Extended, Te Papa Gully, gave the satisfactory yield of 6ozs. goldj an.d alow level is now being entered. The Dart, If ape Creek, is openirjg'up No. 4 level, and stopiDg a payable, -blocfi: above No; 3 levelr At Otunui the New. Eureka is crushing, the dirt giving a return of l^ozs per ton. The Oriental is also working, the gold banked being the yield from anumber of trial parcelsi some of .which gave good returns.;;'/ ':'>.;- ;V\: -■■:■'.:.■■ •"• '■■■.■■.: .■■'■. '..■ ..■.";-'■■"•' In the Upper Country, Tc Aroha and Kiarangahake--eßpepially.tbe former—are looking up. The yields from Te Aroha, especially that from the New Find, are good, and the new crushing mill, which is badly needed, is being pushed ahead. The reef in the New Find ldw level is proving quitCas;a;ich as:aboye,tand this ■fact Has caused|a muck .•■s^r^pgtr i -.. feelipgi; in 'the futnre^of tie i^si|icj| % The return from thejSir WallerScptt^^angahake^isythiß bestyef-banked, tons'"living/1640zs gold; while eqtially gobd-^if;; not better^' jdirt,iß..now;^b.eing-uc'rushedvv.;/-ilhe.l'rblarn: frpmi the Jlartha ; JJxtended (Waihi). is payable, though the quarlz is:of very Jo^.^-grade.'/^There;-'^' an abundance of ;quarfe;yet to takciJcMit, the manager estimating that it the quartz will only yicld?;ak|well as it hasjdone in thc:,past, he bas several years'woirk in sight. ?