Waiorongomai Mining.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4863, 11 August 1884, Page 2

Waiorongomai Mining.

New FiND.~ThV first for driving 50 feet on the reef northward iv the low level has been finished,: and one for 100 feet has just been let. For; the „';; whole 50 feet the lode produced godd. payable stone, and still contihacs^to^d^ so. The south end has been cameS in • some 40 feet; Here also,the reef has yielded quar'z of fair .qaality, but as a rnle it has been peorer than in the opposite entf.: At present theCyeiti isi^smaller than usual, there being only about two feet of crushing stuff. In the Arizona level the face going .north still ; , shows ■ a -.; com pact lode, but for someshort distance 5 gold has not been visible 'quite so freely as before. The stopes generally are looking well both here; and in the 'i low level, excellent stone having been obtained during the. week from the lower work* ;; ingS.- •.■-'■■■■ •■■:•- ■'-'■■<i:i-\:--:.\. . .. V > ■-■ ■::.:'.■'■:■ '"' <':■ Colon Ist.-^-Good- progress has been made, in the rise from the low level, and the winze will bo connected;; with it in a few days. -... Very little of the.;, reef hat been broken;.bu^ in the stone "taken out . there is a fair show of gold. The drive southward is being pushed on, and tenders bave been called for extending it;a;forther distance of 100 feet.. A; change in the country is now observable.Jand ; the close hard rock*-that has hitherto^ 1 hugged the reef in this direction is gradually giving; place .to ground:of a.more kindly charao". ter. i As soon as possible iafter the rise and winze are connected tbevdrivc northwar J will also be carried on:' J The slopes over the No. 2 level are looking much the . same as usual, and will yield" a" regular supply of crushing stuff for the, .next six or eight weeks, at the~end"of'which; time the blocks in that part of the mine will be pretty near exhausted. ■_ -:

Canadian.—Stoping is being continued on Williams' leader above the "upper level, and also from the winzei-pn^the Colonist reef, - but there is nothing of importance to record concerning these workiags. - ..;■■;■;-;:; :■••''■>■ -■■■■? '■:: .. ■;■/„■>

Diamond Gully.—Operations under-. ground have been resumed, and a commencement made to take out; the block over the old level. The reef is at present about two feet in. thickness, and \ shows gold pretty freely. • It 5 is proposed to convey the quartz from the mine to the County tramway by means of a shoot similar to that of the^ JNew Find Company, and this work, as well as the erection of a hopper at the lower end, will forthwith be started. v : ''.-<■'-.■: :'<' i:- '-;Y^ ■ ■■■.:' ;';.

Waiorongomai.—- Intermediate drive is being continued, and the reef, which ia over a foot in width, still shows a little gold, A small hopper and; shoot are in course of construction at the low level bjr the : tramway, and as soon as they are completed the quartz on hand will be forwarded to the battery... - ./: EufißKA —iContractors are at -Worlieii* tending, the intermediate feyel another 50 feet, but as yet no change of any importance has taken place in the character of the reef. -" ■'■ ' .'■. - .". ■.'■■'■: Y:-'':^ Yv ■'"'■■■; :

InveßNEßß.—During the week there has been an improvement in the lode in the upper level, and from the fcotwall portion, fair goldbearing stone;has again been got in driving south. Thei stppes continue to yield a steady supply of; stuff for the ■■■five, head of stampers at present kept going at the battery, and appearances warrant the belief that t£e. return at the next general cleaning tip will be" quit® satisfactory^-.. <.-'. ■■■'. ■/';\tV;V::"::--":;. '■■■'': .■'■'■'■ v v •••■

vPhcenix:—Sipping is^nti: present/the only work in hand, -and the stuff that is being got out continues to look well for a payable yield-whehfcrushed.^ % ; J

May Queen.—-The prospecting of the leader near the tramway is still going on; and in some of the stone there, is an encouraging show of gold.—News. -.