Waiorongomai Mining.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4869, 18 August 1884, Page 2

Waiorongomai Mining.

New Fnnv—Tlie leveL workings Continue to look Heal^y. In tH6 drive northward the reef ; ; been rather smaller, bat ; the q«artz is; of the same quality ps before. The spjath end showsf a promising lode about four fee,t in width. Both in the leading stqpej&nd in the one following ; it: the feef is %t ia good size, and the stone being-got out is of excellent grade. The workings in the Arizona level present the same satisfactory appear^ 1 ance as usual. There has been dtiring th e -j week:.a discovery ofrgold_,-in arfreeh place in the tipper part of the:claim^:: The rein from which :it- was-obtained is on the eastern - side of the larger lode, and^ is; about two feet in width^;,;,Soßie A of;. the f quartz broken down is of first-class quaY HtyV and it is likely that th? deyel)?pqient of thijr vein will largely extend: the Bjira^: tion of^thi? jrorkirigsin that potion x?|the;; Colonist.—A contract has been let for drivipg 100 feet southward in'; the low level; and! the, opening fjiipp : .p|^hjewef;jin) that directibnMii'ill^•'pu^b^;^%ii^vaii; i possible despatch,; rise aind^ wiDze; are noiv nearly connected, and when this is done other works ill the low level will be commenced. Stoping is going briskly on in ;the Ripper blocks;^ Operttions there have shown that a considerable portion of the reef, about the quality of which some doubts were entertained, itjJikely^to yield

much b. tier than was expected, and will' keep up the supply of crushing stuff for a longer period than was anticipated. Canadian.—Sloping is at present con* fined to Williams'a lode, from which a fair supply of stuff is being got. Pebmieb.—lt is satisfactory to note that an effort is at last being made to bring this mine again into repute. Operations were resumed a short time since under the management of Mr John G-oldsworthy. It .is not intended at present fo do anything upon the lode formerly worked, and attention wilt'forif time.be wholly given to the prospecting of the main reef, which runs right through the properly, and which m*y.be saidJo^ be almost untriedi The reef crops out on the surface - here and-there for some hundreds of feet, and has many of the .- features which characterise it in the s Colo,; nist and other claims.- The part now being prospected is on the eastern. side of what is known as the big buck reef, and a littlo way south of its junction with the old Premier lode. The look of things is at present very oncouraging,' the . quartz being of a most kindly description, occasionally yielding a fair show of. gold when pounded. There are strong reasoni^,^ for supposing that payable stone ,wilt"ere~ long be dropped upon, and-theTexceUent yields which were for a time obtained, from the old workings close by, give strength to the supposition.'- _\' -' -v- • - Diamond; GuiiY.^Hork is gpinff^Bi^ in the biock pyer the oldL leveV and in short time the manager wilt bei md a^ posi- v tion to forward regular supplies of .to".the rbatte'ry. '^y-^^'^^a'^^^Pif^-W■AibßON&oMAi:~Prepara"t|6hS;are nbwf'; completed for sending^quart2t; to" th^ niilli^ and as soon as the stampers;-:;c|a;Jbl».j^«---. tamed, crushing will be commeneea. '* *■ :3^. ■'.'..", May QtTEBN.-^^xcelleint stone ii still being got/romthe hangirigwall pbrtioaof the reef' where^ it has been opened^ up be> ; low.thb^tramway. The full-width.^f|the; ;^ lode issome four or fiyejfeet^but the^pld-^. has hitherto been .chiefly confined;-i^p-jth'ei^ portion named. A trial crushing; Npf 10 r or 12 tons frbmthe'main bpdyofithereef will be treated shortly. ;. iNVERNEss.^-Stoping/ds" going.';foh..:.ai;;.-;

iusual,: and during the- week some, very fair stone: has been brokenl; downO The : final cleaning up of the crushing at the battery on Monday is eipected to; gire » good payable return.; "; " r ;/ ■ ~ Lucky Hit.—The intermediate drive ii, now Jn nearly-5,0 feet; and about eight feet' v ( more will carry it under the winze from: ?the level above. A rise will thep beput up, and asi soon as the two are connected, stuff will be sent to the battery for trial. News." :;-.;:" ;''V- ■■> V;. ';"*v-C;. '': yiA