Waiorongomai Mining.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5028, 23 February 1885, Page 2

Waiorongomai Mining.

drive is still of a frery promising appearance. iThe^ winze ip the Na>. 2 reef from the low levels being otrried on bjtnicef men. As far as it has been sank yet, this reef promises well, and some very good gold is to be seen in the itone. -On Wo. 2 reef the stopes, both north and ■path from the winze> still afford good .erushiug dirt. The stopes on No. 2 reef^'iiijioreV-ISroi*^''' level, are also yielding very fair crashing dirt. ; Work will ghortly be commenoed on No. 1 reef from the Arizona level, and also on the^surfaee^The last crashing from this mine would have resulted in a much larger reiurp^ but for the scarcity of watfer at the battery; ■ Over lOOitro^s'yf quartz remained in the hoppers nncrashed 'after:thV-mVnthly.-clean ,up. ■'. PjttEst;EH.-r-A tmi crushibg ji ' got but from .■••NoC 2):.^ef, :{w^ }jKSo^lo}w crashing; is being v.taken/ipai*sjrddi-.i^&»,V--t intermediate levels :Irii bbthf"pUfti^;^pf;ttw|^ mine gold is to be seen in the: stone. ;

Diamond Gttjiil.y.—Stoping i« going on as usual. The quartz being crashed will probably shape about (in pnace^ per ion.:S A contract has been let to sink the win»e a further distance of thirty feet, in order to test the value; of "the reef for ai loir; level.—News'. --V'-..:^ r- '-''"/^Pl^-^*'- .';■