TE AROHA MINING NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1775, 20 November 1883, Page 3

TE AROHA MINING NEWS.

Thrhe }s no change to report in the different rinne^' The manager rcpoits they mo , .still breaking down gooa'Stone. • The manager has employed liftmen breaking quartz, in which gold i.s fieely' visible. As the lodo is a. large one, fully foux' feet, a parcel of 100 torn will soon •Iks toady for forwarding to the battery, and 'the returns are expected to be highly satisfactory. Smiu; 01' Foktunk.— This ground lies between the Premier and Vulcan companion, mines, and contains about 200 feet of the Premier reef, which cairios lich gold in the Pieniier and Vulcan ground. The boundary runs within T>o feet of the Premier gold, which apparently dips very fast in to the Smile of Foi tune, and ; will be mobably found theie at the ne\t level. Two other lodes also outcrop in " Smile," in one of which .some wry rich stone is being found. A stw n? company is being formea to work the ground and put in a level to get the dip of the Piemior gold. , Wku.inv.ton. — Energetic prospecting is being carried on under Mr Hoimbiook, and we have seen some quaitz biokon from a nice-looking reef which kliow* .strong blotches of coaise gold. Welcome. — The winze is now connected with the lovel, and next week the manager ■will commerce stoping and take out .some quartz for crushing a,s soon as he can get the use of five head of stampers. Aumy (I.M. Co.— The manager, Mr William lioldsworthy, has hail the men engaged in the Te Aioha pmtion of the Company's property stripping a reef, about 4 feet for a distance of HO feet, and prospecting the smi.ice , by blasting out and and breaking down tlio cap of the reef, fiom which good piospects cm be obtained on l>oundiug the .stone. A cio.s.scut is being driven to cut the reef about lT>O feet noith of where the reef is being shipped ; the manager expects to intersect the icef in .i few feet of diiving. It is the intention of this company to .send a few tons to tinbattery for the purpose of testing the vahu" of thc'quiut/ at no distant date. Am. Nations (t.M. Co.— The chive is being pushed on ; the giound is haul and tougli ; the last fi-w dny.s li.ts In ought a clunge, and thenion.ue now^ _o))emng out on a likely- look ing leadei, uliich ])iomises ■well foi the. futuieof the mine. W.viokovcom \i (i. 31. Co.— Tlie mau.igei continues diiving on the loef. At eveiy buuking down gold cm be seen in tlie stone; the last" bi caking (limn bi ought to hand some of the best atone yet obtained fiom this mine, gold being seen fieely in the -.tone. This mine has a huge quantity of good crushing diit now on hand. —News.