OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2170, 5 June 1886, Page 2

OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waihi. Paeroa, Friday. SmvKurox.— A. start has been in.ide to tunnel p:tst the winze southward in the low level. The reef ha» been broken out on the hanging wall bide foi a depth of about 8 feet. Very fair diit has been obtained. RosEMONr. — The swelling country in the low level is faiily through, and a better cl.wh of country ha* been tapped. Another 300 feet or more of driving will be required to meet the reef. Union. — A large parcel of quartz from this mine is being picked over in order to send to the smelting works, Swansea, Wales. There is no doubt that the dirt from this miue would yield a hundred ]»r cent, more by the fire than the crushing process. Nil Despabandum Amaranth, Yellow Jacket. — Good worl^is being done in all these claims.

Karangahake. A meeting was held here last Saturday, ftt which resolutions were passed that Mr Grace, member for the district, should be requested to ask the Government for moneys for several works, the aggregate amount being a modest £8,000. One little item to be asked for, i.e., £5000, for a road up the Waitekauri gorge, ostensibly to "open up a large area of auriferous country," is simply a request from persons interested in mines in the particular district where the road is proposed, in order to make their property more valuable at the expense of the ratepayers. It waa a noteworthy fact that at Mr Grace's la&t meeting here those who requested him to obtain large sums of money for various purposes here were those who were loudest in the denunciation of local taxation. How is it possible that such large grants can be scrambled for among country members (who, to get them, must support the Government almost against their conscience) if the deficit is not made up from somewhere. The county chairman, has refused to subscribe to the demands. The two men, Turner and Wilson, who were very seriously hurt lately, the former by thp rolling of a log over him while jacking, and the latter by falling down a cliff, are now out of danger, and will be about again in about a week. ' The Tui Minstrels from Te Aroha gave an enjoyable entertainment during the week, Mc-its Burge-s Golds woi thy, Everett, and L-Yazer taking the lion's share of the work and applause. There is every chance of a Volunteer corps being formed here, and their services accepted by the Government. Most of the old identities have been warriors in their time, and were under arms during the Nsatlhako "war,"