WAIORONCOMAI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2516, 25 August 1888, Page 3

WAIORONCOMAI.

Miking.—The Te Arolia Gold and Silver Mining Company are steadily engaged in extending nnd improving their plant and appliances generally. Their handsome new offices are almost completed, tho contract having expired on Friday last, and there only icmams to be finished a portion of the ceiling and a few other minor items. Excavations for the site of the new machinery go on apace, and it is expected that the inundations will be laid before many weeks arc over. At present preparations a''e being made for raising the stampers (40 head) in order to give a greater fall ior the concentrators which will be sixteen in number. The whole of the brickwork tor the company's new machinery is bemg'carried out under the superintendance of Mr Georgo Given, whose population for this class of work, is vijakfthigli. especially at the Thames anasunounding districts. Mr Patterson, of the tirm of Price Bros., Thames, has been engaged for the past fortnight, in fixing the berdan gearings, consequently all the berdans have not teen fully employed, and for the same reason the furnace will stop for a few days. A contract has been let to a Mr Howland, (a gentleman of vast experience in bush falling, having until lately, been supervisor of the Melbourne syndicate's property at Hikutia,) to deliver in the Waiorongomai Creek, 200,000 feet of timber in the round, which will be Hitched up by sawyers, and brought down by tramway, and will be cut up on the ground as required. A circular saw bench will be attached to tho battery for the purpose. A branch train line is being laid from the bottom of Butler's spur to where the timber will be rolled into the creek. The price paid Mr Howland I understand is 8s (id per hundred, which is considered handsome, many people being of the opinion that had oublic tenders been called for the work, it would have been taken for about half tho money. The contract for carting the now machinery and material for which there were about six tenders fell to Mr John darken, prices as follow : at per ton from Te Arolia (about 2 miles), 5s ; bricks per 1000 14s (id from Waiorongomai landing (about one mile), 3s'(>d. Wairakau Watkk Hack.—The successful tenderers for two sections of the Wairakau Water Race are, first section Mr B. Montague, 8d per yard; second section Mr Wiseman, lOd per yard ; the first section is part open country and part bush, the other is all bush. How those people expect to make this sort of thing pay is a puzzler. The party that hasjust completed a portion of the race made 4a Od per day, they had (Id per yard, all open country and good shifting ground. Gknekal. —There is nothing of importance in actual ruining just now. We learn that Massey's party have been knocked off. The returns from this part of the mine have not been so good of late. Our population is steadily on the increase ; there are four or five new families on their way to take up their residence here.

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