CLOSING OF THE NEW FIND MINE AT WAIORONGOMAI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2683, 21 September 1889, Page 2

CLOSING OF THE NEW FIND MINE AT WAIORONGOMAI.

* The intelligence that all hands employed at the Te Aroha Silver and Gold Mining Company's mine, the New Find, had received their discharge within the hist three days has cast quite a gloom on this p'.ace, and taken every one by surprise. Between 50 and 00 men were employed at the mine, which is now virtually closed down —in mining lingo, " duffered out." This is bad news indeed, as it throws the above number of men out of work, a pood number of them being married men with large families. Some of the discharged have already left the district, some gone to Reefton, whilst a few are en route for Australia. At the great reduction works only six or eight men are employed, and how, or why, this great transformation has come about is kept dark, and we can only conjecture. Some people seem to think that the calls have not been coming in as they should, others tli it it is a move to prevent tho necessity uf making another at the present time, but there can be no doubt that, so far as the miners me concerned, a sweeping retrenchment at the New Find had to be made. It is said that extensive prospecting '>f the Company's ground is contemplate.!, and experienced men may be put on f>i> , this purpose in a week or two, but as tliis cnrnmunity, like the bulk of mining centres, has not. been a saving one, the experience of being out of work, even far a week, will be felt by not a few of them. It is to be sincerly hoped, for the benefit of the whole district, that active work will be resumed in this place, from which so much has been expected. I am told that Mr Wilson, one of the largest proprietors, is expected here from England during next month, also that Mr John Howell, the gentleman who has so ably superintended the erection and putting together of these big works, will leave hero for America early in November, his term of engagement with the Company being up then.