BOATMAN'S.

(from the inangahuA herald, dec 3.) The stimulus which this reporter has received from the crushing of the Just-in-Time and the good results ao far obtained from the Fiery Cross, con ] rilute in no small degree to bring about a state of lively acti ity similar to that which characterised the district some two years since, with the exception that the reefs have now beeV» tried and, so far, the stone is turning out richer than was anticipated by even the most sanguine. Any i.,ne acquainted with the district cannot fail to appreciate this desirable change from monotony $nd depression to business activity, speculation and , hope — familiar concomitants of prosperous mining. The Fiery Cross claim, which was not supposed, by fully two-thirds of the shareholders, . to yield more than two ounce's, is turning out fully three ounces of gold to the ton at the first crushing. A very important consideration in connection with tjiis claim is the regularity arid uniform width of that part of the reef already disclosed in the rome; The main drive has been carried about three-hundred and fifty feet along a uplendid reef averaging from 4£ to 5 feet wide without a break in it, and from the improvement in the stone for the last 150 feetd'rivih'g north, it is anticipated that the fut ufe 'crushinf!B will yield better than this the fir.-t 'crushing. I hope it will be understood that 1 am not desirous of extolling the district beyond its merits, but I bjieve myself that but very lew people have anything like a just conception of its richness in mineral wealth.. Antimony, arsenic, sulphur, coal, and a large extent of highly auriferous quartz reefs abound, and the latter, are only beginning to be developed. j Just-in-Time. — Work is progressing but trot Spie¥dily. The new reef is being opened oujt upon and looks well. The discovery of this reef has greatly improved the company's prospects by affording them abundance of stone easily available; of cpnrseitis only beginning to be opened out but from present appearances there is every leasoh to believe it a permanency. rbipiClajm-is naturally well situated for wqrkip"g,^in.ce owing to the conical shape ofjjhe hujt it js only required to put in the different levels and raise stone. [Naples.— The shaft has been carried down about 90 feet on a good reef 3 feet wide, and It Is the intention of the com - pfey'ftitestitadwii to the level of the loWtuj&el ; HSfJeTni. — *The driving is being coh-J t nued along the reef front the bottom of

i the shaft. The stone is about the same iin ■ richness as that previously raised. It |is sauTtnSt the company are about to j start a tutinel at a low level to follow the | reef in. l ; Thompson's. — This claim lias, lately ! changed hands. Xpe former jiroprjtetors I have been bought out by Mr Young .£nd j others. For the past two weeks a.number j of hands hayeiheen employed opening. ; oui; j on a body of quartz whic'li' is", supftose'd tq I be a oantiiiuatiori' ofr:Caples"&ndi!>' >.he! Just-in-Timeto *eefs< Thte'sit^tidubf itie claim is peg^aiid ipeg with t{le' JilkiinTMe, 'bit' tthfc I ' sduth-edste'tn "bdttha^y. I The claim contains soine very rich $t<»'rie. I tt.^vtfie.' 'intteatip'n ,of th^, „pr|sent j |Harepqlders to give it a thorough' prosi^rW^balJftj'HrAt this claim operations are being resumed in the tunnel:- The tfiery Gi-OL'B afadiXl.'aple's reef is fd;md to cross the claim some 200 feet to the eastward iff- the sitte of pf efe'rili tunnel, arid it id their intention t'6 'drive for it.