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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1106, 29 September 1904, Page 3

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WAIHI G.M COMPANY LIMITED

In the last report to tlio Uouio directors of , tho above company it was stated that nt A No. 6 level very litlle progress had been made with tho winze on tho Martha lode, along tho north scol'on of the level, owiug to the voter. In London Pass, which was down 30 feel, a body of partly sulphide ore, Sift wide, was exposed and no walls woro seen. Tho average value frotn 21 feet to DO led was; Gold, loz 3dwt 17gr; snd silver, 3oz 7d« 19gr por ton. A sicuhr sized ore body, alsj ol sulphide ore, was exposed ii< Wheelsou No. 2 pass, which was down 02ft, The value from 2-llt to 26ft was: Gold, loz 2dwt 9gr; silver, soz Mdwt »gr per ton. Tho Rjady pas?, on the Hegina lode, was down S6[t, A width of 3ft of oro was exposed, and no wnlU visible The value from 27ft lo 88ft was: Gold, liidwt Ogr; silver, 13oz 3dwt lgr per ton. In the I'rieo pass, down JlC't, the vuluo from 23ft to 82ft was: Gold, lliiaU B'r; silver, loz Orlwt Bgr per ton. The c.nt drivo on tho Royal lodo ms in 3DG(t, the lode being oft wide.- The value from 357 ft to 3BG(i was: Gold, 1-ldwl 19gr; si'ver, loz 2-lwt lgr per ton, Slug pass was down 28ft, exposing 3ft of ore on the footwa'l side. The value to 25ft wns: Gold, loz 9dwt lugr; silver. loz 6dwt b'gr per ton, Tho west drive on tho Royal lodo was in 296 ft, with -111 of ore showing, and the north well in hand. The vuluo from 235 ft to 280 ft was: Gold, sdwt 4gr; silver, lfitlwt 23gr per ton, Lloyd pass was down COft, and a connection with tho riso from the lovel below was expee'ed to be made within a .uontli. Tho laitcr rise was up 53tt from tho 701 ft level, from No. fl shaft, No. 6 shaft had been cut down and timbered lo GOfl below No. 5 A . level.

Tho oast drivo on the Royal lodo at No, 0 level was in 330 ft ftom tho north section, tho reef being about dft wide, The valuo along tho level from 301't to 330 ft was: Gold, 4dwt lgr; silver, loz, Hdwrdgr per ton. In the west drivo on the Royal lode at 4Glft in, a crosscut was driven north for Off, proving the lodo to bo 12J feet thick. The averago assay valuo was; Gold, >M«t 17 gr; silver, 18.1wt 23gr per ton. Driving west had b°cn resumed, Tho K lodo, in tho west drivo Irom tho northest crosscut from No, 2 shall, was 2ft Cm wido Tho east drive at No -I lode, on the north section of tho Martha lode, east of No, 1 shall, lnrtlnwesk crosscut, w.is in 300 ft, about s!t of oro being exposed. The value along the Iml from 311 ft to 319 ft was Gold, loz OJwt lgr; silver, Goz Odwt 21gr por ton, Tho drivo was to Lo continued 80it lurther, beyond which point the south pectiondiivcwoulc 1 command tho eastern end of tho miue, The lodo iu Benny pass was4lt wide, and the valuo was; Gold, Odwt 13gr; silvor, 2iz, 7dwt 23gr per ton. At No. 8 lovtl iho east drive on (he noith branch of tho Victoria lode was in 49ft, and connected with tho western drive on the Surprise reef, a work which will provo beneficial for future operations on the Welcetue lodo. At No, 2 lovel, Jo pass, on tho Empire lodo was up 48ft, the lode here varying in sizo between 3ft and 4't, Tho average valuo up lo 30ft was: Gold, 7dwt 23gr; silver, 6oz Odwt 9gr per ton. Tho Etnpiro lodo, at No. 1 lovol, in tho wrst drive, which was in 9 lft, was 3ft wid\ The value along tho level from 50ft to 91ft >vbs; Gold, lOdwtlOjjr; silver, loz 10 dwt Bgr per ton. At the upper smithy level preparations wero in hand for sloping on tho Martha lode, which was Bft wido.