OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 266, 16 November 1885, Page 2

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

La Monte Smel^so fWaU s -■ and refiner arrived by th 9 m ST'. :■■"*• Saturday, to join the staff *W^ Thames furnace, fi tho * ft, the directors of the Com pan /f f »*■ proceeded by steamer in the^ Grahamstown. It ia estimateTa 0011*0 furnace, when in full workin, tt -,, -^ about 30 men. "' m ?tnplov

Woodstock.— a meetin t in this licensed holding I h o i? atell*ri day afternoon at the cSSofg ««.«£ Donnoll, Insurance'JßifldiZ fe '.?■% pose of forming a company 6 ' T ™V'« P»rholders were in attendance f V"*% solved to form the holding ? nto a Xt V* under the Mining ComW? a Liability Act, to be mCT",* **SS Gold, Silver, and SmX q!*o*** a capital B to'ck oi 31i,000 Xre ß <§^- «ft I? BFa^" P' Thofollwingg en tli l **. elected directors, viz MbmS, iiT ea *6t6 W. Gorrie. I, Koge« C Tt u?lDa* Liddle, John McSb'ie an^ ff^'H pard. The Bank of SmW »5 pointed bankers to the Com™! ""I,WM^ MacDonnell legal manager an^l^ ft Littlejohn mine manager'f^^O persharewasmadetomeetexißSm

MOAXATAIAKI.—Mr P A M', the following report from fit I"** ager :-Redan Crosscut 80 feet S 9 SS" havo .intersected another well mi > leader 12 inches in widU, An WBttl gave 13dvvts of gold and6dl? yte!t Bilvor per ton. This result ti, fa* «f proves the leader to bTgoid& 8H that payable gold migft be S Wd course. Have commenced f? i" * eastward. The different loader. , «drtt| to should junction in this dS I Holdfe Section : The vvinze w 6 ai «l°UJ' a 17 eet below the tnnSeTliM? leader is of a most promising cffa c J c which colours of gold and the same cX minerals; are found as Williams udC^f with bofoio coming on this naU t>™ Russell Stopes : Hg ave been fitJj ode dm ing the week; dudlbwffi" rothe beginning of next week I ITS into the lode on Thursday fait itnlft that the quart, looked weiring teat retained 20a lSdwte Ogrs gold?? 2°z Mwta llm of silver fc r ?r Good headway la being madewiO* in the tunnel, and about 8 day 8 yifiT present staff should reach the big W 6 ,! Point Russell section. * 9|J

THAMES, \

IFkom Our Own Cobreswnuest.]

Thisdar, Cambria-The fourth etope .« theo«h reef has evidently passed the richest part d the run of gold, but the quartz :b the fw is heavily charged with auriferous pyri£ Though there are not more than loUrf backs to bo taken out at the m m , the™ nmf™ .il" aot, for "height of between 1 and 20 feet where the best gold oocun Tho shaft is penetrating an ''excellent cUh of sandstone country, and only SO feet now remain to be sunk" before opening No i level. The rock drill and plant which we're ordered from Sydney should arrive in Aict land to day, and on its arrivalhore the aircoin preseor will bo erected at IheMosnatairi Extended shaft, the compressed ait being conducted by pipes to'a receiver which will stand on the Darwin brace. | Reuben Pake.— The drive at tie intermediate level is following a mans of interlacing leaders about 2J feet widn, in which blotches of gold are freely visible ffhm breaking down, Saxon. — Stoping is proceeding on the leader in the hanging-wall of No,-3 lode on No. 5 level. The reef is about onj foot wide, and gold is visible whem breaking down. Stoping is also being pushed forward on No. 3 level, along Ko. 1 laj& Prospocting has clso been started in virgin soil. Theßpecirnon leader on No. 5 level will be followed to its junction with No, J lode. No. 2 leader in No. 3 level will!»• driven hillward into fresh country, of which thero is fully 450 feet. Auckland Claim (Karaka Ci«ek),-Tlu low level tunnel has been extended about 100 feet, but it is estimated that thorn an yet nearly 300 feet to drive before thslodu will be reaehod. Smelting Furnace..— Sampling iind analysing the ores on hand have been lit, principal works carried on for the last few days, and none of the parcels have yet been purchased. The assays will, however, kt made in a day or two, and tho manager! confidently expect that smelting operation will be in progress before the end of ill weok, . ■ •■■:;■.■■; ~: