MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 217, 14 September 1888, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

'• \■■ [ V ~, . T,HA.¥ES> this day. New £lburnia.— The 2Ql|b qf v picked sto_ne previously reported as having been obtained from! this mine came to' hand-from the stope on' Jobq's leader,' at the battery j level 'This stope is just about over where: the picked stone was got a short tMe! ag6. t;| Colours of gold are also visible in the general dirt. Jobe and party, tributer.f, have^an|ed 6Qpz 'gold from 19; loads quarts.' and 601b picked stone. , . ; : TrtpNTON. —-The country in jthe bpttpm p^. the shaft is now a nice class of sandstone..

■ • CoEOMANtoEL, this day. Royal Oak.—Operations are proceedingl satisfactorily in this"mine. The tributefs ! are at work in four different parts of the mine, but so far they have not come upon anything1 worthy of special notice. ■V To^atea.-—Themine manager as follows :— Tributers• .Wm". j Duncan and,party on Ho. 1 arid 2 blocks have returned, to work on thei small bbpka; which k yieTdecl; the gold from their last crushing. This lode varies in size from one fo, tlise£ incKea in thickness, its course being about N. and S. underlying west, wKich ~ js, the same course! and underlie as the Royal Oak, "Nb7\ 3; reef, and are only separated ffprn each oifcher a ilistance of' 6 feet. stone here looks well a_nd show§ colors, pi gol4 pecan siqnaliy L - in gpod country,,, Wsll§, aiifi, 'McKeowri Have cut the Exqelsip^ re?f in No. 4 block, biijb no, gold |ip be^n fp^nd ; yet. ■'':■.' The'reef 'at this point is very small,;; beingon]y2 inchesthick,buibtheyai'Cdnvipg; ! along it and prospecting it" thqi-oughly. ! Dick and Cowan have cqmmeniced th.e^ I low, level drive about 7Q feet below; the, pjet ! sent lowest level/ ThedriYe, when va, will' | give them 20 feet tp, work upwards^ pn the ; run of gold before bjeayng, in to the bottom; lof the winze which they sank. Steele and; I Dyer qn%6. 8 have driven fully 60 feet qn: I their reef, but obtained no payable,.pros,; I pectsforgthat distance. This is a grand.----1 looking leader, about four inches thick, and ! very regular in size and in a' good class qf cpuntry, ao m that; gold may •■. be found here any ctay---'v .'/''V-'t-'■ ■ >■■■'-■ "-'