OUR GOLDFIELDS

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 219, 17 September 1888, Page 5

OUR GOLDFIELDS

(BY TELEGRAPH— OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

;' i ; ; Thames, thi9 day. , I THE MAJROTOTO DISTRICT. j Mining matters in the Marototo district are very quiet, and on the whole the prospects are not as encouraging as could b desired: In1 the Marototo G. and , S.M. Company's mine the A, B and..C drives have been put iv 160, u 350 and l^eet respectively. A winze isas been sunk from the floor of the. B drive for,a, depth of 60 feet, but the vein 'of silver, ore was not nearly as rich downwards; A drive is in progress -outwards from the bottom of this winze, while another is being puft in to meet it from the surface, and th! two should^? connected in another 40 or 50 feet of dnving, when the manager is hopeful of opening up a payable block/-Stoping is: proceeding oversh*B. drive, but the ore is very patchy, and some trouble 'has to be gone to in separating the good stuff i from the barren portion orthe lode. The directors have expressed their willingness to erect a plant on the ground, provided the manager can, guarantee that I,ooolb of payable ore are obtainable. , Mabototo North:—Operations, in this Company's mine have resulted disappointingly, as, although a large amount oi prospectiag has been done, nothing oJ;« •payable nature has yet been unearthed. Only four men are now employed, and these are engaged driving on what is known as the Nelson lode, which is a well-defined body ,Of sfcone, but so far has not carried either gold or silver/ : ■ , . Marototo South.—The jnam dnve_ is j now in a t'tal distance of 3451 feet. Within the . last: few feet another , bbdy of stone has come in oh the drive, and! juinctioned with the main lode, no that tho j qouriz now occupying the face is of con-: sfderable thickness. '< There ia about a font of rubbly bluestone amungst this, which gives fair prospects of gold. Both this mine and the Marototo and Marototo North are under the able management of Mr John Moore, who is doing his, utmost,to give the ground a thorough trial, and it is to be regretted that his efforts have not been more successful. , Ore for Sydney.—A parcel of 2 tons of ore has been sent from the Marototo Gold and Silver Mining Company's mine to Auckland, which it is-intended to forward if rom thence to Sydney by to-morrow's boat. Tho stuff will be treated'iri Sydney. \ . _ Saxon. —Several aioreminers in this mine have been discharged io ; accordance.with. instructions trom. the diirectors, and their placea.iilled by. others. \ ■ • ' ' Saxon.—The hangingwall reef in the third stope about 20 feet up from No. 3 level is making a nice body of" stone 1 foot thickj showiog good colours of gold. This reef produced 5 or 61b of picked stone on Saturday. At No. 5 level the reef is still about 1 foot thick; No gold was seen at breaking down, but the mineral is very good and .the con tractora are making fair progress; Amalgam; oil hand to date, -96ozi0dwfc<>". ' ■':":'' :l-'";^ • * '■:'': '-':;' "■' GoLDWATER.-rAbout 3;t9na ore ha^.e been obtained frojrxirNo.l drivip.'. Trenton.—The country has riot beeii quite so good lately, but 'there, is a change for the better coming in th^ bottom again. The contractors will complete their contract; •of 100 feet about; the end of this week. ~■,:,'*■,:. r , . _ (1 New No change of any importance ha 3 occurred during the past week; The cross-cut continues to pass through a good class of country for gold; and is in the vicinity of the various leaders to be intersected. THE KAPANGA MINE. It will be gratifying to the English share• holders in the i< KlipaUga; gold mine, Coro? rnandel, to learn that good stuff is being i procured at the 400 foot level, itfcwaslirst stru6k at the 250 level where the .manager, Mr Hodge, put in a crosscut from the o d Palmerston drive that was carried in .by Captain /Thomas. < It seems that the crosscut had not gone in more f than: 20 or. .30 feet when the gold was .found. Deep sinking followed, and now rattling stuff is being obtained at the lower leyel: Asail the advice goes Hcime to the share*, holders, little is published in .Auckland : still it is pleasing to know ; that, so far; operations have been very satisfactory. -In fact, it is stated that £1,600 worth of gold haSfbeen got for one month's return, while one specimen, which ;has been forwarded to the Melbourne; Exhibitioni is estimated to be; worth Boz to the 1b. .. This excellent result should encourage more ,English^capitalisistpufiiise their surplus wealth in developing the gold mines of'this colony.