OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 222, 20 September 1888, Page 2

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

(BY TBUEOKAPH—OWIT COBEESPONDENT.)

: Thames, this dkjr. New AiiBiyKSJA.-rrWork.iß confinedto s6oping on .tobe's leader over the battery levels ffliifl obliinrs of gold are frequently seenlwhen breaking dawn.1, There are 8 loads of quart z in the hopper, 'Sand about 4blb: of picked ■ atoaa. . i; .■*■/■.'' ijbswl jFKa^ptroHi (T^otahi; Greek};^ 9£he ertssscUfc is penetrating a good class of sandstone, and it ia expected that aeyeral leadars will shortly be intersected. ' isßsrroa'.—The contractors h&Vo nearly, i^jiotpleMi their allofcted lOOffc- Tho shaf6 is now down 435 feet from the surface. ; Gamdoniah;—-Btopin^.; are feeing continued on Rowe'js leader,-which, although small, looks well and shown good colours of gold. The manager is tiow puts, ting a parcel of 10 loads of quartz from here L^rotigKihe battery, and it i«i shaping for a return of something like iljbz to the load.; The drive on the leader afc No. 2 level is in a diafcancs ot 12 feet, but the prospects met' ■w,ifch bo far are not, very encouraging, and if-an improvement dde 3 not set in soon, this will be discontinued. , ? K^TAii Exchange (Tapu).--Gopnan. And banked 14oz lOdwt gold from 4J tons quartz. . Clmbbia.—The two leodeb iii the rise icpia No! 4 level, whichj is up 14ft, chrry sotno nice looking minerals;' The No." 6 leader is from 4 to 6 inohea wide i» the winze, is dowa 16 feet, aiid colours of gold are frequently seen in the iqiQarfcz. The rafcurh telegrapbed yesterday #ii iredikceVi, ol melting, to V9oz lOdwt.