OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 7, 9 January 1889, Page 5

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

(B_ _3LEGRAriI;-OWN CORRESPONDENT^

Thaiies, this day

t-pt-s-ton.—ln consequence of the hardness tite country in .he Lno riven up their contract, and sinking • JT- nroceedin"- with wages men. 18 Tie?- The" drive at No. 5 level is now in a distance Oe 122 ft, 01 a nVla nasfc where it was expected that too !?b£P met with ab No. 4 level would be Jj r ] The reef is divided into two Enches,one of which is 8 or 9 inches in thickness and the other fully a 2 inches Si dabs of gold were freely seen m both when last breaking down, and 3 or 41bs or -erv good picked stone selected from Z general dirt. There arc also several gold-bearing stringers in the _o,,cUtone separating botu bodies ot stone, _ as the whole is saved for treatment, the lidth of crushing dirt obtainable is £ boub 2_ic, all of which is more than myable. From the fact that gold is ££, so freely ab this point, it may reasonably bo expected that something good will bo met with when the winze is refphwl. The sinking of this winze is proceeding bub the reef has nofc boon broken down since operations wore resumed. Ihe various scopes are yielding excellent crush jng dirt, neon which the full force of the stampers at the Company's battery is enga MOAXATAIRR-Mr G. S. Clark, who was appointed to the management of tuis mine/will assume control after the alst in=fe lb is Mr Claik's intention to resign his present position as mine manager of the New Prince Imperial. Karangaiiake.—lt is stated that complications have arisen in connection with the recent salo of the La Monte furnace an Karangahake. New Alburxia.—There are 18lbs of picked stone and 8 loads of quartz on hand. Cambria. — Cleaning-up took place today for 530/.s 16dvvts of gold from 33 loads quartz.