OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 262, 5 November 1890, Page 5

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

FtYiNa Clouia—The manager reports thab the reef 10010. well, and a lit tie gold has been seen.

Souvenir.—The manager r sports thab a little gold has been seen in the scopes. The reef averages 18 inches. Crushing cpminencea early next week. Saxon.—-_Che manager reports thab tbe reef at No. 6 level averages 18. inches ana' showed a little gold at lasb bre iking down. The reef ia bhe winze is 2 feet thick, shows gold, and a few joounds of {nicked stone have been obtained. Our correspondent wires: ""Connection has been effected betwoen bhe winze sunk below No. 4 level o» bho new reef and bhe rise put up froiio. No. 5 level. This thoroughly opens up and venbilabes the block, and stopin-g can now be commenced."

. Orlando.—The manager reports that the reef at the now level is 18 inches - (vide and showed gold freely when last br- Iken down. As the ground at thjis pom t ia intact to the surface a large bio ck wil .1 be available. The hangingwall ree-f has been stripped 10 feeb, and bhe manager exp iects picked, stone ab tho next breaking dc |wn. There, are now 321b of picked stoaie on h*. md, vtbic'a was lodged in bhe bank yesber day afternoon for safe keeping. JAoanataiari. — The -return from t bis mJ_ne was reduced on melting to fiGOoz. S _ Oriental. —The low levjel drive is now in 1)04 feet, and is still pene'.rating a splen< lid channel of white sandatoiae, being all that could be possibly desired for goto. __ ; : . New ALBORNiA.-r-Thia; mitre is looking •really well .throughout, and quartz of sin excellent grade is coining to hand. Loughlin and party's trilbu.,e expires this month. They have for a co nsiderable fctnAe pasb been obbaining good, hauls of picked stone, so that the Company should have a valuable block here whet*. ! Ib resumes possession after bhe expiratio r_ of the tribu fcenu' terms. The manager re ports thab Dixon's reef shows colours of golf j. ! Ab No. 2 west the reef is 15 inches thick „ and showß colours of gold. The Sons ofc Freedom reef al w Bhowsgold. " _, Caledonian. — Sbop -03 are still carried along on bhe V- ooang American lode above No> 1 level. ?f!_e lode for aboub 8 feeb in lengbh along tf ac bop sbope was very small, bub it is open/ .ng oub again and has i every appearance of being its usual thick-1 ness in the next sbo pe. In breaking down the lode in bhe firsb ' Bbope bhab was carried forward bo.the H« .zelbank boundary scold was seen freely -hi* ough bhe quarbz, bub no picked sbone was _ btained. I have started four men to rise w pon the No. 1 lode (main reef) above Sta® jrd's workings. There is. excellent mines*' I in bhe lode, and; I'will be very muclto A. disappointed' if a patch of gold is nob iotr.xi d here. ; May understand thab Mr H.A W. Moore b/js been appointed manager of] this mine iv\ place of Mr Barclay. % Trentoj-,<-4Cwelve pounds picked stone' were obWjmect bo-day from bhe rise ab.»ve No. 4 le/zi-jl, The reef is looking well in the n end of bhe rise,: and a little gwd is still* sh owing. • - Mo.o-.TA_N Flower.-_» Pour tenders .fere received for sinking th&WiMft lowse> hi .toff oft _£* sS

May Queen. — The manager reporbs : " Crushing is proceeding with ten head of stampers. About 120 loads of quartz have been broken oub. Lasb Wednesday a change of country was meb with bub the manager hopes to again pick up No. 4 reef easb after a fe tr feeb further driving. The reef iv the stops averages from 12 to 18 inches in thickness."

Cambria.—The manager reports thab the past week aboub six feeb of tbe main reef was broken out wibh the result thab six pounds of picked sbono were obtained. Tbe leader in the intermediate level shows gold probtv freely. During bhe past week, seven or eight pounds of picked stone were obtained from the second sbope on No. 7, western branch.

Trenton.—The manager reports thaba strong break has been interpreted in bhe drive, easb of the junction, which has discovered bhe lode. A greab improvement has taken place in the rise on the footwall lode above No. 4 level.

Surplus.—The manager telegraphed today : " 51b picked stone from No. 4 reef, drive south,"