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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 131, 4 June 1901, Page 5

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' The main crosscut is in 129- feet in good country. . WAIHI CONSOLS. The bore hole is down 480 ft and still penetrating hard country. | " .- IMPERIAL. No. 1 reef continues rather broken in ; character, but now shows signs of be- : fioming more defined. 1 RIVER CLARENCE DREDGE. i. : A .cable has been received stating ' that the River Clarence dredge (N.S.W.) made a successful start last Thursday. WAIHI EXTENDED. The drive N.W. from the shaft is in eighteen feet, and the country is of a favourable character. The. S.E. drive is in eight feet, both faces being fully manned. NEW WHAU. The ore body is one foot wide, and as the junction is neared sei_- to be increasing in size. Some ...ne quartz is of a kindly nature. In the stopes above No. 1 level the leader has jumped into the footwall. KOMATA REEFS RETURN. In spite of the fact that ten head of I stampers at the Komata Reefs battery | had to be hung up during the past month for want of water for motive power, still the return was a satisfactory one, 420 tons having yielded £1700. • '•'. KAPOWAL The leader is somewhat smaller than before, being about nine inches in width, but the prospects are better. The rise is now high enough to permit of stoping. Good headway is being made with the battery. The boiler is now in position, and the bed logs are being put in for the engine. ... WELCOME JACK. Leading stopes have been started on. No. 1 lead from the winze each -way. The lead shows sti-ong* stone both sides 6 to 10 inches wide, and showing colours of gold. At the battery the mortar blocks and engine are in place and the two berdans erected. The fitters have started to put the boiler together. •...-•■- TE PUKE GOLD REEFS.

Shareholders in the Te Puke Gold Reefs met yesterday afternoon at Mr R. R. Hunt's office.* Mr Thomas Peacock presided. The directors' report stated that an option had been lei over the property, which they had reason to think would lead to something tangible. The report was adopted, Mr H. E. Partridge being re-elected director and Mr M. S. Leers auditor. On the motion of the .chairman a formal resolution was passed authorising the directors to dispose of the property.