WALOTAHI MINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 13, 16 January 1905, Page 2

WALOTAHI MINE.

LATEST FROM THE THAMES. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) I have just visited the mine. I found a considerable change in the drive on the reef. The whole of the bench of the reef on the hangingwall had not been broken down—why, it is somewhat difficult to explain. Had the bench been taken to the face it would have disclosed a change in the reef. In the opinion of many this is not calculated to improve the character of the lead of soft mullock, which has undoubtedly come in from the footwall and heaved the reef to the left on the hangingwall side. How far it is impossible to say. The reef in the hangingwall was exposed at the breaking down, and looks well, the gold patches being easily visible. A cut was put into the hangingwall either on Friday morning or night, evidently with th intention of ascertaining the extent of the heave. So far it shows that the reef is not cut off, for the quart* is visible in the face, but the cut has not been carried sufficiently far to throw much light on the actual position. The country in the footwall is certainly very much disturbed A feature to be regretted is the shock coonfidante of the public and the shareholders received by the rumours touching the coming-in of the head of mullock, and the lack of speedy official confirmation of the fact. The injury to the reef is probably not very great.