MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 260, 1 November 1909, Page 3

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Old Alburnla— The lending stope Is still being carried along on the lender In the uanKlngwnll of the main reef, nnd Is now within a few feet of the end or the drive. The rise is up 12ft, and the leader Is about 10 inches wide. It looks very promising, and shows good colours of gold. The winze Is down 15ft, and the hacgiugwall leader has with the reef. |

Sit. Welcome.—ln breaking-down In the winze, gold was occasionally seen In a parallel vein. Toe main reef Is in places a flinty formation encased In pug. Both on the foot and hanging walls the Indications are favourable. A large flow of water is coming from the low level. Moewai Consolidated.—The winze is down six feet. Four feet of the reef is being taken out, which gives very fair prospects by dish tests. Pride of Tokatea.—The cross lode in places looks well, and during the week some of \he ore broken down showed strong blotches of gold. The drive to test the I footwall lode (going west) at the low level! has been advanced a distance of 10ft. The; country Is highly mineralised, but rather tight. Tarara Mines. —A main crosscut is being driven from No. 4 level to cut the Vulcan α-eef. This has been driven 53ft through ; good country. Reliance.—The crosscut being driven from the Alburnla main tunnel has passed j (through .the hard bar, and the country in ; the face Is better, so speedier progress j should be made. The Orlaudo reef may be mot with at -any 'time. Croesus.—The manager of the Croesus claim, Golden Cross, reports having banked 3300z of amalgam from 100 tons of quartz, ! from the plates only. Kuranul.—Water Is troublesome in the low level, Blyth section. No. 1 winze, Shelbaek, is down 45fit. There Is not much water to contend with. | Luck-nt-lwisi (Whangamata). —The mine manager reports, under date 30th Oo'tober, th.it the main l-evel has been extended 41ft, tinvin£ rlrlvpu 10ft for thft week. Dixon's Consolidated.—The drive westward along the footwall of the reef has' been extended 87ft. Only about 4ft of the colours of gold are occasionally eeen. At the low level a drive Is being carried along westward on the ou'iiriz formation pn-ssetl through. j Slay Queen.—Work in the May Queen j from No. G upwards. At No. 6 the cross- ' cut to intersect the north-west lode westward of the break has been extended 16ft, and Is passing through good country. Stoping operations on the footwall dropper of No. 4 lode are producing payable or«, from > which a little picked stone is obtained. A j small leader in the footwall of the main lode is also belug opened out on. This looks promising, and shows good dabs of gold. Grushlug is still proceeding at the battery. The repairs to the pumping plant are being pushed on with as vigorously as possible, aud it Is expected that a start will be made during next week to unwater the shaft. In the MoanataLari section the drive on the Cambria reef at No. 3 level has now been continued to the boundary of the Walouihl mine, and it Is inteuded to commence operations on the haugingwall leader as soon as possible. Tairua Broken Hills. —During the week i the battery has crushed with 20 stampers ! for a period of thlrty-turee hours, treating i water squeezed amalgam produced for the ' week Is 2. _ »ozs, making a total of I2.">ozs i on hand. Twenty-eight tons of slimes and j Iβ tons of sand have been placed In. the Tairua Leads. —The low-level crosscut has !

been extended a distance of JO feet for the present face having a very promising j appearance. Mineral seams are still strongly i In evidence, and several small quartz veins ; driven Is now 410 feet.

Golden Pah.—ln the rise the hangingwall ! branch of the Venus reef is from one to two Inches in thickness. Colours have been eeen in the stone, and about one pound of stone was selected showing strong blotches of gold. In No. 2 stope south of No. 1 rise the reef is about 15iu wide, composed of pug and quartz. The bnuglngwall has JuncrJoned with the main portion, aud the stone looks very promising. In the stope north the reef is getting smaller. The walls : are about 3ft apart, composed of pug and \ quartz heavily mineralised.

Thames.—The Cambria reef is fully sft wide, but the quartz is still very hard. Some nice mineral indications are occasionally met with, but no values have been eeeu.

Old Haurnkl.— Rising from the 400 to the 300 ft level will stant immediately. No. 0 reef in the drive at the 300 ft level shows strong colours of gold. The leading stope north has been advanced 4ft. Blotches of gold were seen, and lib of picked stone secured. A leading stope has been started. Kroin the winze the drive sou i th has been advanced 6ft. No gold was seen. The drive north was advanced 3ft, and lib of picked stone trot. Kapanga.—Since cleaning the boilers the waiter has been kept under with less consumption of coal. Victoria.- A crosscut has been started from the hnngiugwall on Floyd's reef to cut the winze lead. The country Is similar to that In the winze when picked stone was .secured some time ago. The reef at No. 3 level mnintainß its size, and colours of gold are occasionally seen in the stone. A strong lH>dy of qua.rtz, about two feet in width has made its appearance from tic hangingivall at a long angle, in No. 2 stope. It is very divide this lode from the body of ore at the back of this stope. Wailawheta.—Seven feet hare been driven for the week, and the quartz still shows gold. .Ainotlher eeven pounds of picked stone have been secured.

Handsworth United.—lv the low level the small lend Is being driven on south, and. although very small, still shows dabs of gold, with an occasional few small specimens. The ore and specimen stone on hand will be taken to the battery on Wednesday next, and should yield a very satisfactory return. The contractors for Huntly"s reef in Irene section have cut what appears to b e reef, It being 9 inches wide, with another 9 Inches of reef formation on H.W., and gives a little gold, but scarcely payable yet.

New Waltala.—.Stoplng is proceeding north and south of tihe north rise at the Intermediate level, the reef being from 6 to 0 Inches wide, and prospects well. The battery will be running on slimes until United ore will be treated, and then a txlai pnrcel of 15 tons from the big blow at No. 5 level, which is ready In the hopper. There liniv heliic cyaiilrtcl In «!P vnt.

Royal Oak.—At No. 0 level the leader In the drive east from the winze, though email, looks well for gold. As there is a big Increase in the flow of water, the chances are there Is a laTge ore body ahead. In the leadlug stope the reef averages sln, and still produces fair dabs of gold. A prospecting hole was fired In the winze, where some good dabs of gold were left when sinking. The result was 101b of picked stone, making a total of 201b.

Champion Mines.— The south drive has been advanced a further distance of Bft. At this point a bunch of quartz was met with, in which some very nice prospects of (Told were obtained. A short crosscut waa put in. and as the quartz again gave out ithe manager decided to again continue the drive. At the rime of writing some very nice quartz is making, and in washing we get very good prospects both in the rubble and In ithe stone Itself. This Is more encouraging, as we are now setting in the proximity to where very rich gold waa gnt on ihe surface. The mil! has been running with six head for 72 hours since crushing was commenced, but 'the dirt put through is of low grade. There are 40oz of A Dlil \£ A 111 OU IIJLIId.