THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 4, 5 January 1910, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS.

- WAIHI JUNCTION. . CBUSHED TOXS FOR £9.633. The following cable has been sent to London by the superintendent of the Waihi Grand Junction lline:—"Running 31 stamps; 22 days crushed 4,821 tons, value £9,623." r ~ OLD KAUPwAKI. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) COROIIANDELi Tuesday. During the holidays the machinery at the Old Hauraki iliac has been overhauled, and is running smoothly. Work Tvas Tesomed to-day at the 400 ft level and shipping the reef is in" progress. Xhe indications point to more specimen stone being;obtained- at the next .breaking-down, favourable results are also following, and sloping operations at the 300 ft. level. GOLD DREDGING AT MAXILLA. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUXEDIX, this day. Cable advice from Manilla states that the Stanley dredge obtained 102 ounces of gold in 10i days' dredging. •WJLini REPORT. ■'~!, Mr 'IS fe- P |ir ISve 1 ? P r IS? ££ vTtonV d an(l 7dwt S 3hS length of 071 ft. A body of low grade ore rheEmni^r^ ,3 thIQUSh at o" ad™X ! °ft the f- eSt6rn drive had been fmm V t V ™ akln S a total Of 527tt from Ao. 4 shaft north crosscut The ??,?P' c realteed from ISgr gold and IWwt 23gr silTer per ton to Sdwt 22t fit a ?£, 2oz i oawt IT « r silTe r Per ton. The W£ ■? lh 4dwt 13sr Sold and loz 2Uwt wm« f r Per toa - The crosscut was sampled In eqnal £ -e<Uons. measuring from the sontt wall, with results ranging from i "ffr gold and loz silver per ton to 7<lwt gold and loz odwt 2 S r silve? per ton. The eastern drlre had been advanced 97ft making a total of 40SCt from the No 4 i shaft crosscut. The results obtained avera S ed from 14gr gold and Mwt per ton to lodwt 22gr goia and lSdwt 2Ogr ™JSH Pe ?-Ji Oa A - 1 ? the ? outh section ' Martha lode driving wert on the course of the ore body at 698 ft in No. 4 shaft cross- 1 r,w £ ad . n com ™enced. A distance of 6.Wt had been dnren.. Xo walls were seen : taken reaUsed from 13dwt 3cr goia and 4oz Cdwt Igr silver to 13dwt 2lfr * gold and UUvrt 6gr silver per ton.

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Kapanga.—During the past week we Have been placing new stays and linings to the main pump rods and making the op cast pnmps secure above Ho. 1 plunger, also pushing on with the new engine shade and getting steam pipes ready to connect 'boiler with engine. Imperial.—Beporting for the weekending December 24. the manager wrote that operations had been confined to driving on the Empire reef, which Bad been stripped for a further .distance ot sft and the quarts proken down. The reef formation would average, about' 3ft of solid quartz of. a kindly description for carrying gold, and the mineral indications distributed through the quartz were of- a favourable class, and the channel cf country .through which the reef-system was traversing was of a congenial character. -.- . ,

Reliance.—The crosscut has been advanced 12ft. Bft of which is through quartz, making the reef to be 12ft wide. The quartz is" of very pliable nature, and carries some nice- minerals. -I believe there is more quartz ahead yet, as all the water making is coming from the country in the footwall- We have timbered up the last 23ft driven, and have kept the timbers wide to admit of a flat sheet or turn to be laid down to enable driving east on the reef after being satisfied .as to what la in the footwall.

Magnet—Work has been confined to the continuation of the main crosscut through the main reefi and the reef proves to be a large formation about 6ft in thickness, composed of about four bodies of quartz, varying In size from 6lu up to 2ft in thickness, with bands of mullock between. By advancing the drive north those bodies of stone have the appearance that they will come together. The quartz -broken from them during the week was of a kindly class for carrying gold, -and in the first body cut a few colours of gold were to. be seen. The footwall portion of the reef formation is heavily mineralised, and looks kindly, and.the .belt of sandstone about the reef is of a. congenial description.