THE GOLDFIELDS

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 65, 17 March 1910, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS

!i_ - - '. '". teomwkm king. ' >t ..'.v. . ■"-——■ ~ _"•' . " [Messrs. A. Donald and J. W, McCoy, faro directors of the above company, together with 3Hz. W. v Gray, the secretary of the company, base-Just returned from a, visit -to the mine. This company has executed a. large amorrrrj-, of development " work, "as a, result' of -which, .a considerable "_uantl£y of good"grade ore' !>«■* been ex- . posed.. .The north face, of the low levels is now he tweea 450 to 500 ft from the . fop cf -tike jangey-and according to the results disclosed further Wtrthward it is reasonable to expect thai the ore body can 'be followed .upwards for at least '400 feet. ' 'The intermediate level is 120 feet above the low level, and .here the ore body has bean carried through payable ore for the whole' distance driven. A block of 130 feet is "contained between this level ami -the upper level, -In driving northward. .id this.mine a.considerlable -addition to the ore reserves is made, as" the reef strikes" into the ."Waitai . range. Stoping • operations- are : well in hand at -the -various points in-readiness , for file, coninieneement. of. cxtisMng. A five-bearl, -txSO: ' tl2oolb stamps. — and cyanide .plant are in course pf erection, and should be ? completed within, sis • weeks. • -This 7 ipl2iS will be thoroughly up to date, -and-motive power will be pro- - vided- -by" at: 40 -i-p.- Crossley suction. gas " engine. " B<?presentatibhs are" being made " to the Board as a result.of the directors' Visit"" which" win the "affairs at the _ mine on a more" satisfactory basis. ■ • _ v COSSOiaDATED GEROTJP. . . The- general manager of the ConsolidatSd Goldfields Group,' in his report" for --Februarys states,- with/ regard to the Wealth of Nations, mine,- that -much un- ' ine importance has been given by the Press to a rich patch of stone in the stopes above No." o.' The "quartz -is cerSaialy rich, but its extent- limited ;to the description of "a small pocket,"' and ' it could not materially increase the aver- ' "ige gold standard "of the mine; therefore tt was deemed inadvisable to make an . jrßeial announcement,: either to the directorate in London or to the local Press. Occidental , CcHr3ollaatecl.— . start . has 4een made to drive on the seaward side of Hie break, , Tbe leaders "are encased 'in a jood class of country; and shows a little Sold each breaking down. Tokatea.—The road level crosscut is now in 4fift- -In the drive south- the leader' is Sn wide, - and -blotches -of- gold .have been Men in the stone. "In the tribute level the jeader in the stope is 8 to-12rn.wide, and i little -picked stone has been selected.