THE GOLDFIELDS.
; . .* The Mine Superintendent has forwarded'the following- cablegram to the London office-- —"Are -crushing 26S tons of -ore per dan', value fl 17./. Martha lode, No. 5 level east, 007 ft, low grade. No. .2 lode, Xo. 5 lewl east, 293 ft. Martha lode, Xo. 5 level' west, crosscut to nortinat 336ft,'drove BOOft, lrave cut reef lCSin thkk. The dip -of the reef ie to the sonth,.S-tin.on the footwall-side.-.value £ 1 16/6. Have driven irpon the reef six feer-'to the west and 17Aft *o the east. Xo- 4 lode. Xo. 5 level easfciß93ft, low grade-,.,,P'Qval lodo. So. 5 leveß-<>as - o, 529 ft! widSh.pf ore fiSin,_value'£2. Crosscut at 500 ft, width of ore loin, -v\it3i no walls seen. East branch reef 26Sft,. width of ore> 51in, value £2 6/10. JRoyal. lode, Xo. i 5 level west, 445 ft, widSi of ore 47in, value £1 15/. Xo. 2 lode, Not 4 level east, intermediate drive from? Xo. 4 Tise is Idfi-ft to the west, width of' ore 04in, value i£l 17/9." I (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) - W-AIHI. this day. The low Ipvg! of 'the Wailii Grand Junction Mine (No. .1) continues to open up in a most, satisfactfuw ntinner. In the driyra east on the "Roysil reef, where a dK-J turbance r.ecenUy ent «ff the high grade ore. I the face is again in cpiartz of good grade, thus indicating that the rim of valnes which has now heen followed over 400 ft. from the son-tli-easr crosscut; is going to lire further east. In a crosscut from .the north wall of the Martha reef, going east at this level, a fresh mate of ore has been met with, and from its appearance the wnole of the quartz showing, is of milling grade. A start has heen made-- to driv-e on it, and a full face of quartz is showing. On the Empire reef, going east, there are also indications of improvement, and in the stopes west on this renf, ore for the mill is being broken out over a width of upwards of 20 feet. WAEBEVS* COTHET. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) OOROMANDEL, this day. The usnal sitting of the Warden's Conrt was held yesterday, before Mr. F. .T. Hitr-.] gess. S.M., when the following applicatiotis ! were granted:—New Success" Gold llljiing j Company, permission to work with two men. I for three months: A. H. McXeill, 4 months" protection for Gallast claim.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 134, 8 June 1910, Page 2
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