THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 164, 13 July 1910, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS.

" —; —♦^—: ;——.- --THAMES DEEP LEVELS. MAINTENANCE".CLAUSE WITHDRAWN. It will be remembered that at the last • neeting of the Board of Management for '. he Thames deep level crosscut no tenders i vere received for the work, and several f -embers stated that this was due to a 1 ilause inserted in the specifications, to ! he effect that the contractor was to keep ] :he tunnel -for six months after comple- j ;ion of the contract. The Board asked he chairman to interview the Minister >f Mines with a view to getting that :lause withdrawn from the specifications, md at the same time a telegram was forwarded to the Hon. _U McKenzie upon the natter. A reply has now been received torn the Minister as follows: "Minister xmsents to delete maintenance clause. It •; vas not inserted by the Department, but >y the Board or its solicitor." , A similar message was also forwarded - >y Mr. E. H. Taylor, M.P., to the secre- ; ary. , There should now be little further de- • ay in getting a contract let for the rigorous prosecution of this important vork. OLD HAURAKL The manager telegraphed this afteraoon:—"3olhs. picked " stone, >tope; 201bs. No. 2 rise, 400 ft. level." MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. , ' 3 Tararu Mines.—The drive on the course of ; he Vulcan reef, east of the crosscut, is , n 191 feet. The reef, which is about 2 feet . j inches wide, has also been broken down iat we had stripped _or a length ofabout : i.5 feet, with very favourable results. The nlneral indications accompanying the reef ire more favourable. Silver Hill.—Since last report the drive ias been advanced a further distance of 7 t leet, or a total of 80 feet from the starting point. -This should bring us well up to our iisiance, but as the country is at present rery hard may throw the reef more to the ivest.