THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 102, 30 April 1913, Page 7

THE GOLDFIELDS.

I WAIHI GRAND JUNCTION. £13,000 FOR THE MONTH. The following cablegram has been sent .to the London office:— . For the period ended 19th April 38 stamps, running 24 days, crushed 8,100 tons for a return value of £13,000. No. 1 shaft is now down I,looft. Royal lode, No. 6 level east, 180 ft, country broken. Royal lode, No- 6 level west, 262 ft., width 6ft., one wall exposed, value 10/. George lode, No. 6 level east, 194 ft., width sft., Doth walls exposed, value 10/. George lode, No. 0 level ■west, 83ft., width sft, both walls exposed, value £2 14/. (Empire lode, No. 6 level east, 447 ft., width 4ft. 4in., one wall exposed, value 18/. Empire lode, footwall leader, No. 6 level west, 371 ft., width 4ft., both walls exposed, value £2 14/; becoming split up at a distance of 345 ft; left hand branch 365 ft., width 2ft. Bin., both walls exposed, value £11 10/. Empire main lode, No. 6 level west, 380 ft., width 4ft., both walls exposed, value £1 18/. ™_. . £ a. d. Total to end of 1912 618,577 5 5 Period ending February 22, 1913, 7207 tons 9,479 1 2 March 22, 6406 tons 10,138 0 O April, 8100 tons 13,000 0 0 Total £6_,l— 6 7 Total dividends £40,000 0 0 HAURAKI REEFS. The manager telegraphed this morning: "Obtaineda further 301 bs. of picked •tone from the stope below No. 2 level, east face." —us 701bs. during the last couple of days. MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. New Sylvia.—-At No. 2 level the stopee are producing a good —pply of ore, and goid Is _en occasionally. At the intermediate level the reef Is well mineralised Hanraki Reefs. —For the last 45ft of driving the —ef has produced small lots of picked stone. The underhand stope at No. 2 level has yielded a few pounds of picked stone. Cleaning np should take place next Thursday. New Success.—The main crosscut is in 287 ft. Cor/per pyrites are very prominent in the rock penetrated the last 100 ft