THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 16, 19 January 1914, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS.

WAIHI-VAU3ES-.,, , THE MONTHLY REPORT. The' BMtfithiy repcil 'for the-' ■period which ended on 22nd Noyember, 1913, on the work done in the Waihi mine states ttoafthe" level -in'the'Dreadnought lode, "east of ?fo".' 5 Shaft"' croaecutj' "S*3 .extended'from .714 t(j 73aft . At 730 ft:' 'the main.portion of -the lode functioned .wifch.the Empire lode. The values wece as follows 720 ft., worth'" " JE3 8/2' per ton; at 730fiij -£8-5/i6 ,pe* ton-j at 73&ft-,.4/2 per toe ..A. leader 6in. ■wide, striking into the couth waH, 'was sampled at 542 ft., aild'found to be worth ; £10 3/4 per ton. "A leader 3in. -wide at 706 ft. (21' ft. in) was worth £18 12/3 per ton. The,level in Edward todeeouth was advanced from 3Goft. to 413 ft. from No. 2 shaft. .Samples taken from sft. aeroGs the reef gave values as folloWB:—-. At 365 ft., worth £3 14/7 per fcon;----370ft., £4 10/9 per ton-; .378 ft., £1 12/3 per ton; 355rf.,.' JEf-ig/8-per Ion; 390 ft, £2 10/8 per ton; 397 ft., £3 11/9 per ton; 403 ft., £2 11/11 per ton; 409 ft., £2 15/8 per ton. The Dreadnanghtreef, j west of Empire east 444 ft. crosscut, was ' •worth £5 13/11 per ton at 80ft.', £5 15/0 per ton at 90ft., £4 6/10 per ton at 118 ft, and £1 4/1 per lon at\}77ft CROWN MINES.- : ' RECONSTRUCTION ACCOMPLISHED ' LONDON, January 17. The -New Zealand Crown Mines Cont pany, Ltd., in its reconstructed form, withh a capital of £100,000 has been registered.