THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

ROSS (iOT.DI-IKEDS. i The return from the P>os, ilol.llieldn I lor the past week was 44o_s. 11l dwts 0 f [gold from 1..",(1(1 trucks of wa.h dirt. The | value of the bullion is about .tlTIi, The superintendent reports that i n X_ »i level. No. li couth drive was the'only one that had .b. en driven since the resumption oi mining operations I'lii, week it is intended to resume drivin; jin No. 2 east anr| No. .1 south, al,o to . recommence sinking the prospecting I winze, the pump for which is just about | ready for installation. I n addition to ■No. H south drive, two blocking parties were at 'work last week in No. 1 south and in No. 2 south, and two in No H south. The wash in these faces w__'of fair quality. MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. Rising Sun—The drive on No. 1 rp.'f is in »4fr. The reef is l'_in in sl_e m,l the ore broken, which is still . good values, is hoing stacked. Waiotahi. —The shaft has been connected with the rise pur up from the lrtnOft level I crosscut. In shooting ..ur the country the I rise has become cmplolelv tilled, so lin air is yet passim; through. The manager hopes jin the course of a few- necks to establish I -an onen connc.: ion. I Holden Bell. The ca-t crosscut at lhe low lev-el i- iv l.TUft. I Hiring the week _ f.-inlt was .in. w-iii'-h lia- vow been peuc- ' trmed for I_fr. Kiiranui. —The new reef in the Magazine ! tunnel h.-i* been stripped for Sft. l.ut m>t I taken down. Several pieces of stone .-ame away with the -hooting. rnTrviag an en- , I cciieni c.'.-..-- ~r t.ri„iii minerals. A leader ;is crossing the fa.-c. running in a iioTtl. ' Jan.! sonth dire.-iion. li will .junction wiih • , tiie ni-iiii reef i„ :i i i ;;r r f ronl rhe present i face. j Holden Belt The reef in the Intermediate level is a fine >tr.>ng body of ore.' six feer wide, the best defined one'yet seen . in r'ni- nline, Tlic f ...ail portion slinirs •coarse go].] an.l ihe I-.--I ~f the lode is put'able. The 1"W level :.. very wet.