THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 135, 8 June 1914, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS.

MINE MANAGERS , REPORTS. Thames Deep Levels.—Mr. G. Warne report* .having visited the 1000 ft level on Friday. -I Ie found a strong current of air coming oiii of the tnnnel towards the pnmp shaft Hi- was able to get along KXWrt. The Wairctatu shaft Is now down i>43ft, ami he hopes to have open connection wlrh the HKX.fi level in a short timi-. Saxon.—The drive ea.-t on lhe <"ardi«an reef i s now in ISOft from lhe crosscut. The la-t rew font <triven lias been through » hreak which disturbed the reef. The lode has nnw made a-gaiu, ami Is stripping well. l'i:l no quartz has beeu broken. The reef In lhe leading stope near tlie junction shows a width ~f fully Lft. It c*.ntinues tc. show ir.iNl favourable minerals, us well as colours <>f tfolil. All the ore is living saved for MoanatHiari.—Driving Iwa been In pro£T(kk <»n the hreak thar displaced the lode. A ril. ..f .|uarLz ajiiwi: Mm wkic was met with, which the manager minks is the lui.ni;lii{.-W!ill rKirtlon of the lode. It is of a bard, ninty nature, and uot so favourable looking as Hie qtinrtz on the opposite side nf the break. In order to ascertain if -thenis any mute quartz ahead the drive is being extended. Golden P.elt. At the intermedia h> level :«ft hits been driven on the reef, and the ore has been saved for treatment. The north face shows nice sulphide veins similar ':o lhe one In Xo. 1 level. At tiio low level there Is now a stron-s body of ore in the lianKint-wall side of the drive. This will be cut through before driving any fnrfher. TV tram and buttery it; being put in order, and the- manager K-tates this is not a very bis Job. and therefore should m>l -take very occidental.—ln the slope on No. 2 reef work ha.s been confined to a small leader dipping into iUie foot wall. This has been worked for twelve feet to a depth "f live Uft Into the wall. -So far it is showing Kold aJI the way. .-md 101-b of picked stone wvro gut. No work was done during the week in the face <if the fx.uth drive. New Sylvia. — Must of the quartz has lieen fot at the southern end of N.>. 1 level eroKWHt, 3ind ihiw Lhe rorthora omi In beiuj; worked. At No. 2 level ahoiit 20 feet have ln-eu driven, and «« s<loll us the level of the old drive is reni-hed stoplns: can be started. Four stopes belnjr worked over the level are pTOduciliß a j-ootl aiiimim of fair Ri-jde ore. Three stopes -are being worked at the intermediate level. The reef maintains its size and is fairly well mineralised The drive on the foorwilll is in six feet. The quartz is three feet wide, and the manager thinks this will prove to he the nwin portion of the reef At No. 4 level two slopes are being workiil. The reef is three feet wide and carries nice minerals. The drive north at Nn. r, level Is -in !»1 feet from the crosscW. There Is quartz on lx>th walls with niullocl; (about live feet wldei between. The two portions shnuld jtiuction about ].-> or 20 feet aliead. The foot wall reef is heavily mineralised.