THE GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 187, 7 August 1914, Page 7

THE GOLDFIELDS.

r: • * NEW SYLVIA. " •• IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS. OBE WORTH £10 PER TON. Jn a letter forwarded to the secretary of the New Sylvia mine the manager states thnt the reef for the last 15 feet hag maintained its size, and values of about £.'{ per ton. The last two feet of driving assayed for a width of six feet £6 12/ per ton, with no footwall showing. The following wire was received subsequently from the manager: "No. 5 level, next five feet assays £10 per ton for six feet wide." CONSOLIDATED GROUP. The returns from the Consolidated Group of Mines, Reefton, for the month of July are as follow:— Progress: Milled 2,620 tons; value, £3,396;; working expenses, £2,535; capital development, prospecting, £1,655. Blackwater: Milled 4,784 tons; value, £8,616; working expenses, £5,062; capital development, £1,241. Wealth of Nations: Milled 2,370 tons; value, £3,585; working expenses, £2,24!); capital development, £1,404; prospecting, £6iq. PAEROA WARDEN'S COCRT. PAEROA. Thursday. The Wnrden'e Court granted the application of the Tellurides I'roprletary. lAd., for a water race of Maratoto. The following nppllrntlong hnvinc fceen consented to hy the Minister, were granted r Silrer -Stream Mines, Ltd., three sooths' protection over the Silver Stream *nd qunrti claims, two water rare llcetnaa and a machine site, al at Marntato; S. A. Übiiw, protection for nix months over a water race license at Owharou.