MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 29, 3 February 1915, Page 7

MINING NEWS.

',', FOUR IN HANDOpening out at the bottom of tbe : winze is proceeding, A change ha-a taken ! place, the reef being now four inches wide in good country, and the quartz is still highly mineralised, also showing a little < gold. The tributers also see occasional j . colours of gold in the quartz broken, j . TALISMAN CONSOLIDATED. ; The superintendent of the Talisman Con- . solidated reports for the four weeks ending December 18, 1914, as follows:— No. 13 Level.—Stoning: Tbe values from ! stopes off No. 32 winze* average £7 12/:; i:■ tons sent to mill, 684. Tbe values from stppes on* No. 15 rise average £1; tons sent to mill, 120. The values from stones \ oil No. 16 rise average £6 IS/; tons sent to mill. 284. No. 14 Level.—Advanced, 118 ft; total: 651 ft; no change in ground. Sloping: Ifhc J values from stones off No. 8 rise average I £11 0/: ton-" sent to mill, 897. The wines ' | from stopes off No. 15 rise average £S 1/;, I tons sent to mill, 737. The values from stopes off No. 16 rise average £2; tons sent to mill, 220. The values from stopes offNo. 19 rise average £7 5/; tons sent to mill, 430. No. 12 Winze.—The North Drive has been advanced 62ft—total. 287 ft. From 225 ft to 273 ft, values averaged 3S 4/ tor a width of 36in. Prom 273 ft to 287 ft, tbe values are nil; width of vein, 30in. At 223 ft, where the improvement in values commenced, a vein came in from the western wall and junetioraed with that being followed by drive. Have driven southward on this vein for 10ft; from starting point to sft, the values averaged £6 18/ for a width of 36tn. From sft to , 15ft tbe values were nil: width of vein, The South Drive from "Winze has baen advanced 42ft; total. 237 ft From 195 ft to 219 ft, width of vein 21 inches; values rtU. From 219 ft to 228 ft. values average £2 11/ for a width of 39 inches. From 228 ft to 237 ft, values average £2 for a width of 60 inches. At 213 ft crosscuts were driven east end west lift and 12ft respectively, without intersecting anything of value. Woodstock Section. —No. 1 crosscut: Advanced 67ft; total, 872 ft; ground shows no change: discontinued. At 598 ft have driven north and south 7ft and 16ft' respectively: the drives followed the quartz vein disclosed by No. 1 Crosscut, and were put out principally to get its dip and strike, with a view of reconciling it with one of the veins showing in higher workings, bat j it does not seem to correspond with anything overhead; discontinued. North Drive.—Advanced 90ft; total. 597 ft. No change in ground. South Drive.—Advanced 119 ft; total, 841 ft. No chinge In ground.