MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 49, 26 February 1916, Page 9

MINING NEWS.

WAIHI. G.M. COMPANY, Tbe. .report covering the principal operations carried out in the.mine during'the "fourrweekly period 'ended December 18tu states--that .tt :Nc. •il level, -the Rdward loda south of ,the Sjvrat crosscut gave assay values ranging from 1/7 to £2.2/2-per tat. Tile face is with in 55ft of Salmon Pass. At 50ft south the full width of the reef is 48ft, and the aseragc assay value. £1 6/10 per ..ton. In Sprat crosscut, 50ft west from south part of Empire lode, driving has been: couimecced . north > and south on a reef 4ift wide. Assay values range from l-i/2 to £J 2/iO per. t«E." Novthworti til* usaay vaiucs :ange i?om o/7 to &> U/tf per - ton. The Emplie loflft, In the south past west ot >o. 4 shaft, west the feee shows v wjfith of quartz of lv icehes, and the value :s iow. The Martha iodfc, west of Kauri north-ivest crosscut. The drive vfas adVaneed'firoin 14 to iti feet in hani quurt*. vaiaes: rscsed from 0/5 io £2 4/5 per ton ovier jj width of sft. no walls being eiposea. East- i ward the level was advanced frosi 14.t0 :SS j feet; assay yaiaei ranging' from o/i to i';i 4/7 per ton. Kb.' 10 Level.—iipyal Lbda: The east drive waa exteaded to safe, a crosscut is in progress at &££t, aad 24ft of reef is exposed, the .north v«ai not bciag seeu. I'ass has been seek a total depth of OlKt. Assay value at iSft Is xl 10/8 per ton. Edward Lode: 1-Lfce ?ass, situated at 02S»t south, has been suuk 134 ft. 'r&e assay value at 10ft down 4s tib/5 per ton across the VMUi of the wlnse; At No. 7 level, the Royal lode, in the east end, the level was extended from 1052 to 1114 ft, in assay values ranging from 7/11 to £3 IS/8 per ton.. Tbe.fnll.wldU> of reef at 1089 ft is 13ft No. 2 eoblevel: No. 2, roof was discovered on this level in a north-west crosscut from Tretnbath Pace at 83ft from gangway. The reef fe, 3ft wide, mised ,%Mth country, assay valne being f3 2/4 per ton. Driving is being done east and west, and at srt west the value is £4 8a per ton, the reer being «f wide. In the Weet Smithy level the Martha lode east of lan Pass, the values range from £2 2/5 to £2 12/1 per ton across a width of 6ft. In the south branch aesay values range from £1 1/ to £2 5/7 ncr &?■ ,?*■«««» '«*d from m P to Mt. The BeU reef gave assay values ianr4ff wi°d?. 18/? W * ?/ BS t ° n: reel "^