MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 143, 19 June 1922, Page 7

MINING NEWS.

HAURAKI MINES. The manager reports for the week ended June 16, 1922:—"During the past week work lias been confined to opening up un th« Welcome Find reef at the -100 ft level, repairing the main rise connecting tin* two sc'lion*. ami cleaning up the intermediate drive. Stopinir south from the main ri.se ia in progress, and the ore is being saved for treatment. At the intermediate drive, which is Toft above the 4<>tift level, very little work was able to be done on the reef, awaiting the completion of the preparatory work. This is vow sufficiently advanced to allow stripping operations to be ••ommeuced. During the week some of the reef was taken down, from which about 21b of picked ."tone was selected. This was taken from hull" way down the face of the drive, the few pieces of picked stone met with last week having cmiio from the back of the drive. A start has been made to rise from the 400 ft level, directly under this point. Driving south at the 400 ft level has also been in projrresss. Tho reef continues a strong body of quarts:, both the reef and the country rock are carrying .-irscni.-:ii pyrites." MIXING I-\ THE ITUIPL'Hi. Development wurk is proceeding jpy,, i this district. The liising Sun Quicksilver Mining i'i> has completed its retort, aud a start »»* made ou Saturday, 10th inst.. to extra.-i quicksilver from the mercuric sulphide ~iv The retort at this mine was designed and erected by Mr. Frank Bird of Whangarei The reef on this property is from twelve i<> fourteen feet iv width, carrying gossan metallic silver, hematite, and mercuric su. phide. The development work that has been done is ou "spurs'' coining from the parent body carrying from o per cent t», 40 per cent mercuric sulphide. The main body has a north-westerly trend, and Is about a mile easterly from the -Sew Zealand minerals, but the country is much s l>rokeL. and the lode strikes through various guilics Itiih pebbles carrying 93 per cent mercuric sulphide have beeu found. j Lower dowu the I*ubipuhi is situated th*» Mount Mitchell Silver Mining Co.. a hi!l ~f white calcite impregnated with from .mc In .ten per cent of mercuric sulphide. Mixe.! j with the ore is the iinest pottery clay ii. I the world. A retort is also here lit the I course of erection under the supervision of I-Mr. T. A. Black. In- the Kalinamaku another deposit ..f various minerals, including mercuric sui phidc, ban beeu found ou the property of Mr. James P.isset. The owners intend to further prospect it in the near future. Thi* lode is the southern continuation of the New Zealand minerals. This lode Is HOft wide, containing cinnabar in patches. BROKEN HILL MINE?. A report, just issued by the New South. Wales Department of Mines regarding i geological survey of the ore deposits of ill'" Broken Hill silver lead points to a. long HCe { for the Harrier mines. Mr. E. E. Andrew-. Government Geologist, estimates there is twenty-six years' work for the present popti lation in the ore reserves. The yield "" minerals from the ilistrict already exceeds illl.riOO.noo. out of which ;ippi-osim:iT.>' £20,500,000 has been pai.l in dividends ■Should the main puckering or lirais-foidii..-which forms the Zinc Corporation ore boily Ibe found t.> have it But pitch below l!i" 1400 ft level, and if the great corrugation forming the North mine Hatietis i:s pitr.i also, there would be :, ftrea: future for mining at Broken Hill. <T:ites Mr. Andrew -. The creates- fear 's thr.t the drair-foldili:: may dip out in certain leases in ;ho foim of letters, or inverter! pyrsmilil*. ;is they pus.- into the dip of the >.".>:.-