MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 285, 2 December 1925, Page 16

MINING NEWS.

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. New -Waiotahi.—The mine manager reports that the winze on the reef at the intermediate, drive has been gunk 5 feet for the week, making the total depth 15 feet. Strong blotches of gold were seen and selected in the quartz taken down. The crosscut for the- Waiotahi-Cambria reef has been extended 6 feet for the week, and has now reached the estimated course of the reef. \_nother breast head has been met with, with .Che. same strike and dip as the reef should have, and from which a considerable upward flow of water is making. The indications continue favourable for meeting with the reef at any time now.

Rising Sun.—The mine manager reports : No. 1, S..block, No. 3 reef—Stoping has been carried'on,_breaking..the Jode oyer, an average width of 24 inches, worth £4 10/ per ton. Xo. 2. S. block, No. 3 reef.—The lode shows an average width of 24 Inches, wort_ £» 107 per ton. i&oi 1; S. 4 . block, Xo_. 1 reefttStbping lihs'ibee'a carried on in "the north section of "the block, breaking the lode over an average width of 24 inches, worth £5 per ton. Progress has. been kept . back owing to the hardness of lode. It-is the hardest face in the mine, but next stope should be better. Rise. S. block, No. 1 reef—A start was made with this 'work early in the week, and very good | progresses being made. The.'reef-shows 24 inches' wide, worth £6 per ton. Battery— ; For period -19th tO: 25th Inst., -10'-stamps ,- ran 31 "hours.' crushing 31 tons, worth £5 1/S per ton.'From;plates And;berdan-recov-ered tor week, 103bz amalgam. . Zeehan c Consolidated.^7-T_e.manager reports at the beginning of the week 1 it was decided to -come back- and drive: along the ! hangingwall of the" reef in'the-north drive. Some 13 feet has •been-driven. The- first " round of holes'showed the reef had taken.a sharp turn* to: the west, or hangingwall, at ■•' an angle of 25 degrees. It is a splendid body of stone,- eight feet wide,, .with ralu'eshdis-. tributed throughout; some particularly fine pieces .were obtained, .being nearly solid' values. Three feet of the quartz looks very promising for free gold, being the same as in the rise, where the gold was obtained j when working-there/ Regiila'r 'sampling and assaying will start as soon as we get the face squared up. 'Improvements"are 'beiiig made to the ventilation system in order to relieve the engine- if "possible. ■ General repairs to Xo. 5 crosscut arc also in progress. . t