MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 4

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Vaihi.—The mine superintendent reports that during the period ended i> ri 10. 1'• —• - the principal work carried out was as f".l ows : —No. 15 level —Edward !c>de : Southwest drive advanced to 160 ft; the averace assay value from 133 ft to 162 ft was under 1/ per ton. The reef was crosscut at lC2ft exposing 30ft of quartz, average assay value tt/11 per tou. Measured at right angles -the true width of lode is about 32ft. Five feet of the reef at 20ft from tlie west trail assayed 25/ per ton. Martha lode. Berth section ". East of No. 4 shaft, north crosscut, the drive was continued in country to U3r.fr, at which point the north section was interseected, width GJft, and assay value 0.5/3 per ton. The country on the north wall is soft and disturbed Driving has been commenced east and west from the point of intersection. At 10ft thp assay value is 126/G per ton. the south wall only being seqp. At 10ft west the assay value is t>2/ll per ton. width of reef about 3ft. No. 12 level: On the south branch of Dreadnought lode. east of llend<r?on crosscut. a total of 6Cift has been driven The width varied from 2ft to sft, and the assay value was 2S<l per ton. A crosscut at 64ift gave the following assay results: To 41ft, S/IO per ton : to 9ft. 0/ per ton ; r»ft to 14ft. 34/4 per ton: and 14ft to 18ft. lfi/ per ton. At No. 10 level the drill to intersect the Edward lode is down 159 ft. It passed through Sft of quartz at 101 ft, assay value 2/3 per ton.

Hauraki Mines.—The manager reported as follows: That owing to trouble with the bailing tanks and a hot bearinc. along with heavy rain, the water which hud been lowered to 50ft below the 300 ft level rose to Sft below, floodins the Cameron pump, which, however, continued to work steadily with over 30ft of water on the exhaust. This morning the water had been lowered to 20ft below the 300. and the machinery is again running smoothly.