MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 288, 5 December 1929, Page 10

MINING NEWS.

OCCIDENTAL UNA. The report of the directors of the Occidental Una Consolidated Gold Mlnlnir Company states that during the halt year work has been mainly confined to Xo' 5 evel on the Occidental No. 2 reef, which Is a stock-work formation of quartz stringers j intermixed with country rock. It averages up to 10 feet in wjdth. Gold can be soon in the quartz, which after careful sortine is crushed at the battery on Karaka Creek Bullion realised was worth £401 11/3 but unfortunately all the gold was not saved. The owners of the battery are putting in a stone crusher and more berdans so that a better extraction should be secured. Work in the mine, is now confined to the hanglnjrwnll leader, which i« a fine looking reef about nine inches wide and should at any time make picked stone lhe retiring directors, Messrs. *.Th' Ensor and C. S. Donovan, offer themselves for re-election. The report mentions that an application to the Government for a subsidy towards completing the Magnolia low level was not successful, although Jt was to assist a legitimate mining venture, but tens of thousands had been voted to local bodies for parks and playgrounds as relief works. lhe statement of accounts showed bullion won for the year to be worth .€IO2O 9/6 The expenditure on wages and salaries < 2 t , a . 1 i e< 1.^ 662 11/8> and on mine requisites 4,110 13/1. Directors' fees and travellin" expenses only amounted to £20.

MINE MANAGERS' REPOkTS

Alburnia.—.The leading slope on main Orlando lode has been carried along for a total distance of 77ft and the main timbers put in the level. The reef here averages 3ft wide, and is a strong body of heavily mineralised stone carrying antimony, blend and silica. Strong dabs of gold are still seen in the ore. Rise on cross leader from drive north on the hangingwall branch of Orlando lode has been risen 7ft; a total of 62ft. The reef here averages 12in wide, and is a nice compact body of stone, carrying bright mineral blend and silica Very little of the leader has been broken clown this week. The leader being tight on the hangingwall, we are striping it, bjit will break down early next week so as to get the quartz clean. A start will be made next week to pump out the water in Gillans winze and complete the timbering to the bottom, and as soon as completed a start will be made to either continue sinking or open out from the bottom of winze as gold was seen all the distance in sinking, but the water stopped work through having no pump at the time of sinking.

Tui. —The manager reports that No. 2 lode at the intersection with, the flinty is now 18 inches wide. The winze is now down Bft in kindly country. The oil engine and fan are working well.