MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 10, 12 January 1934, Page 4

MINING NEWS.

WAIHI CRUSHING RETURNS. 71660 Z. OF GOLD LAST MONTH. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WAIHI, Thursday. The following information has been cabled to tie London office of the Waihl Gold Mining Company, Limited :— For the period ended December 31, comprising 21$ crushing days, 17,684 tons of ore were crushed for n result of 7103' fine ounces of gold and 30,005 line ounces of silver. This includes 2212 tons mined from the Grand Junction area, which yielded 731 flne ounces of gold and 2082 line ounces of silver. This is the final return for the yea r. No. 4 Level. —North branch of the Martha lode: At 157 ft west the reef is disturbed, and we are investigating. No. 5 Level.—North branch of the Martha lode: Driving west (lie next 321" t is ore of good grade. The dip of the vein now is much more north. Grand Junction, No. (> Level.— ln the crosscut at 70ft west and rit 31ft in, we have driven to the west 24ft, the assay value being 4/3 a ton. At 347 ft in the Royal south-enst prospecting crosscut we have met a reef, the first two feet assaying 3/ a ton. ROYAL LODE INTERSECTED. ' The intersection of the Roynl lode in the innin south-enst prospecting crosscut from the Grnnd Junction No. C level is considered of much importance in regard to: the future of the field, nnd la the result I of an enterprising poli«\v by the YVaihi Company's management in pros-peoting on i the eastern side of the fault zone in unexplored country with a view to picking! up the Royal lode, which, ns the subsequent i developments proved, bud been (I'snlacpfl | by (lie fault and thrown to Hip south-east. The course of (tie missinc lode wns dis-oove-cd (i=; tho result of drivinc west on a smnl] lender when ihe prospering crosscut ws i" 2."> oft. At v.vinii? p<-.inis in Hie drive the lender r-rirrn} If> '$. 38/!) .nnd 3'3 n ton. .After driving 70rt west a crosscut was drtvon south-enst. nnd at 10ft ppnptrnted a hp'ly nt qnartz for lift in wi'llb. As Miis v.-.t« rnpiivenll.v the K'n-nl thn nmf'i ■F.ojit.h-ens.t c-ossent wns their resumed, with the resu't ibnt the lode was intersected at a point further east. . I