MINING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 4

MINING NEWS.

UNA HILL CONSOLIDATED,

OPERATION'S REVIEWED

/nJ n , B rev j c T, of ~le rear's work the *j f Un « Hill Consolidated Gold statP fl-"U there has been P ro ,l? esti towards the company's ocUp? mo(lifle<lti "n "t plan. In a iioin- V"fV al i ; ,rivill - '»as reached 5' n .- w *«*ft of the original extreme objective. The incline is al>out 18.", ft Mow * e Y e '' , or 35ft below any previous workings in the area. Hermit work has completed the cutting of tlie Flinty break and comes out into reeling country of the belt type. Quartz stringers and heavy mineralisation are being encountered. Having regard •? 1 adv "i ntaKe °f continuity, the staff at the mine has readily agreed to carry on throughout the holidays. During that period it js expected that contact will be made with the No. 2 reef. The directors express satisfaction with the year's progress and with the present position, which is considered favourable for early results. Apart from ;he prospect of a concentration of values at their junction, the No. :» reef and the Occidental are each expected to maintain the individual values which made them profitable in the upper workings