MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 8

MINING NEWS.

?HARP ADVANCE IN JuiICTIONS^ |- ;■" S fy '-'.' J ,TB3T EpXALiLOftB.\. : ,"•■■■;■'. -; ;■>' y;\'v,'-^'.:itirtß^n^aas\ASßi^Mbii I j'...•;•..•■■;.■ ■-:;^k:: i -'_ : K>:-;o •;Auckland,%ay. 3.;•■■.: •V-'ShaHe. m .tho Waihi .Grand Junction Mine advanced, jniprice this ;morning/■free sales : be--;mgmado..up to'37s.,;while,for.,the options.lls. was-'paidMd.etiir-offered. .'.Thiß'::rise v .was'due to the following, information, which" was posted 'on'.the, -following cable has' been sent.tp.tho London office—''No.' 6, lode C west, referred .to. in :my telegram' of the 28th • The,quartz reejf is.'probably ithejmainßoyai lode.'.-; Apparently the present .vrSth is.2oft., value £i 10s.'per ton;, No.i"4 lode wesfat No: 4 r level: Winze,No.'s is down 90ffc The cross-' put.;is .through'.the:'reef 13ft.; of which-lOft ■averages,.£2 per tbo;V-' '■''■"'■!';' :: . ' '■■".'>■ ■■■-■■■■ |.iv : ;BiG;ldvEE; : V ':■■ ■'*?r i : ;,;"'(BT XSsbfcIATION.) '■ -'i-;' S;.^' r ■:■'■■■:'■■■- : :i j: "■■ .-'RnHon, '■Mays/ ■ : xtte -mine managet :oi the , :l?6w Big 'Biver reports)for,:;lßst>. week:—No. 9 iovel east• During ~the: we6k ■ the .'reef in the 'face- narrowed dqwn : ;tp.-«t.-mi-width, -Very little gold.is: to be. seen,in the; leading'stope .over, this ■ level:, the reel is sftj: in.width, Tjut'is broken, and No ;:i win ??'v T!l e drive north from the bottom' of the'.winze, js being : continued and is nbw; in a distance'of, 7ft. Branch reef stopcs:/In";No.'9-6tope .the, Tief ; is «t:'wide; in No. : 10 stope the. reef; igj 2ft. "wide, but l<. , broken .and No. . 1 .'..intermediatelevel : -.. The: hard: sandstone.,counfry- has teen passed .through, , and ■ the, drive .'is now cutting big slate ground. Cosgrove's winze: The reef Cheated into the hanging-wall, and is lyins very .flat, in .consequence of which sinking■• ini mullock wiU.be neeessary for a few-ifeet°be-fore the Teef will be broken down. ■: During the w«fc"loQ ,tons,of stone, was- raised, .and the battery wovked full- time.',, The returns for :A^ 1 - a M! v . Battery; 750' ton s ,; 'of 'ore -treated yielding; 8230^i jf,melted gold;.oyanido plantV 250 :tons .treated,. yielding 680z.; 6dwt.; bf bul' lion;- The total iyalue is about'■ 'i --■ '^