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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5709, 10 January 1876, Page 3

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(ini hi n C\i i - Opei.itions in this mine ha >i. Imim f,ui]\ lesiinii'd in tin 1 mam le\el m tin Mini fieo fmin which tlio good jii o^-[)oi >\eio obtained pnoi to tin* holidays, tli.it is to mv, close to the big slide, and on the <.< <\ tinuation of the bhot of gold which w is woiked fioiu the upper levels when Ciptiun Nmnis was manager of the mine. These piospects, I am glad to siy, continue, tor gold has been showing putt) leguhuly dining the List few da^.s, and the mnnag r anticipates that >n the course of a week, .it faithest, he will be lendy to resume ciushing on a considerable parcel of quart/ ; in fact, should the present piospects continue, the crushing will bo made a permanent one. •So far as the appearance of tlu mine is t< nceined, theic is little to add to ■what h,u> already l)een reported, for, in fact, thei e h.is been only two days' woik done since the holidays, and theie is therefoie little in the way of change worthy of notice. I'l'Mi'iN*; Associvnox. — To-day the List of the large sets of shaft timbers were sent below and fitted in their places, and when sinking is again resumed thjre will not be sn nnuli excavation, tor the shaft will only be its oidniary size. Of couise, while these sets -were being fitted in theie was little done in the way of sinking, and the depth of the shaft has not, therefoi e, materially increased since last report. Meanwhile, the huge guders which aie pieparcd to sustain the weight of the column arc all prepared for sending below. Thc> aie splendid junks of square-sawn kauri timber, all heart, and fully 2'2m s<|ii,ue, and of sufficient length to extend light acio-.s the shilt Messis Puce liiothcis, the contractor foi tin. plunger and littings, lia\c alien ly nude a* fair st.ut tow aids c.iriymg out their oontr.u t, and m the com se of another week tluy will be in .1 pietty foiwaul ->tato. Ci 1:1 — The in magei of the Cine has in cix.isul his mine fmcc with the \ ie>v to i .11 ij ing on stoiung with gre.iti'r m c 'oui, in older to lesume eiushing again. 1 h.uc already lefeired to the fact that, for some time befoie the hohdajs, there h.is been good itch gold showing in the footwall reef in the stopes ovei the No. 2 or deepest lewl. and this good show continues still, .so that theie n eveiy piospeet that the ciushnig, which will piol>ably be commenced in a few da> s, will be a good remunerative one. Meanwhile the prospects of No. 5 reef have inipi oved to such an extent that gold may be looked for in good (juantity almost eveiy day Ni w Kmhan(.i:.— The trial crushing of stone fi om the New Exchange mine ditl not pro\ e lcmunerativc There were 17 loads of stone (about 23 tons) put through for the company at the Ti.unway battery. The t lushing was completed, and the amalgam retoitcd on Saturday for a \ery moderate leturn of 4oz lSdwt. gold. \V\juimw Timu it— A crushing of 15 tons for J. Tliomas and paity was completed at the Tiainw.n battciy to day, tor a piyablo jield of IW 17dwl gold - [Cji ii'spondcnt J

RICH DISCOVERY AT OHINKUURI. Some Maoii .sha-i eholder-> 111 the Ranyan claim h.no di->eoveied the outcrop of a Lit ye gold-bearing icef, and theie has been quite a 1 ush to lay plaints to obtain possession of shaies in all the claims on the supposed line. Very little work has been done in that locality lately, as the .shai eholders were getting tned out. 'Die Maoiis who made the discov( i y li u c bout living on the claim, and found the n'< t when fossicking bctwven their whaie and the tunnel, <}old is showing in the sloiu, ;ni'l i \ en mIilii none is visible good ]ii(i-,po( i t i «.>iu be olttiiiiicd b}' m Halting Sonu oi the •■Lone whnh is .socn shows gold fittly in ]iit(lus and through the stone, and illicit almost be called specimens It is the best show of gold in the stone which has been seen jhcre. The reef is laige, but tin- cvilI .si/e lias not yet beenasuetUincd.