MINING TELEGRAMS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5769, 24 March 1876, Page 3

MINING TELEGRAMS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

(ill VHAMSTOWX, Thuisd.n The lion Di I'ollcn, m uply to a tele iimm fiom Mr Ltowo, M II It , de< lined to pio\ide passage-, toi litt\ <>f tlio Tliaim 1-, miemployed to Auckland at the (ioveinincnt expuise, but olki ■, to pi ovule them aeeom inodo-tion ami lations if they go time, and it i fund b.? stai ted to piy their passage*- he will siib-e'iibo '.'."», and adds, "This is the way toi tlio fi lends of the people to fallow then /i \\ f"i the cause, not l>y calling upon the (io\ eminent The managei of the Karangahake, .it Ohiueniun, leports veiy fa\oiuably, and that he would be able to keep a hatteiy fully employed on payable quait/ horn now, but the b ittei v is not yet ) eady to stai t. It hi) Qvrrs Tuinrn —Obtained 3o/. Hdwt of gold. Mr. (Jauett lias been appointed engineer to the Waio-ICaiak.i diainaje. The men aie at woik, and aieto get t\ei\ thing ic.id\ foi stai tj») _; >>n Monday. Amusement is telt heie at the ctloi ti of Messis. Ogle and Stock, the Auckland dneetois of the Ciown Piinccss, to bale out that mine with watei-tanks Tin n ob]Lct is to evade, if possible, the payment ot the di.iuiage eontnbution. COUOMANDEL, Thuisday. Umon Bfvch —The total lesult of the crushing was GSSo/ 17dwt. from the spe ennens and geneial stuil. BiiMvwk. —A large parcel of specimens w as taken out last night, with a good show in the lace. Hutnoin Virw. —The low level is e\temliny f \st The tiilmtei^, aio gcltmn s,omo iirst-clabs gold m No 3. Ro\ \i Ovk —It is leported that a paicul of specimens was obtained to day Kai'W.v. —Cut several leadeia in soft eountiy, .I'ld had the stone tiled, whli h g.ii e a good } icld of gold. (ki| VI n Poi.n I The crushing is gomt; <m at the Kapanga battery for the trdmteis. and a good yield is expected. OHINEMl'lil, Maich 2-'. TJie weithei still looks very thu-'itoiiinjj. The VkimI ha^ been sfju.illy fiom the N' W foi sonio d ij -. n.ist, and at tunes it h.is been blowing lnlf a j;.il •. We hive had slight showns of inn, but not enough to do any li.inu as yet, iuid tlie iIack.iytown-W.iitek.iuii track is {jetting into pietty good condition. It is tobe hoped th it the p.nties concerned will s.ce the lit'ecsvit} of making a sujneine efFoit to get out tlio watei wheel shaft and other heavy noitioiis of the Waitekaiui C'omii.iny's machineiy within the next few diys. Of couiie it is possible th it the eipunoxul gales may pass oil without much lain, but, on the other hand, if we t-houM get tin cd dnys' heavy rain now, it is doubtful uhcth'ji the loads would dty uj> a^.iiu beroie next summer. In that case the consequences would be feu fill to contemplate, as \e-iy few hole aie in a position to h in 3' out anochei wmtei. If nccessuy, let every lioise and Inillue'v in the distnct be pressed into the sen ice foi a few days s>u that the maduuei) nuybo Ididedonthe site hefoie the weithei biciks JVojile hcie aie getting veiy unxious on the subject, ind if things mis.cauy "cui^es both loud .ind deep" will be heaped on the heads of those who ha\e undeitaken to do the woik. The last punt load of machineiy his amved, and, as .Mi lile.uiid says, " the last spike has been 1 mded Tlie use, which was stilted when Mi. Come-, took charge of the K.uangahake ({oldniuiing Company's mine, his Inoken tlnough into the bottom of thewm/.c. The woik has been gieatly delayed lately by foul an, winch w.is so bid that the candles had to be bin nod on then sides, and if they went out the men had to come down to le light, as the m itches would not ignite. In oidoi to iuipio\c the \eiitil.itiona hole was boied seven feet fiom the bottom of the winze to connect with the use which has now bioken th tough .it a distance of sixty feet fiom the dnve The woik has been completed in .i foit-nght despite the- del iy c uisud by the foul .ur The l en>f w is tapped, and is still looking hist i Ue. The m in u,'pi siys tint he is now in a position to keep tin' hitteiy supplied with quilt/., but. unfothm itily, it is not yet hnished, and will not hk.el\ bo m a position to cnish stone foi some consideiable time, is the w.itci lacu is not u\ul>.