MINING NOTES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1909, Page 2

MINING NOTES.

OLD HAUEAKI. In conversation with a representative of the Auckland Star, Mr. Earle, chairman of the Old Hauraki, said that Mr. Warne (the supervisor), Mr. Jamieson, and himself, went down the mine alone on Friday afternoon. The water in the shaft at the 400 feet level was up to their waists. They waded to the face, and Mr: Warne worked for some time, with the result that a few nice pieces of picked stone were got. "Our shareholders," added Mr. Earle, "meet on Wednesday next (to-day) and I shall make a full statement then, but the- fact that we are upon rich gold at the lowest level in our mine has been established." Mr. Earle thinks it certain that No. 8 reef has been cut at the 400 feet level in the Bunker's Hill section. The crosscut is aiming to get under the -winze, in which the Bunker's Hill Company got rich gold at the 300 feet level. In that case the gold was got In the pug, and the stone at the 400 feet level is also got from pug. There is also the chance of getting the Green Harp further South at the 400 feet level. The manager telegraphed on Monday : "Secured one pound of^ good picked stone when squaring down the roof of the drive on No. 8 reef at the 400 feet level." HAURAKI FREEHOLDS. Thb secretary to the Hauraki Freeholds G.M. Company (Mr. C. A. Stubbs) has written to the chairman of the Auckland Stock Exchange as follows :—"Although it is a matter of general knowledge, I think it only right to formally intimate to you, in view of the fact that picked stono and specimens have been reported from the Hauraki Freeholds mine at Coromandel, that the property is being worked under tribute to purchase outright for £5000 if such option is exercised on lltli January next." MAY QUEEN. The extension of the crosscut in the May Queen mine to intersect the main reef at the 1000 feet level of the Queen of Beauty shaft has been in progress during the past week (telegraphs the Herald's Thames correspondent) and a total distace of 130 feet has now been driven from the chamber. The reef should be met with in about a further 10 feet' of driving. The country is still of a favourable nature, and a little water is now coming from the face. At No. 9 level in the southern drive from the Queen of Beauty shaft work is being continued on the footwall branch. Tho quartz coming to hand is heavily mineralised, and shows colours of gold. At the battery steady crushing is in progress from the various blocks being stoped on the different levels in the May Queen section. These are producing a supply of payable ore. WAIHI. The Herald reports that an ore body has been intersected in the crosscut being pushed out at the 1000 ft level (No. 9 plan level) in the Waihi mine for the purpose of intersecting the Martha reef. ALBURNIA. The work of prospecting the hanging wall of the main reef at the Sons of Freedom level in the Alburnia mine is being pushed on with the assistance ofi an increased staff. The %'arious crosscuts recently driven through the reef are being connected by driving along the hanging wall of the reef from one to another. Colours of goJd are seen through the quartz broken in places, but nothing of a payable nature has yet been met with. In the Ilutt lien case, which formed the subject of a judgment delivered by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., yesterday, Mr. Bunny appeared for seven of the subcontractors. Defendant Itiggs was not represented by counsel. Mr. Foster Fraser, the English journalist now touring Australia, during his stay in Adelaide was enthusiastic in trying to see the show spots in the neighbourhood, and motored through pouring rain to inspect the famous vineyard of Seppetsfield, experiencing what Australian country roads are like. Later, he explained that his lirst impression of Adelaide recalled tho Garden of Eden, but on further experience he was convinced, khut South AustvaJin must havo been the loeg'ity of the original Flood.