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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1911, 2 March 1870, Page 5

DAUNTLKSS AN!» SIXK TO 11I6K OOViPANY. The crushing for this company is taking place at Partington's machine, and vhe stuff is going to turn oat well, -JOG ozs. of hard amalgam has been taken from the plates alone ; and this promises well, as tlie quantity yet gone through is onljabout seventy tons, and the boxes, which usually contain, a large amount o? amalgam, are not touched. GOL"i'X AGK. This claim, which hns been work-ins vigor-ntslv for some months, hns at last struck something very good. To-day a large quantity of specimens exceedingly rich have been brought up. which, have been taken from a. vory rich loader opened up this morning. Nearly the whole of this mine is tiie prupery ot the Thames Investment Company. I will send further particulars tomorrow. TH-: SUNBEAM. Some very rich specimens have bion taken out of the Minbenm Claim this morning 1 ; and another claim at -Taravti, which I intend to visit, to-morrow, has also struck rich gold. "Fhom the "Thames Advertiser. -, ] Tin: Waitejivta.—The final cleaning for (lie j "Waiti-mata, at tlie Critevion battery, lias iu>l j yi-t taken place, although (be cnishins is j finished. Tlie blanket tailing* arc being treated in the amalgamating barrels, and it. is | expected that the retorting will take pla;v ' today. There an? at present upwards of 2S'~> j 07.5. of amalgam on hand, and the result of the ; crushing will doubtless be payable. Thrre > were K>o tons crushed at theCriierioi' battery. ' TLie usual fortnightly crushing for the com- ; puny at the Waiotahi battery was commenced , last evening, and .judging by the yieMs that J have lately been obtained from the stone ' crushed at this battery, as well as the rich ap- j pearanee of the stone iroi,i the reef, it is easy Jo ! untieiij.itea 1111-40 return from present lot. We 1 have been inforineil thai the new reef i> be- . coH'-iiu: better daily as it is Tiiore rlevclujie-!, and \hal pold is very frequently visible in the ; stone. The large quantities of stone that are '. taken o::t for and the line average of the iwiieral yields." makes the "Waitemiita Coiiipniiy o'.it- of the most promising hi the district. Tub Central Ttalt.—The Central Italy Company's ground has always been considered '. very valuable property, on account of t!io splendid position which it occupies for the. [ AVaitemata reef, which they hate fatterly bent j all their euercies on finding. Yesterday they were successful in striking gold at a depth of 175 feet in the shaft, in what they believe to : be the cap of the reef. Several stones in which ; heavv spec-ks of gold were visible were taken • out during the day, but it will take a { en - j days to develope the lode so as to ascertain j whether it is the lode for which they have so j long been sinking. The number of lniues on j the Golden Crown that have lately come on to gold is rapidly increasing, and it bids fair to be the richest part of the goldfiolcl. THE Siivke Ckowx.— k. report having reached town that the famous Sunbeam reef had been found in the Silver Crown claim, Tararu. we proceeded to the spot yesterday j and found that a lode bearing a strong reacm- j blance in all the outward characteristics of the reef that lias yielded so well in the Sunbeam claim had indeed been cut into in one of the contract tunnels. It lias not yet been eut through, nor has any gold been found in it; but nevertheless it is quito possible that it may be the eame. It ia met with near the boundary of the Sunburst, and underlies considerably towards the latter, so that if it should prove to be the reef that it is now believed to be, the shareholders of the latter wiil doubtless be able to open it up shortly. One of the great peculiarities of the Sunbeam reef hitherto lias been the difficulty of lincliii-i it in the adjoining company's ground. The shareholders of tlie Sunburst, a claim that divides the Silver Crown from the Sunbeam.

have spent a great (leal of time and money in the search for it, but never ion ml it, although splendid stone was being daily turned out from a large and well defined reef in the Sunbeam within a short, distance of t heir boundary. A main low level drive in tlio Silver Crown has been commenced and will be ciirried right through the company's ground, so as to cut through all the lodes that have already been opened 011 the shallow workings, as v.ell as the silver lode from which the claim takes its name. The latter reef is not now being worked, as at the shallow level at which it was opened very little gooi could be done in following it up, and the main tunnel will not only test it at a good level, but will jrive increased facilities for working it if it should turnout sufficiently rich to b:' remunerative. The proportion of lead that lias been found in the various tests from this reef is fount to greatly execed either the gold or silver it contains, a'thoiigh both the noble metals have I been found in the stone. The propcrlion of silver being about 12 times thai of gold. If gold is found in payable quantities in the lode that has been just struck it will give a great impetus to mining operations in this past of the Tararu district

The Sobuiist. —Tlie shareholders of the Sunburst hare for some time past been following up a mul'oeky loader in their lower drive, and have found indications of the presence of gold. The fruitless search which they carried on for a long; while after the Sunbeam reef led them to conclusion that it hail bccome. broken up or run out in the ground, but we learn that they are about taking action in the search again, and will at once commence :i shaft near the spot where tl:c reef was found in the Silver Crown. The underlie of the latter is in this direction, and its strike apparently takes in a large area of the Sunburst claim.

The Sunbeam. —All the workings on tinfine reef which has been so advantageously opened and worked on in the Sunbeam claim are now concentrated on the main level. Fulsome time past the'' linve been enguged

sinking a winze from the surface to the main level, a depth of about 80 feet, and making other necessary preparations for working to advantage. The winze was broken through the work before last, and stoping was then commenced. Since then, although only three picks have been kept constantly at work, there have been about SO tons of stone taken out. Besides this, there are !0 tons in the upper level, which were taken out while sinking the winze. .A crushing will be commenced at one of the Tarani batteries during the coming week, from which another handsome return may be expected. In ono of the stopes the reef is found to lie very flat, but in the others it maintains its underlie <>f about. 45 degress. It varies in size from 3to 5.J. feet, so that no difficulty will he found in taking out the stone in large quantities, especially as the mine is in good working order, and tramways and shoots connect 13to whole workings through the main tunnel. Second, shovelling is avoided by filling the trucks through shoots on the passes, and the other arrangements for working the mine to advantage are equally good. -As nothing but quartz is being (alien out of the workings, it is intended to make a shoot through Hie winze, by which to send down filliim-up stiill*. The shareholders are likely to reap a substantial reward for tho energy and persewrance they I'.ave displayed in working their mine. Tun Wuau.—Af.vr live days' crushing :it the Whau Company's baiierv, which is engaged crushing for the company to which it belongs. 128"zs. KSdwts. of amalgam were taken up as the result, 'lhe full force of 10 stampers was employed during that time.

TllE following is from Vl'M ( 'i\lay\s Trait-■< : — " Central Italy. —The first indication of gold in the above company's mine was seen yesterday. when a number of small pieees of stone were taken out, snowing the precious metal. .Small as Ihe show is it is at least, encouraging, and the shareholders feci somewhat elated at the event. 1 lie claim has been worked uninterruptedly lor eighteen months, during which time a lot of in nvev lias been expended in the work done, '.the work at present in progress is the sinking o! a shalt to get tilts Golden Crown reef, which from careful survev there seems to be little doubt runs through the groun-i. The mining surveyor ga re lhe depth at which it would be cu! as ISO feet- : the >haf(- is now 170 teet. down, at whieh depth several . mall stringy veins have been cut. and from these veins the pieces of quartz which contain gold, have been taken. This, with other indications of the prc-en.-eof a reef at no ijreat tli>tanee, lias raised the hopes of the shaivholdevs, and toe result of the next few days* work wi!l be looked for anxiously. A large body id' stone was cut in the shaft at r. deV th of 0(1 I'eef, but no gold was seen in it, and it was pretty we!', known , that siteh reefeould not- be the one fought tor. , The z-rriking of the Crol.len Crown reel' by the Central Italy would still further improve tin- | value of all the claims ill lhe vicinity, as it i would inspire confidence, an;', a more definite direction lo mining operations. Instead of mere prospecting, the c.aimholders will bp encouraged to undertake operations ior [hiding a well de'.in d reef.