THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5350, 9 January 1879, Page 2

THE GOLDFIELDS.

[from oub owir i Thames, fcs? KtTBAXDT. —The Oddfellows lode i« no f "" opened up, and the manager fnlh- e " ?' v to be able to turn out a coatinuoni tXpi ' * of quartz from it. On the N 0 9 ; (driven from the sill of the 3hotori»~ , el - the lode has been driven upon ! '! about 100 feet, and connection mad« • 1 the winze sunk from No. l.or Catran'. i* 1 ' In following up the lode it wa3 foin/f I branch off into two leaders, but the , v of the width between the two bran J I has been taken out as far as the hot' of the winze, at which point the drive « be about ten feet wide. Beyond this 11 * leaders are being followed separately "*i - drive is now securely timbered, and a'toD'"* ' operations have been started from th= Ji ' back towards the cross-cut. About two in width of crushing-dirfc is bein» out. From this level, up to thp h <sll of Catran's level, there are , ° 5r 89 feet of backs, and when it ° 5 -' remembered that the late excellent ' '• iug (it yielded about per ton) t chiefly obtained from the drive on this [ ev ' I while Catran's took about 50 tons, ( * yielded something like 3ozs. per ton fro- I - 51 the upper levJ, there can be little doub* 1 that the block will prove a valuable go f West of the croas-out, the lode has b=c ' driven on ab.iut 30 feer, and then here, asj. the other sid», it has broken into tw-. f branches. About 10 west of the croy. = cut, a winze is being sunk to connect wi ia the new, or battery, level. Tbis winze : down about 30 feet, and at the bottom thj ; s lode is thick, and composed or stron' healthy-looking quartz. The battery h Jui J of quartz, which his much the same appear : ance as that lately crushed, but nothing cis be said as to its real value until after ctaa'a ' ( ing has commeuced, as very little gold his been seen iu it. This week the manage: started driving on a leader intersected soon after the cross-cut was startad. The quartz already broken out has a healthy appear. ance. It is intended to crush a trial parcel from it at an early date. The cros3-cut for the new, or battt-ry, level is already in about 40 feet. Before starting, it was thought that j IGO feet of driving should briug the loie to ; hand. i