THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5995, 3 February 1881, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

Khranui Hill. —The •' manager reports on the ,29th :—36ole\^er: The reef has now continued its 'westerly course- a distance of 36 feet. It is still big and'strong, but in all that distanceT have been'unable- to' find;a colour of Koid',' alid'under' such circuiristarices any crushing of alarge trial'lot would be a ; waste ;of money. ' In. the"end", the -reef is riow:showing an inclination to turn towards the .north .which, is its • proper bearing. Junction ': The parcel of 28 tonsjrorii Peairce's leader, together with the quartz got from in the Poverty produced. 103 ozs. amalgam, and there is still a portion of junction, headings ; not; berdaned. Poverty: On ac- : count of a difficulty with a party of tributers the, winze under Pearce.has , been suspended since Friday week, Barry's lode :In driving ori.the course of No. 2 lode we have passed through several bunches of quartz, but the leader has not yet resumed a regular form. To-day there is a little stream of. water coming from the face. In the stopes on No. 1 lode we have " holed " to old stopes. that seem to have been worked not on our lode but on a branch in our hanging wall, and of which we have seen nothing in our drives below. The crashing from No. 1 is shaping about half an-ounce per ton, but the parcel from the drive and leading stope on No. 2 is very poor. Tributes : The tribute crushings are, without exception, poor. Battery : The, crushings will be finished on Wednesday, and details will follow in due course.— J. W. Walkee.

New Golden Crows.—The manager reports on the 31st ultimo:—Battery level No. 2 ; leader : The stopes on this leader have been.earned up to the brace level." . The ■ leader here, is small, and supplied but a - moderate quantity of crushing stuff during the past month. Battery level No. 1 leader : The stopes on this also are well up to brace level, but on this leader thex'e is a considerable height of backs above brace level. The leader averages a foot in thickness, is well mineralised, showing a little gold occasionally, and all good payable crushing dirt. Cross-cut at battery level: During the past week this cross-cut has been driven a distance of 20 feet. The ground has become very hard during the last couple of days. There still remains from 15 to 20 feet to be driven to intersect Herivel's leader, the object of' the cross-cut. Intermediate level : The principal work carried on at this level is stoping on the footwall leader, from which a good supply of quartz is coming to hand, but o£ . low grade. 100-feet level hangingwall leader : Stoping on this leader is being carried on. The leader averages about eight inches, and in tight country, but good crushing and payable quartz. Rise at 100feet level on No. 1 main reef : This rise has been put up through the centre of a very large block, and is now within 15 feet, of the battery level. The reef has averaged pJbout eight feet in thickness, and during the month; a considerable portion of the quartz crushed has come from here, yielding from Sdwts. to lOdwts. to the,ton. Cleaning up arid retorting took place on the 29th instant, for the return of 22oiozs. melted gold from 350 tons quartz.—T. A. ; Di7nlop. i .Caledonian.—The manager - reports on the 31st ultimo that there is no marked dhaiige. The cross-cut on No. 1 _level is going through good country, full of mundic veins. There is a change coming in the specimen leader, No. 2 level, caused by a mundic vein.