THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6251, 29 November 1881, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

« Waitekacri ExTsyuKß.—A telegram to the following effect was. :-2ce:ved at the Company's orfiee yesterday: "Cut reef Eastern side", about 9ins. wide, showing :i little gold. I believe payable.—H. Butler." [BY TELEGRAPH. —O'-'.'X eORTIF^PONriKNTS.] TiiAlits, Monday. Waiterauri. — Birtler's tribute party have met with another run of go'-fi -."> feet south of the previous one. A good !od--' lias also been cut iu the Waitekaurf. .Sn.ißKMAi'.Ki:i.— Sal-:.! : Caledonian, 20s; Kuranni. 4a 2d : Waitekauri Kxtended, lid and Is. Sellers: Devon, 7s : Young Colonial, 7-j Gd : Waitekauri Extend. , -:. 10d : Cure, Iα 6(1: .iust-in-Tii.:°. ir>. Buyers : Caledonian, "20s : Moar.ataiari. 12s ; Young Colonial, 6s 6(i ; Smile of Fortune, 11s. t_or:osiA"«DKL. Monday. Blackmore's lodged 19->O/:s. for the fortnight's crushing. The mine looks well. The manager is itoping o:i tU-j flat reef. A fair show of gold ia found. Tikkn">n'.s are getting good gold in the new reef. Stanley lodged Zjoza. from 10 tons, a very payable return. The following mine :-.ia:i:ige:V reports have been received : — Or.i. Cii.ED9NiAN.-Tii..- tiiiilwri: ;■ of No. 1 drive will be completed on Monday, when I shall stlit breaking quartz in the leading itupes ; also contiuue driving on t!io driv:;, as t::<: reef is opened out to fully 3 feet in tliickneis and look.-, very well. Colours of I gold are now to l> e .seen ii: ti:e face. I ''i.ivelaid down air boxes from the- O:a~o flat wiiszf. a distance of -SOO feet giving us a ijood .supply of air to curry on all works The rise on No. 'J -'■.■L-γ i, secured with timber through to the Cure level, i am now cleaning out Captain Richard* , cross-cut, which is all beaten down and requires retiraberir-j This work is very bad to get through, as the ground is ali broken, and requires Sreat care. There are three partk-s of trilmters working, I'altridge, William, and Johnston ; the latters tribute i- opposite No. 3 uir.ze. No. 2 level, on a small strin-or between Nos 1 and ■> reefs. This week they sat. »01u3Of Eton-; from the bottom of their drive which yielded Soz« lid" t.i meUed gold. This gold is going 'down in the company's giounrt below No. -1 level, and mav lead to something sootl, as the ground is intact below and in close proximity to the old run of gold. —T. B. Hickh Hui-Eri-L.— Tl-.4 drive on the cross-lode, No. " tunnel, lias been extended IT. feet in the direction of Xo 1 leader, and a, thtTe is no appearance of a leader showing in the face, I am inclined to believe that the small stringers mentioned in my previous report may turn out to b-j it. I shall start, on Mondav to strip it down from the winze, so as to nuke sufe f.f its whereabouts in the No. a level drive. In addition to the tlOUw. of specimen.!, ro telegram, from Friday's breaking down, 1 obtained other 171bs. of good picked stone from the No. 1 leader. There is spletdid gold showing in the floor. The other loader running parallel with it, mentioned in my last, gave two or three pounds of picked stone. There is f.Olbs. on hand. Thcro is i-.olhins fresh from the Luck's All 1-ader. —E. Howse. MoA.N-ATAiAiu.—l'.Ofeet We have cleanad rniiri crosscut on No!' 9 branch feader, and resumed driving yesterday »rith two men ; stoping will be commenced here when convenient. Jieldt's section, feet level' We ar*j at present following up In our stopea the junction of .several branch leaders, above where Rea and Co. obtained their specimens : the iiuartz is of low grade just now. and it ia only occasionally a little gold is seen: Very little quartz has 'been taken from the workings iu hand tiiis week, in consequence of having to strip it. and that process is very slow ia r,ucbi).*ra. country as weuowhavc.-Jons O. VrviMf.