THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6534, 26 October 1882, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

Ax extraordinary general meeting of the Wood's Poiat Gold-mining Company was Jield at Mr. J. R. liauderson's office, Insurince Buildings, yesterday, Mr; Coombes presiding. On. the motion of Mr. Fisher, seconded by Mr. Stephens, it waa resolved that the company's affairs should be wound up, ami Mr. Kanderson was appointed liquidator.

[■BY TSLEOEAPH.—OWN COBSESPONDEXTa.] : Xhajies, Wedaesday evening. SIIABKMABKET. — tales : Hrince imperial, 19i 9d to 2Le; Southern Cross,.los-6d to ils>; Mariner, 2s to la 101 Sellers: Deep Level, Is; Queen of Beauty, 19s; Southern Cross, 10s 9d ; Golden Crown, 13a. Buyers : Prince Imperial, 20s 6d ; Mariner, Is lOd. Liter qaotattons—Sales : Prince imperial, 2.1s ; no.sellers.

Hill —Grub'o ana party have banked 4ozs. 3Jwtg. of gold. MoaXataiaei.—Onsley an I party have banked oozs. 13Jtvts. of go!d. ; Albcbma.—Ttie rise above the' Whau level, on Dixou's reef, and latterly on McLean's leader, has holed through to the battery level. Good gold has been carried up to this level. The grneral stuff from here is shaping well at the battery.

1 QtJEßtf or Bjjaltv.— The mine mincer repor; , foe the week :—>'o 7 Ice!: Since tlio contractors (tuted to diire on reef a , . No. 7 wei:, 21 tzex ha been driven, and the l&st few driven Ihd reef looks best- On Sa!urd»yiD old witer raune »>3 tojned ia the reef, which laide a good dcU of g«, and »hjj luornlog the men were unable w get into the. f&..eTie mullock win ba run ou: of th= So. 1 piss to-mor-be cleared out, which will tike ths air current ne&rlv up to the face acd breii the gii. The two -winzxt in this blook will be cl ane.l out, anJ the hlock win be ready for the en lof the week. Nβ. 8 lerel: The drive which wxi .'tirte lon the mulloc!<y rein, which wju going towdfda tha Uird in Hand r ef has been stopped, and no o'.her ve:a in tha locality could be > icSed up leading in the Tiroper direction. Th«rd is nothingof itnportanc*-t j relateTessrdlng"the ttspes.iinre last report; there wn gold tube seen around the wioza *nd losrardi the end of tae e'.ope to-dav in several placed in Ihi ro-jf of thi atope No. 9 level:— iHirt on the west: TUii dri« has been pnt in a distance d( 37 feet from the chamber by the contractors, and the reef is cut through about p) foe; in fioui tbe shift, and is 3 feet thick. The quartz In s'Tenl p'aces in the r-?ef carries a deal of mineral and looks well fer crushing Queen of tte hiny i eef; Xhe present face of tne liriTe on til A jeef tors have drivon lj fe«t ; t!:'e r'cef ia 20* Indies thick,' carrj-in™ l * fine mineral vein up th<s centre of the ree', &nd tho ijnar'z is a sample of btueish c-lored (juarU. At last breaking liowa soma good patches of gold were zeen in the quartz. Drive on main reef east : Thii drive has been eitentled 21 feet fcy the present contractorj. aad it U stiil carried in on tiie su.'l cliannel of country alongside of hard hanji.gfr-V.L The t.)f; jroana still continues to car.-jr broken quartz, and to-day there is a rhancecomein'.o thi face, llie Kround on the hind side oi the drive is :oriaicg.lnto a dry bmin&ted sandstjnc, uhkh is c.ian,! out the io!t raul o:ky grourjd. while the broken quj-tz and pipefeet, and will be.'ore lons, I l-.-.iJ on to.«-soUrt reef. Thia drire Ij maWnj ct> permit, of tha water in tha mine, l'jak) shaft : Tljcre are t!.r«e shifts of work. Tiie ihift has been cleared »nd repaired down to No. i chamber, bnt at this depth the greatest difficulty yet encountered has b en met. Tiie three comPirtmenti of the shif: are tilled u;> with drift, which is rendered difficult to handle, on account of the ment is clearei out au.t the debris is pot into the winding shaft overhead, no drives being near it feet below the cap-piece. It :s reported the thaft ii covered over at No. 5 dumwr. We will »ee to this and endeavour to clsat tho debria downwards, by shooting out the covering bouUs a: No. 5 chamber. There has been six of Mp*3 and a lenUh of miin rods got np out of the shift. "Battery : The ([Uartz which Is at present cnnhed f rora the

slopes, duriiij the last tijht days, yielded within a. few ounces of the samo.anrjQiH of. amali;am u the f rmer ei s ht days' crnibinj turn-.-d out. The of the amajgam at present is tjoing ;ot in the be.'dins. - 'trltOIKlK IILK'E.

UEI.BK.T I>Aj!U.-Tho mlnoioaniserrep^rU:— The mine U much abiut the Sime is I informed yon in hive seen a little gold ia breaking down for the Us*, week. We hare cut fhnmjli five or six small strinsers joinjinto the footwall and thehangin? wall also. I have seen some nice roM in three of them. They are very suiJl, but 1 would expect them to mike larger when driven on. which I intend to do as soon as we set cleir of theai with the drivj on tte cross-lode.—J. Duyden.