THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6819, 25 September 1883, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

Psii'cE : ■■iMPEBiiL.—The following mine Manager's report was received yesterday : — During* the past week 165 loads of quartz aave., passed through the batteries for the To'od yield of 7500z3. amalga-n. There have been reduced' also 13ewt. of specimens and picked 'stone for the excellent return of 29600z5. amalgam. The winze on No. 2 load below No. 5 level is down 20 feet. The country continues to keep of a first-e!as3 character for gold. The lead, which ha 3 not loen very large, has been thrown twice into the hangingwall by small clay heads crossing through the winze. To-day there, appears to be a-uefined hangingwall coming in, aud the lead is getting thicker, good strong streaks. of gold being freely seen through the quartz when broken out. The lead in the seventh stope above No. 5 level, which is about 20 feet from the boundary, is fully 3 feet thick, and shows gold freely. In the eighth stope, ~ which is 40 feet past the break, the lead has been looking exceedingly well all the week, and has produced 6cwt. of specimens beariDg a very fair show of gold all along the back of the stope. This promises well for the ninth'stope, which is now passing through the break. The tenth stope in No. 1 section is forward to the point where the big hauls of specimens were obtained in the seventh, eighth, and ninth stop?s, from which place ,501 ha. of good picked stcne came to hand to-day. .Ab the lead is not v«y compact, I do not anti> cipate any very big hauls of stone from it at present. Gold is met with freely in the stopes on the eastern side of the shaft, which are being carried on aa usual. The drive on the No. 1 reef, No. 4 level, is now extended I 112" feet past the winze which was sunk

from No. 3 level. There is a large watercourse or break showing in the face today, which may possibly throw the reef either into the hanging or footwall. This break is .evidently the same as we cut through is the drive .on the No. 2 lead, on the eastern side of the shaft on this level, and may probably be the tame as was intersected by the old company on the No. 1 reef at No. 2 level, where they sunk a winze 25 feet deep. Stoping is being carried on as usual on this reef, which continues to produce a large a;< ount of good crushing dirt. Everything will be in readiness by the end of next week to fix the new machinery in position, and to 1 widen the top portion of the shaft, which I | expect to complete in about a week. There will be almost enough quartz on hand TO keep the Alburnia battery going during the stoppage.

fBY TELEGRAPH.—OWN COBEESFOXDEST.I Thames, Monday evening. Siiabkmatiket.—Bright Smile, sellers, 2s 6d buyers 2a 3d ; Dart, sellers 6s 6d ; Deep Level Cross, sellers 3s 4d; Imperial, frtte, ■iOs Gd, sellers 41s, buyers 40a 6d ; Seymour, s.llers2i; New Find, 8s 6d, sellers S* 9d; Wcrahiko, Cs id, buyers 6s ; Oolomst, 6s 2d, buyers Cs 4d ; Hero, buyers Is ; Vulc.ic, o3 3d, sellers 3s 6d. ■■ , . ' Caledonian.— Very little fire or smo« is now abparent, but the men are deterred from r W °S E N y Cp a owN.-E S =ept the men e.pbyed on the shaft leader, theminers fan-ot ■T&2ST- ££«. of W S am to S p dmens «d general dirt had been obtained up to Saturday. The low*. or specimens sue not included in this.