THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6967, 17 March 1884, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

[it ftLtORAPH.— OWN CoaaiSPOWDtNT.j Tbamks, Saturday evening. Calbdovian.—Gold has now been carried in the lode for 80 feet. It is about 18 inches in the faoe, and carries the same features. Crashing is still proceeding at the Herald battery, and is shaping as osnaL Quun or Bkadtt.—The Vanguard lode should be to hand in about 50 feet. Tbe black country is giving way to sandstone. A little leader, containing excellent bright mineral, was met in the cross-cut to-day. Kcuasvi Hill.—A contract has been let for driving from the Albion to the Herald ihaft, about 100 feet. This will enable six promising looking lodes to be prospected. Rocky Poist.—The reef has been driven ra in the cross cut up to the Kooky Point •oandary. In breaking down to-day blotches >£ gold were seen in the hangingwall leader, nhich is about three inches. The larger body oontains favourable mineral. Gold is •till showing in the roof of the hangingwall leader. Bbight Smile.—A winze on Garvey's leader has been snnk twenty-eight feet. The lode averages four of five inches, and shows gold as freely as the block just stoped out, where specimens were not coming to hand. The old Deeside tunnel will be cleaned out for a low level, and 100 feet ot driving should bring the leader to hand. This level will afford deeper backs than the Extended tunnel, besides which the latter waa very hard, hence, the substitution of the Deeside drive. Smarrmarket.— Bright Smile, sellers Is; Dart, 28, 2s 2d ; Deep Level Cross, sellers 2s 6d ; London, sellers Is 6d ; New Prince Imperial, 15*, sellers 15s 6d; Queen of Beauty, sellers 2s 6d; Cambria, sellers Is 9d, buyers la 6d. WEEKLY OOLD RETURNS. oz-dt.grr. Caledonian, Irwin's tr _ ..300 Daft, Childerhonse'a tr .. .. .. 814 0 London .. „ .. .. 20 10 0 New Manukau .. .. _ .. «5 13 0 Queen of Beauty.. _ 650 VVaitekaurl<Kartb 'g tr) . — .. .. 26 2 0 Do. Stevenson's tr .. _ .. 43 6 0 Total .. _ .. 153 10 0 Te Aroha, Saturday evening. No mining news of extra importance tonight, steady progress being the order of the day on the hill. The low level drive on the No. 2 reef in the New Find is being pushed on with, but owiog to the hard nature of the country the rate of progress is rather slow. The winze bemg sunk on the same reef is now down about 10 feet. Hbro (Te Aroha). —The trial crushing at the Waiorongomai battery of 20 tons yielded 12ozs. 2dwts. melted gold, and not Sou. 2dwts. as previously stated.