THE GuLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue XXI, 7 June 1884, Page 6

THE GuLDFIELDS.

(VBOM OUB OWN CJOBKESPONDBNTS,] Tb Aboha, Friday. Inverness.—The splendid return oE 4Soza. obtained 'by this company from a crashing of 2£ tons, has been the subject of general conversation to-day. It only requiries a few more orushings of this sort in order to: restore confidence in Te Aroha operations, for the farther development of the mine is being proceeded with. A connection having been eeonred between the upper and lower level on the old reef, by means of a winze, a quantity of stone is being got out in order to have a crashing on a larger scale. In about another month the manager thisks he will be able to have fifty or sixty tons down to. the battery. New Find.—The No. .2 reef was come up with in the low level erbss-cut last evening rather sooner than was expeoted, and, as anticipated would be the case, rich gold is seen in almost' every piece'of stone broken ont. Some pieces . may fairly be termed specimens, so thickly is the preoious metal diffused through, it. The reef has not been cut through yet, so the exact thickness of it cannot be told with accuraoy,. but it will probably be from three to four. feet." The other workings on the Arizona level look as well as usual, and are yielding a large amount' of good crushing dirt.

• [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENTS. ] Tb Akoha, Friday evening. Ten trucks of stone from the Phcenix mine, have given the handsome .return of 17oz8. retorted gold, and as there 'will be fully 3ozs. more from the tailings now being treated, the total yield will be equal to 2ozs. per truok. The gold, too, is of a very good quality ; worth 65b or 66a an ounce. The oontraotors having driven through the. reef in the new low level of the New . Find, work has been discontinued atpresent until the winze is through. The reef iB fully 4 feet thick. Thaues, Friday evening. ' Imperial.—The country in the cross-out at the No. 6 1 level is somewhat softer. The cross-cut southward on the break at No. 5 level is in good country. ... . Caledonian.—7o loads yielded 62ozs. gold. From the winze, wbioh is down 65 feet, the orushing yieldedßoz3.l7dwts.gold. The leader averages 9 inches. Moahataiari.—Soozß. gold were obtained from 40 tons quartz and 901bs. picked stone. The crushing was nearly all from Ro. 9 reef. The country in .the Waitemata cross-cut 'is hew very favourable for gold.. Caubri*.—The-reef is now-making larger and contaiue.oopperJndicatioaß. ; Kgranoi Hjll ; —The reef i« about a foot, and' although' ho'gold' has been "qeen the indications' are excellent.'< :i * Sharbharkkt.—Bright'Smile, sellers Is; Cambria, sellers Is 6d; -Low Level, sellers 6d; .Cress, sellers Is ; Imperial, sellers 16s; Canadian, sellers 2a 3d* • ; (by telegraph.—phess association.] ' ...' ... Ross, Friday, j About 201bs. of rich speoimena f- <rn. the quartz reef at: Cedar Greek were taken to GreymQuth on Wednesday, and paused some excitement there.- Tenders have 'been accept' for the erection of a small bt.tery "'t the reefs.' Some very rioh stone was t ' to Hois last night,