THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7273, 11 March 1885, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

. [by telegraph.—own correspondents.] Thames, Tuesday evening. Ktjbanot Hill.—A trial parcel of five loads from No. 2 lode, 80-feet Albion level, pre ved worth 28dWts. to the load. The leader might average nine inches. Queen of Reacts. —In the western crosscat a number of veins or little leaders, making perhaps 18 inches orushing dirt, has been met. here is a great quantity of bright mineral, which appears to be of good class of gold In a piece of quartz a speck of gold was Been. It was taken to the bank and treated with acid, the result being several strong colours. - A reasonable inference would be that the mineral concealed a considerable proportion of gold. The drive is in 87 feet, whereas the leader was not expected by the' survey till 110 or 120 feet bad been driven. Of coarse this may. be the lode, but the cross-cat will be continued, as there is still a strong flow of water from the face. When the drive is sufficiently advanced to admit of doing so, the leader will be opened upon. Should payable gold be found at this depth, 747 feet, it would be the grandest feature for the field since, the Caledonian days. Judging by the fact that gold has been seen, and the class of mineral on the quartz, lam hopeful of the results. The manager reports that on western cross-cut 46 feet have been driven, making a total of 87 feet from the shaft. They are now passing through a series of stringers, one of whiohnas shown a few colours of gold. A large stream, of water is still coming vary freely from this drive on the other side of the leader. He will continue this drive some distance farther, as he it not in the distance which he expected to have to drive to cut the reef according to its underlie in the upper level. A better class of minerals than is now coming from the leaders cat in this cross-cut be has never seen. The eastern cross-cut has been extended 11 feet, 1 king a total distance of- 48 feet from the shaft. At 45 feet from the shaft the reef was out, and is now being driven on north and south, The north drive has been extended 30 feet. The reef is rather small, being now about 9 inches of quartz, and up to the present has carried good-looking minerals. The south drive has now been driven 22 feet, the reef being here a little larger, running on an average about IS inches, and also. showing good minerals. Owing to the small size of < the reef, the amount of quartz is, of course, necessarily small, but in breaking down to-day they show signs of enlargement. Waiorogomai, Tuesday evening. New Find. —Ninety trucks were crashed last week for a retorted return of 63ozs. lOdwts., not including box gold, which will be obtained at the end" of the month. Inverness.■'—A parcel of fifty-three trucks has been put through. U The retort is now on the fire. A good return is not expected. The battery was standing idle all day today for want" of,'quartz—the tramway not I hi» »g been at work foe a couple of days.

Rooky :P6litT.— manager reports : No. 1 (reef south cross-cut) in the west drive has been taken.down to face. . A few feet back it was a* solid body, fully three feet wide, showing a few colours of gold but at the present face it is divided by a horse of mullock,. the', hangingwall portion being about a; foot wide, and heavily mineralised. Several good colours of gold were seen in this portion! «ear' r the face. ". The footwall portion is from four to six inches, carrying a great 'quantity: of mineral, : No 1 gold was visible, bat the : stone is very promising. think they, will come together again in a few feet, when I hope to see an improvement. As the country still continues congenial for {'old I have suspended the drive until the eading stope is over, as the smoke is very troublesome in the face. - In the east drive the branch leader stripped to faoe of drive. On Saturday I started to take it down, when some nice dams of gold were seen in the stone broken ; gold is also' showing in several places in the leader.' In. the stringers between it and the leader orginally driven on gold is also showing, and the country is everything that could be desired. There is no change to report from the Adelaide •topes. I started two men on the No. 2 level to clean out the drive and repair the road, which they completed on Tuesday, and thus enabled me to' put on & shift on Tuesday afternoon ;to start driving; - The men are making excellent progress, having driven 20 feet since Tuesday afternoon. Qdeen of Beauty.—The manager reports: We took down the reef this morning (March 7), and the same class of mineral shows more abundantly in the reef to-day, sample of whioh I sent to you. I-notioed blotches of copper pyrites mixed with the minerals today for the first time. The minerals are also showing in the south drive more freely than in the north. A better, well-defined reef I have never seen, but a little too small at present, without specimens, the quartz in the north drive being about • one foot thick; in the south, somewhat larger, about 20 inches ; but both drives are looking well as far as appearances go, and I shall be greatly disappointed if we do not get something good from No. 11 level. There is a great stream of water coming from the western cross-out, giving about four extra etrokes on the pumps. We have the pumping engine off again today, being able to do all the pumping now again . with the turbines. We have had a downpour of rain last night, and I hope that the worst of the dry weather is now over. I will be greatly disappointed with the quartz I we are now breaking if it does not go better than the quartz did at No. 10, even if we do not see one speck of gold in breaking it. ' New Prince Imperial.— Manager's report : Work in the mine is now in full swing again, and the battery has been fully employed on our own dirt since Wednesday last. In the stopes above No. 7 level gold is still pretty freely seen and the dirt obtained therefrom is shaping very well at the battery. There is still a considerable portion of the lead to. work out in the western stopes above No. 6 level. The footwall branch referred to in my report of the 28th February continues to look well, and some good stone has been obtained from it during the week. Two stopes more on this portion of the lead will bring us up to No. 5 level. The stopes on No. 3 lead above No. 5 level are continuing to produce good gold dirt. Stoping on this lead above No, 4 level has also been commenced this week. The intermediate drive from the winze on No. 1 reef below No. 4 level is now well in hand. Some of the reef was taken down to-day. The stone looks very kindly and is carrying good minerals, but I could not see any gold. All the quartz that has been passed through the battery this week has shaped very well.

The Argus lays that so soon as the Soudan expedition from New Sooth Wales was re. solved upon application was made for the passage of an Argus correspondent to- accompany the troops. "The expedition" (says that journal) " is of an Australian character, and it was therefore assumed that the leading Australian journals would be represented in connection with it. ■ We detailed for the duty Mr. Julian Thomas, whose abilities are well known, and who possesses specul qualifications for the post, having acquired early Press experience as a war correspondent for American journals. The Government' of New South Wales saw fit, however, to refuse the necessary facilities, stating that it Was intended to permit Sydney correspondents only to accompany the contingent. The decision is to be regretted, inasmuch as it tends to deprive the expedition of its national significance. At the same time arrangements have been made which will assure our readers of early and full particulars of the campaign. In this matter, as in others, we are able to cooperate cordially with the leading journal of New South Wales, and Mr. J. W. Lambie, who has been detached from the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald, will represent both papers on the scene of action." - Tb A boh a Hot Baths.—y at of visitors for last week: Mr. and Mr*. Gould, Mr. Heldt, Mr. Howard, Mr. and Mif a. Hemui, Mrs. Milne and four children, Mr. Gome, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. and Mm. Raynes and two children, Mr. Luak. Mrs. Motion, Mr. James Coates, Rev. 6 Carr, Mr. Thome, Mr. Brett, Mr. Mulllnger. Mr. Phillip Heath, • Mr.'und Mrs. E. Cain, Mr*, and Miss Swailes, Mr. J. P. Lennard, Miss and Master Lennard, Miss Charlton,. Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Thomts M»cffarlane, Auokland; Mr. (rewdson, Nelson ; Mr. and Mrs. Cameron and servant, Jndia ; Mr. Grlmshaw, Mr. Garrett. Fiji; Mr.' Darby MoDongall, Queensland; Mr. smith, Mr. Hudison, England; Mr. James Craig, juor., Mr. Ebrenfried, Mr. Dunniig, Mr. Freeman, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Henries:, Mis. and Matter Hansen, Mr. H. 8. Jackson, Thames; Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Miss Craig Wa'lkato; Mr. ; and Mrs. Wells, Cambridge; Mr bymdck,'Mrs*. Gould, Dunedin; Mr. Govey, Christchurch ; Mrs.' Bealbr. Otahnhn; Mr. Dare, Mr. Cottage, London ; Mr. J. H. Inula, Ireland; Mr. M. 8. Eyreton, Tauraaga.. /.. Ladies, fortify against the . fatigue, lassitude, loss of appetite, and depression, of ike summer s heat, with Mrs. Dr. Stuart's Female Toriie. See. There are three things that will never slop: Virtue, v|(ie, and lime; also, Vanity Fair . Fragrant Van* Fair, and New Vanity Fair