THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7569, 23 February 1886, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

Adeline. — Mr. R. McDonald Scott received the following telegram yesterday from the mine manager, giving the result of the crushing just finished at the Hauraki battery, Karangahake, viz —" 91ozs. retorted gold from thirteen tons." The mine manager reports on February 20 as follows : —It is only within the last day or two that we again got fairly started to work in the mine; the whole time having been fully occupied in bagging and forwarding the ores to the furnace and battery. Thirteen tons of the latter is now going through the Ivanhoe battery, which is shaping for a return of about 3oza or more to the ton. We will have it finished in time for Monday's coach, and gold banked the same night. 120 hags was shipped to the Thames furnace, which should, from the care that has been taken in its sorting, give a handsome return. As we ouly re-started in the mine on Tuesday last, I have nothing fresh to note. The winze is going down and the level carried forward, but in neither has any reef been broken out. Ddbbo.—The mine manager reports as follows on February 20 :—Since date of last letter no work has been done in the mine, the staff being fully employed in bagging stuff for furnace and battery. 113 bags were shipped to the Thames furnace on Thursday last, and 5£ tons have been carted to the Ivanhoe battery. The latter will start putting it through on Monday next. I had some trouble in getting the stuff packed down, and had to pay 20a per to Four parties <jame up to examine the road, bub only one tendered, at 255. The difficulty was that they had no horses, and the job was too small to pay for purchasing them. With a view of keeping expenses down until the result of the quartz, sent to the furnace and battery is known, the number of hands have not been increased, looking upon the man packing as an extra hand. To comply with the instructions from the Minister of Mines, I shall put on the third man on Monday next, and start a winze on the run of gold. THE ROSS GOLD MINING COMPANY. -A RICH LEAD STRUCK. Telegrams were received in town yesterday stating that at last the operations in the Ross Gold Mining Company's ground had been successful, and that what is known as Cassins' lead had been struck on the sixth level. This good news will be welcome in Auckland, for the bulk of the shares are held here. The company have been work, ing for several years past in the hope of picking «p this lead, which was famous in the palmy days of the Went Coast. It it. said that at that time 30,0000zs of gold were taken from it.