THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9026, 12 April 1888, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

*; [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] % Thames, Wednesday. Sharemarket. — Cambria, 8s 6d ; Manukau, 2s, 2b Id, sellers 2s 3d, buyers 2s. .MOanataiari 10s, sellers 10s 6d; Saxon, 3e lid. * > ' > Cambria.—The usual fortnightly cleaning ? up to-day ( gave 158b» lOdwt melted gold •from 150 loads. •' ; ; ' Mr. George Wilson, the new" mining inspector, 'has'arrived and commenced his duties. > • : : A tender was let to-day for driving 500 feet in the Sylvia claim, Tararu Creek, at 148 9d per foot. This is a special claim of 100 acres, about two miles from the creek, and owned by a combined Auckland and Melbourne syndicate. It includes the Little Agnos claim, and the cross-cut is expected to intersect reefs worked with success at a higher level some years back. Mr. R. Spratfc arrived this evening to make preliminary arrangements for the introduction of the Newbery-Vautin gold -saving process into this district. Paeroa, Wednesday. WARDEN'S COURT, OHINEMURI. An agitation is being set on foot for the purpose of obtaining a Warden's Court for Ohinemuri. A public meeting has been held at Paeroa, and other meetings are to be held throughout the district to this end. A committee has been formed, who are to bring the matter before the Minister of Mines and Justice by means of the County Council.

PEGGING OFF AT WAITEKAURI. Large areas of ground are being pegged off at Waitekauri in anticipation of the " boom" which is likely to ensue on Mr. ! Kersey Cooper's floating of the Jubilee special claim. A cablegram is expected every day from Mr. Cooper, who is now , in London, announcing the floating of the Jubilee company. [from our own correspondent.] Thames, Wednesday. Cambria.The operations in this mine are principally of a reproductive character, the only exception 01 importance being the crosscut at No. 4 level. The drive on the main reef westward of break having holed through to the drive brought in from No. 7 leader, a start has now been made to rise on the hangingwall portion to test its quality upwards. This rise will be immediately above where the 61b of picked stone were obtained last week, although they came from near the floor of the drive. About two feet of the reef only will be taken at present, this being thought to be the best portion, but really the actual value of the reef, or its exact size at this point, is not known, for its footwall has not been broken into. About 60 or 70 feet ahead the same reef was touched when driving was being carried on on No. 7 leader, and at this particular point it was cut into and found to be about eight feet thick, but nothing further was done upon it. Therefore it still remains intact for a distance of several hundred feet further ahead, and will afford ample opportunity for future prospecting. So far as the rise is concerned, however, no quartz has yet been broken, the work being confined up to the present in making the necessary preparations for timbering, &c. The winze on the same reef further back is down a depth of about 33 feet, two feet only of the napgingwall portion being taken down, the quartz snowing colours of gold at every breaking. The reef here is lying very flat, dipping almost one foot in one. With its present underlie it will be some time yet before it is down to the required depth. Stoping on the leaders above No. 3 level is going on as usual, there being two stopes on No. 1, one on No. 6, and a leading stope on No. 7. No. 1 leader averages from 18 inches to two feet of very fair crushing dirt, in which colours of gold are freely seen. No 7 leader averages 4 inches in thickness, but in the face of the stope it is split into several small veins at present, although gold is discernible in most of them when breaking down takes place. No. 6 leader also averages about 4 inches in thickness, and produces an excellent class of dirt. This leader may virtually be termed the specimen leader, for it is the one that has produced the bulk of the picked stone reported for some time past. The winze on the new leader from the footwall of stopes on No. 6 leader has communicated with the leading stope on No. 7 leader. Its size averaged about 4 inches for the entire depth sunk upon, and fold was seen in it at every breaking down, ut no picked stone was obtained. The crosscut at No. 4 level is now in a distanoe of over 280 feet from the shaft. The class of sandstone now in the face permits of excellent progress being made with the rock drill, 20 feet having been penetrated daring the past week. Not much picked tone lias been obtained during the past fortnight, but the general dirt has shaped for an average return. Waiotahi.—The work of opening up a new level in the lately-acquired Mary Ann section of this mine is going on apace. The chamber is not yet completed, there being still a little to do in completing the timbering, but a start has been made with the crosscut, which is now in a distance of about 20 feet. It Is expected a lode corresponding with one worked successfully by tributers in the levels below will bo intersected about 80 feet further ahead, and beyond this again numerous other reefs are known to exist, all of which will be duly opened up in their turn. In the Waiotabi section proper the principal operations are confined to stoping on Nos. 2 and 5 lodes, together with their numerous branches, and also upon the hanging-wall leader. From these stopes excellent crushing dirt has come to hand of late, and consequently the battery returns are good. New Manukau.—No. 5 lode, in the stopes above No. 3 level, has been yielding some first-rate crushing dirt for a week or two past, and about 401b of picked stone were selected. On Mulligan's leader a stope has been taken along above the drive about 24 feet, preparatory to rising upwards to connect witn winze coming down from No. 2 level. Communication between the two levels is expected to be effected in a day or two. Tne leader in the stope is very small at present, but the dirt is good. During the month 26 tons of quartz were obtained, which when crushed, together with the picked stone, yielded the good return of 71oz 13dwt melted gold. This is the best yield of gold the company has had for a long time past, but present appearances would indicate it is ; only the forerunner of more to come quite as good. MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. Cambria. —The winze on the new leader 1 holed through to the side of the leading > stope on No. 7 leader, on the eastern side of ; the crosscut, at No. 3 level. This leader is ■ running parallel with Is 0. 7 leader. It is five inches wide in the stope, but small where it ■ was cut in the crosscut. Gold was seen 1 through the quartz when breaking down the leader yesterday. The mine manager 1 wired yesterday" 150 loads 'of quartz i crushed for 1530zs gold." New Fearnought.—The mine manager wired yesterday afternoon " 141b picked stone from stringer branching off from leader being driven on. 1 Diamond. — The mine manager reports 1 bagging quartz ready for crushing when ! arrangements are made where he is to crush ; at.

Saxon.—The drive on hangingwall reef, No. ! 4 level, is in a distance of 87 feet from its junction with the part first carried to the Trenton boundary. The face at present shows a mass of stringers about 10 feet across, and in some of them gold is seen pretty frequently. In the leading and second stopes the reef is more solid, though much smaller, being about 18 inches thick, and containing good mineral indications. In the third ana fourth stopes, each of which has been advanced nine feet during the week, the reef is 18 inches through, ana shows gold at every breaking down. _ From the former of these (No. 3) 201b of picked stone was got on the 6th instant. The fourth stope hillward on the footwall reef is up to the boundary, and the fifth stope is 60 feet from it. (Here the reef is about one foot thick, with no special feature. The sixth stope is I*2B feet in from the rise, the reef being about 18 inches thick. It produced this morning (10th instant) five of six pounds of picked stone. The seventh stope is 82 and tne eighth 31 feet in from rise, the reef being much larger and showing good colours of gold. No. < 1 footwall leader still shows good colours, is about four inches thick, and the stope has been carried along seven feet. No. 1 winze is down 36 feet. The reef near the bottom i 5.24 feet thick, good colours of gold are seen in it, and the mineral is of a first-class nature. The reef in the stones above No. 3 level will average 18 inches, and a little gold is occasionally seen. The orosscut at this level into the footwall has been driven six feet in very good country. There is on hand to date 14650z ddwt amalgam.

Wkw. Albctrnia.— western drive on the hangingwall lode, battery level, has been extended a distance of 8 feet; the eastern drive has also been driven 8 feet, and the leading stope carried along a distance of 10 feet during the week. The picked stone reported by wire on the sth instant, was obtained from the leading atope west of crosscut. No quartz has been broken in this face since that date. The stope having overhauled the drive, it was found necessary _to discontinue the stope and push the drive ahead. A start was made again to-day in the atopes, and as there is now a block 50 feet in length opened up, I shall keep the stopes manned. There are now about 8 loads of quartz in the paddock, and 37 pounds of picked stone on hand. The quartz in the eastern drive was broken down to-day (10th instant), and the reef looks very promising, although no gold was seen. This drive should penetrate to a branch of the Success reef at a point 10 feet further ahead. This will improve the ventilation, and enable a start to be made in rising on the lode, which has not been worked at this point. The following tributera cleaned up during the week : —J and party, 18 loads, 940z; Christie and party, 12 loads, Boz 7dwt; Jamieson and party, 1 load 15dwt.