THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8314, 22 July 1890, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

[by telegraph.—own - correspondent.] Thames, Monday. Sharemarket. — Dives, sellers '2s 7d; | Manukau, sellers Is ; May Queen, sellers Is lid; Moanataiari, buyers 4s 3d ; Alburnias, 3a lOd to 4s, sellers 4s 3d, buyers 3s 10d ; Saxon, sellers 5s Cd, buyers ss; Trenton, sellers Is 6d. Block 27. —This ground has again been pegged out as a goldminiing lease, this time by Mr. K. R. Hunt, of Auckland, who, I understand, intends to introduce outside capital and go in for deep sinking. Ji'st-in-Time (Puhipuhi). —Tho treatment of one ton argentiferous ore at the School of Mines from the Just in-lime claim, Puhipuhi, resulted in a return of 13ozs silver ami odwts gold. The Miners' Union.—The half-yearly meeting of the Miners' Union took p.ace this evening, when tlio following resolutions were carried : —1. Ihat mine managers be notified that on and after August 4 Union men will not bo allowed to work with non-union men. '2. That a monster petition be signed by the members of this Union and be forwarded to the Minister of Mines and also the Warden re the evils of leases 011 this field being insufficiently manned. 3. That a scale for tributers re blocks of ground anil amount of percentage to be paid be struck by the committee, and brought before the next quarterly meeting. Mr. .1. R. Cornea was elected president of the Union for the ensuing six months, and Mr. R. Harris vice-president. A new committee was also elected, whilst the treasurer and secretary wore re-elected. The balance-sheet showed a credit balance of £223 14s Sd. ! MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS, New Moanataiari.— has not been much quartz broken out from the cross reef at No. 3 level of the Cambria's shaft during the week, t he men being engaged timbering and securing the ground. Point Russell level : The workings 011 the Reuben Parr reef have been carried on as usual. The fourth stope above the intermediate level is now in hand, and the leading stope is almost forward over the face of the western drive. In each of these topes the reef is a good sized body of stone, averaging from a foot to .S feet in thickness, and is continuing to produce a few pounds of picked stone whenever broken down, 201b having been selected for t lie week. The rise must be draining the workings here, as the water has not been so troublesome lately. The quartz coming to hand continues to shape much about the same, OS tons having been passed through the stamps, for the yield of 170oz of cold water amalgam. Main tunnel : The rise is up a total height of 144 feet, 10 feet having been completed for the past week. The ground continues soft, therefore the rock drill has not been used. The lode met with some time ago is still being carried up with us. but whether it is a portion of the Reuben Parr reef or the cross lode I cannot say for certain, but 1 believe it will prove to'be the latter. The ground is very heavy, and has to be timbered close up as it is cut out, and as it is now a long way up considerable time is lost, in hauling up the timber, Ac. New Prince Imperial. — The leader looked a little better when breaking down this week, there being some good dabs of gold in the stone, and we got lib of verygood picked stone when starting the next st 051 c. I will go in the foot wall, as I believe the ground will be better for working. We have crushed 13 loads of quartz and lbs of [ticked stone for looz 14dwt of melted gold. The last two loads broken out looked better on the pl-.tcs at the battery than the rest of the dirt. Connon anil party have riot got their quartz all broken down yet, and will not be able to crush until the middle of next week.

Fkkkdom.—Eastern drive, Twenty-third of June reef, hangingwall branch . Much better progress lias been made in this end this week, nine feet having been driven ; total distance from main crosscut, IT.'> feet. No breaking down of the reef lias taken place here this week. The men have been kept, in tlie face all the week in hopes of meeting with the junction of the footwall reef and the other leaders cut in footwall crosscut. Should the weather keep tine I will start on Monday to lay down the tram road to the quartz paddock. When his is done the quartz can be trucked from the face anil tipped into the paddock, which will reduce the cost of labour by '2s a load. A rise four feet has been cut out for the week ; the small leader when breaking down still shows strong dabs of coarse gold. No breaking down has taken place of the footwall reef in the rise this week. Low level : Progress here has been slow this week, owing to the great care which has to be exercised to prevent the filling of the stopes overhead, running laths having bo be driven in advance. 1 hope to soon be through this. City ofDunf.di.v. —In addition to driving in the level I have been engaged during the week in stripping the original City of Ihmedin reef in the John Butt section of the mine, as I find there is apparently a large block left intact near the surface, the stone being comparatively easy won and prospects fairly well. I also purpose .starting to cut into the hangingwall in No. '2 level for the purpose of intersecting a branch reef, which I have reason to believe will be cut. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather it is impossible to get down the quartz at present.

Nf.w Fearnought.—Having extended the creek level drive to a further distance of 147 feet the leader is not quite to thick as it was when we commenced driving on it. The leader carries some good mineral, but 1 see no gold in it yet. We are driving in a splendid class of sandstone for gold.

Try Fluke (Kuaotunu). —The south stope is now in a distance of IS feet; the reef is from four to live feet in width ; the quartz is very hard and solid, and of equal quality to any yet taken from overhead. We started a fresh stope on the north end this week here ; the reef is of a black rubbly nature, and easily broken ; it is about five feet in width and prospects very well. I hope to be able to start driving on the reef in the low level as soon as the wire tram is erected. The battery return for this week of eight hours per clay is 1370z retorted gold from about MO tons quartz ; that makes the total for the month TOSoz from 200 tons of ore, all of which, with the exception of about two tons, has been taken below No. 1 level. The battery and everything in connection are in first class order, i hope to see the aerial train in full swing this coming week. Veoland started his fresh contract for carting quartz on Wednesday, Kith instant, having completed his first one of 200 tons on Tuesday.

Red Mercury (Kuaotunu). —There is nothing of importance to report since my last, except that the weather has been more favourable, which has enabled the packer to get the whole of the quartz down, which will be loaded as soon as the cutter shows up. Splendid progress has been made in the low level during the past week. The drive has been extended 1!) feet and is now in a total distance of 133 feet from the entrance. A splendid class of country is being met with. Should it continue the reef should be in hand much sooner than was expected, when there is every reason to believe that something good will be met with.

Carbine (Kuaotuim). —The drive referred to it) last report as being put in to connect with the winze was completed on Tuesday, the distance driven being about .'!() feet. Since breaking through a considerable portion of the reef stripped in driving has been broken down, and from the part of it on the hangingwall side, varying from 12 to 18 inches in width, some very good prospects have been obtained. Taken as a whole t.he stone may be classed as of failpayable quality. On the foofcwall side there is a stronger body of quartz averaging some two feet in thickness, bub it is of a poor class, and has shown nothing as yet to lead to the supposition that it would be worth saving tor battery treatment. As soon as the remainder of tho reef in the drive is got out, a commencement will be made on the small block overhead, from which payable ore may also be expected. In the low level, the drive on the eastern vein has been extended a few feet, but no change of any importance has take.a place. A little surface prospecting has also been done during the week, but has led to nothing worthy of note. Nemesis (Kuaotunu). —The crosscut has been extended 20 feet during the week, and a small reef six inches thick was intersected, carrying a little gold and nicelooking quartz. The crosscut is going through a nice channel of sandstone country, and any rggfs cut in this country should prove good.

Otama (Kuaotunu). —:The drive on No. 1 level on big reef has been extended 12 feet during the week. The reef has formed itself into a compact body of quartz, and I am glad to say that! it lias improved ; for wo can now get a fair prospect out of the hard block of stone, which is about IS inches thick, and about two feet of rubbly quartz on the hungingwall, making the reef three feet six inches. The drive on No. 2 reef No. 2 level has been extended 14 feet. The reef here at starting was split up in three parts, but now has come together, and has improved a little. lam in hopes to strike something good on this reef. Our Coromandel correspondent, referring to gold mining on the hangapouu Block, suggests that the Kauri Timber Company should fix a fair rent (which the miners are willing to pay) and throw the ground open on the ordinary gold fields conditions. "If tho company," ho adds, will adopt my plan they will bo well paid, and the diggers will bo satisfied. This is what is done at Kuaotunu." PUHIPUHI. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wii.vNtJARKi, Monday. Cold is being found in another part of Puhipuhi, three miles from the Caledonian. Some stone from the Try Fluke claim was crushed and panned off this evening, in the presence of several well-known residents, and a good prospect of tine gold obtained. The stone is brown burnt quartz, similar to the Caledonian stone.