THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9832, 29 May 1895, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

TEE GOLD OUTPUT OF AUSTRALASIA. Presi Ajsodatz&aTe^fgraah.—Cupyn*it-—E*rtris Meusockstz, May 28. Tki complete Australasian paid re-tarns If or 1*94 enow that the total oaipat ■*» 2,196,00001, being an increase of 319,(j000z on toe preriooa year. The increase in New Scrath Wale* amoonted to 145,5090z, in Western Aartralia to 95,3 , »ar, and in Tasmania to "3>.300"jz. To* other cj!on with the exception of New Zealand, showed small increases.

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. ObUISDO (May 27*. — Daring the week ] sloping over the low level on tho Carpenj ters' reef his been continued as asaaL No. • 2 stop* has bees extended 10 feet. There ii I two fee* of ore of a payable character being j broken from here. No. 3 slope is cow forj ward 3* feet from the ri*e There is folly J three feet of good crashing material being 1 saved, ia which good strong colonrs of gold 1 are seen well distributed throazh the general j ore. We started No. 4 stop* this week, tod i Ktripifvi 10 feet cf same, aid to-day we coa> N&eace breakisz it down. The lode shows a j thickness of six feet, but I am only saving ; three feet. We bare extended the level oa toe ; sew leader 24 feet from the crosscut. So far ! the lead shows an average thickness of from I three to sir inches, bat as yet no gold has been seen : it, however, is encased la a splenI oil class of sandstone, with saineroas black I seams and email veias darting is to the leader. j There are 25 loads of quartz in the padi dorks. Warm Sn.TZKXOS Extended {Waihi, May j 241— Is ray last report, in reference to the I boiler, I stated that I expected to be able to ] get op steam this week, bat I Sad that the j brickwork is roll too wet Daring next j week I expect to he starting with lie alterations to the battery. _ City o? Dcsxooc (May 25).—The country ia the low kvei is srill rather tight for roahieg good progress, bat I think another few feet will see this drive in good country acain. Denaerly and Dirty have completed another crashing of 0 loads for a good return jof lOaz ldwt of sold. This makes Sox 4dwt ; of gold from 12 loads of din crashed daring • the bast fortnight. The whole of this dirt • has been takes from the Sea-iia? «t<jpe and I drive. The mooters have now driven 150 \ feet on the line of reef. This will leave I then only 15 feel to drive to get to the end 1 of their ooandary. The reef as far as it has I t-*»a driven upon averages from 15 inches to ' 3 feet in thickness. Cahkua (Mar 27). —The winze being sank I on No. 4 leader from No. 3 ierel is cow down about 20 feet. The leader coatiaae* to show gold, and also maintains it? promising appearance. A nice -looking leader has jast been cat in the bottom of tbe winze in the hingifizwallof Mo. 4leader; the little quartz that has beer; broken from it so far carries a j splendid class of mineral for sold. No. 1 leader is being sloped a* usual below Mo. 3 j level, and a supply of qnartz showing sold j and of a fair grade is still coming to hand. I The drive on No. 7 foot wall leader is being extended as tuna!. The leader is looking i wed, and is showing sold more freely. The I crushing will be finished towards the end of the Week. Mat Qceen (May 27;.— The drive an No. 4 reef is now in 255 feet. Daring the week the drive passed through a break, called the centre break, at Mo. 3 level The reef after passing j through the br*ak is divided into two j branches, with three feet cf mullock t-etween ] them. There are two feet of qaartz in the two branches, and nice dabs of gold are Keen. i If the eastern break keens its underlie, it should be met with in 30 feet of driving from the present face. Th» leading scope is along 230 feet, and the reef is nine inches thick, showing colours of gold. The second stop* is along 195 fee:. Here the reef is ■split np into several ribs of quartz, and is all shot down, and the rough pieces of mullock picked oat, and the remainder is sent to the battery. In the third and fourth BUjpa the reef is also divided into ribs of quartz, and is being broken out six feet "wide, the rough pieces being picked oat, and the rest sent to the battery. It is in these two slopes that moat of the picked stone comes from, and nearly every shift a few pounds are picked oat. The fifth stope is now started, and is along 20 feet from the winze. The reef here is about the same, nine inches thick, and a little gold is seen. The north-west drive is now in 304 feet, and the reef Is two feet thick, and gold is seen at each breaking down, and during the week a few pounds of picked stone were selected. There will be between 40 and 50 feet to drive yet to cut the junction of No. 4 reef. The water has not drained off from the winze, consequently sinking has not been started. Trenton crosscut: Since my last nothing has been done in the crosscut, on account of the pump slopping. I took advantage of the crosscut for stowage room for mullock, and drove back west 20 feet on the first reef cut, and started a rise to connect with tributers' winze, and the rise is op ten feet. To-day the mine is clear of water ane it will take two days now to get the mullock cleared out before anything can be done. Saxon section : The leader eastwards of No. 2 break does not improve; however, oue man will be kept here to continue the drive. The winze below No. 3 level is down .35 feet, and the leader is about the same, gold being seen at each breaking, and a few pounds of atone are picked out. In the gto pes, the quartz coming to hand is of a payable grade, and occasionally a few pounds of picked stone are obtained. In future we will call the reefs cut in Trenton, 1,2, 3, as they are cut, the first cut being No. 1, and so on. The five loads got iu cutting through the reef are through the battery, and are worth ljoz per load. Broken Hill (May 25).— ore still maintains its kindly appearance. In about 20 feet more we will be underneath the surface cutting. Comstock (May 27).—A splendid class of country is being penetrated, and looks well for the existence of the lode. Golden TREASPKE(Karangahake, May 24). —The reef, though smaller now, being three feet, is much better defined and more: compact than it has hitherto been at this level.