THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10425, 24 April 1897, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

NEWS FROM THE MINES. [BY TKLKGIU I'll.—OWN' CORRESPONDENT.] Thames, Friday. DARWIN. The winze upon No. 1 reef below the Multnm level is being pushed forward with vigour, and at the last breaking down the quartz showed colours of gold. ALBURNIA east. The principal work in progress is stoping and rising upon the Vale of Avoca footwall reef above the main adit level, and the ore coming to hand shows colours of gold.

VICTORIA. The reef in the western drive at the intermediate level, seaward of the Imperial break, is showing considerable improvement, and shows gold very freely, besides having yielded a little picked stone. The reef also looks very well in the eastern drive, and from that point, and from the stopea, an excellent class of crushing dirt is coming to bund. MAY QUEEN EXTENDED. In the Onehunga section the drive eastward upon the lode being followed has latterly been passing through a barren class of country, but this is now giving place to a better description of sandstone, so that an improvement; in the quality of the lode may be looked for at any moment. In the western drive upon the sumo body, very encouraging prospeots are being met with. In the Hokiangu section the drive westward upon the main reef is penetrating a good class of country. The reef is about 'i feet thick, ami looks very well, although no gold has been seen in it yet. Ptlßir CONSOLIDATED. This company is steadily pushing on with the rise upon tiiu upstrike of the Rimti reef, in order to connect No. 2 level with No. 1, and thereby improve the ventilation of both sinking. i'lie reef has widened out to 4 feet, and shows colours of gold at every breaking down, which shows that a good block is being opened up. At No. 1 level a length of about 340 feet is 1 opened up in the line of reef, and '280 feet at No. 2 level. At eaoh of these points colours of gold were seen at nearly every breaking down, with the exception of about SO feet at No. 2 level, where a broken stretch of country was passed through ; but in the face of this level at the present time the reef is assuming large dimensions, and looks very promising, GENERAL MINING ITEMS, An extraordinary general meeting of the King of VVaihi Gold Mini,tig Company will be held on May 17, Other mining notices also appear iu our advertising columns. THAMES WARDEN'S COURT. Thames, Friday. The following business was, to-day, transacted by Mr. Warden Bush special cuius. ; The following were recommendedo. B. Button, ] Orulra special claim, Tararu; 0. ft Beers, McKinl.iy special claim, between Puru and Tape; A. 1). Doug in, iiolilou Age special claim, Tapu; Robert McDonald, St. Simon Extended special claim. Luvur Tararu, roromtiipntleil as St. dtegory I'ixteiitai tn P. A. V-illm ; Robert McDonald, St. Simon special claim, Lowvr Taiaru, recuuimoiided as St. Gregory, to I'. A. Vailo; IV. 11. Cooper, Ohui Township upachl claim, Oliui; John 51. .Morrail, Bradford special claim, (Mini; H. C. Be:ile, Moor of Venice special cliitu, OUiiui, recmnnieiuleil to Qrosvenor United ild Mining i onipany; Par.itene Niaita, Wharernwi No. special claim. Taima. iecommended to .Malcolm Fleming; Paratnw N'gata, Whar-kawaN«.4spxialcUiin, Tairua, recommended to Malco in Fleming: Paatene Ngata, Wliaiekawa No. 0 special claim, Tairua, recommended to Malcolm Plaining; Paratene Ngata, Wbaieiuwa No. 3 special claim, Tairua, recominen.ii.d t i Malcolm Fleming; i.harlot short, G.Jdcii Banner «|ieci;tl claim, lliames; A. Kummert, Sink to ltise special claim, Puriri.

APPLICATIONS GRANTED. The following applications were granted John Hastings, ivater-rnce, Puriri, granted to Dover Castle Gold Mining Company: It. P. Gibbons, special situ, Mut.i Creole; It P. Gibbons, waterrace, Mat* Creek, Henrietta Kummert, residence site, Wlnrekawii; A. Cuff, machine site. Tairua; It. 11. I.mk, water-race, Wliangamata; K. C. Beale, sil months' pio'ectiou tor the Windsor Onatl© No. 3 licensed holding, I'uru; the Herald Gold Jlinim Co., (our months' protection (or the Heratld special claim, Whangainati; 11. D. Abliott, purinesstnn to work tie Maori Dream Proprietary, (Mud, with tvvn instead of 33 mrii for four months; K. Merrick*, water-race, flaps Creek; C. Manuel, residence site. Tararu; Th"=. :Scatilun, permission to work the Riieriioiic special ti'aiin, Puriri, wl li two instead of 33 men for four months; the Katjlehawk liold Mining Compiny, permission to work the Kajdehank special claim, T. trim, with four men instead of 32 men for four months; J. Hague Smith, four month-,' protection for the Waitnea Extended licenced holding, jpuru; T. A. Dunlop, fo 'T months' protection for the Park licensed lioldin., Puru; Thomas Morrin, four mouths'protection for the Waiuiea special claim, Puiu; l'.. C. Beale, purmiss on [\o work the Grosvenor special claim, Kauranga, with two men in* stand of 16 men for four months; Thos. Boyle, four mon lis 1 protection for the 0»1 r Chance special claim, Thames; .fumes Darrow, permission to work the l<ojnas special claim, Upper 'lUrarn, with two men instead of 28 for four months; H. L. Smith, permission to work the Vulcan Intended special claim, Upper Tararu, with four men instead of 33 for four months; John Ward, six months' protection fur the Bank special claim, Tapu ; A'lhur Wiight, permit-ion to work th« Big Reefs special claim, Puru, with two men in-tead or thirty-two for four mouths; Jas. Hickey, sly months* protection for the Alaska special clait\ Putu; William McUullmtgh, permission to work the Manchester specicl claim, Karaka Creek, with two men instead 'of thirty-throe for four months; W. R. Blomnfield, six months' protection for the Waiomo ipecial claim, Waiomo; George Elliott, six months' protection for a water-race license, Great Barrier Island; the WaipU'iiGold Mining Company, six Months' protection for the Pap special claim, Puru; D. Mcl eod, four months' protection for the Malua -pedal claim, Boat Harbour; Robert Inglis, four months protection for the Harbour Light special claim, Bo it Harbour Til tines Hauraki OoldflehU, Limited, permission to work the Dean .Sinker special claim, Thune-, with 12 men instead of 22 for four mont Henry Becker, six months' protection for the Carnative licensed holding, Ohui; A. 0. Field, six months' for the Marigold special claim. Ohui; Simon Fraser, six mun'lis' ptote :t{nn for tho Adeline special claim, Thames; C. I). Pitt, si.k months' protection for the Junction Whaugamata No, 3 special claim, Ohioemuri; the Thames Hauraki UoldHelds Company, l.iinite l, permission to work the Deep Levels Consolidated special claim, Parawai, with two men instead of 20 men for four months; K. 0. Dean, six months' protection for the Old Southern Iteef* special foreshore claim, Thames Pt-AINTS. Adams and Harding v. Opliir Gold Minin; Company, claim £30 6s. judgment for the complainant, with costs, £2 lfis. Adams and Harding v. Comet Gold Mining Company, claim £24 6s. Judgment for complainant, with costs, £-21.15. Adams and Hudlng v. Woodstock North Gold Mining Company, claim £15. Judgment for complainant, with costs, £216 a