THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12523, 16 March 1904, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

: THE GOLD RETURNS. TOTAL FOR THREE WEEKS, £71,922. During the past three , weeks the gold 'returns-' from the Auckland district have yielded a total value of £71,922 14s, Which shows an excess over the previous threeweekly period of £12,573 5s 9d. The output is made up as follows: —Ohinemuri, £66.175} Thames, £3M6 15s 3d; Coromandel, £2600 IBs 9d; total, £71,922 14s. NEW SHERIDAN G.M. CO. In the New Sheridan Gold Mining ComS may's mine, at Tapu, the drive at the 70ffc evel has been advanced a further 22ft, and the reef has,been taken down; measuring about 9in, and carrying nice dabs of gold at each breaking. Above the drive the lode is .intact to the surface (over 200 ft), and the backs are increasing. ? It is also intact to the low level (ISOftJ. :: An ore paddock has been made near the mouth of the drive.

HARBOUR -VIEW -O.M. CO. ■In the Harbour View Gold Mining Company's mine a ; better class of country has been met with in , the new level during the past week. .Two very nice , leaders have heed cut through in the last few feet, arid a strong body of water continues to flow ■from the...face."',' "

..■"':. GOLDEN SPARK G.M. CO. The* reef in the Golden Spark Gold Mining Company's* mine in the rise on the north end has a promising appearance, and carries a strong body of quartz, though not i. * far payable.: Operations here have therefore been * suspended, and the main crosscut is being extended eastward. The face is in strong - mineral rock, favourable for goldbearing reefs.- ______

--;'-:: " ■ • NEW UNA G.M. CO. "■', : • Vv ■ The main drive in the New Una Gold Mining Company's mine is now in country somewhat similar to that penetrated previous to intersecting the first formation of quartz that produced specimen stones. ; ~

: 'THAMES BORING, OPERATIONS. [ljy ,' lEI»EOE.ii , a.r ; -OWN CORRESPONDENT.] -; -v-::' 1 -;;.:::--;-.;'. ■■ 'Thames, Tuesday. -■'■ Since. Saturday last the operations at the Kuranm-Caledoui&n -Gold Mining Company's' borehole have been confined to reaming the hole .to a diameter of 3in. This work was accomplished to a depth of 150 ft to-day*; and this afternoon boring was resumed. The borehole in the public's ground has attained a. depth of 30ft in solid country, and a start has been made to ream it to a*diameter of 3in. -

GOLDEN, SPARK. [»tf TSXtOEAPH.-—OWN COKRESPONPENT.] . ConoMANDEL, Tuesday. All hands are now employed upon the extension of the low level, with the object of getting under the several runs of gold between the Van winze and the road.

;,.'HARBOUR VIEW. [m correspondent.] , CdnoiiANOEL, Tuesday. -■■■ Good progress continues to be made with the. "new crosscut, and on Saturday last a verv, promising ore-body, believed to be "Water 'Channel" reef, was intersected. It does hot show gold where cut. into, but is composed of kindly-looking: quartz. *' ; ' ROYAL OAK. : [BY TEliOBAl'il.—OWN COHRESPONDISNT.] Coromanoee, Tuesday. ; The first entiling under the new proprietarv;!: it is reported,' shows a return of the value of £1700; ; which has been obtained from the picked stone, and part of the general ore. There are still about 100 tons of ore to treat, but the battery is - short Of power., The mine continues to look well, and 501b of picked stone has come to -hand. , • : THAMES WARDEN'S COURT. [m tELEGaAi'n.— ovni cobhesponoent.] - - ' Thames, Tuesday. M the Thames Warden's Court Mr. Warden Bush dealt with the following applications, which have received the consent of the . Minister- for Mines, and were finally dealt with and granted ; John McCombie, Taparahi special quartz claim, ; Neavesville, !as from the : 15th: insfc.; Wm. .G. ; White ' Otanui Mascotte special quarts claim, ; Ofcanfti;'.,Th'anncS,Vas -from the lSth inst. The following ■ application* were recommended to. the"-Minister for Mines for granting: ---Andrew Hanua, ( Sliortland Plat special quart* claim, Thames; John Richard 'and Geo. Tilstev, Waimangu special I quartz 1 ; claim, i Whangamata; the - Monow-ai Gold Mines, Limited, six months' protec- ! tion for the Mbriowai and Gem and Crown special quartz 'claims,;:Waiomo,: and also I for its-Wafer-races, tramways, arid special \ sites; -the Golden Belt Gold Mining Company, six months'protection for the Golden Belt Extended quartz claim, Neavesville. The following applications were granted: -- James Odium, license for hand-sawing and timber-splitting over two acres of Crown aand-at'Omahu;, E. Trainer, Lizzie extended -=■ • quartzS; claim, Tinkers Gully. Thames; M. J. Tobin, Mikado Extended i quartz claim, Tairua. The Arrindell Syndicate. Limited, were granted permission ! tb ; work--the Gloucester Extended special I quart* claim, Thames, with four men for six , months J the appeals of the Old Alburhia Gold Mining Company, and the May I Queen Syndicate, against the drainage assessment made ' against them by the I Thames'' Drainage * Board for the ensuing i year,-were • withdrawn, two guineas cost* [ being allowed i against both ;; the . objecting I companies. -. : -. ■ , ■ ' | : -; : ' DREDGING RETURNS. I fß* TELEGRAPH.— PRKSS ASSOCIATION.] :..<'« GaßfitotrtH, Tuesday. ! D-t'eJo-ing returns t Notown Creek .(one I week)! 70oz; - Nelson : * Creek ■< (one ■ week), I Premier (one week), 31oz lOdwt; Moonlight. (120 hours), 30oz 2dwt; Greenstone Creek (100 hours), 18oz 3dwt; Greenstone Three-mile (one week), 17oz lOdwt. .-.;