THE GOLDFIELDs.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13081, 22 January 1906, Page 3

THE GOLDFIELDs.

| WAIOTAHI. i - — ' l i ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENTS AT i NOS. 4 AND 5 LEVELS. ! I Thk secretary of the Waiotahi Gold ! Mining Company (Mr. G. S. Killing) returned from a visit of inspection to the j mine on Friday night. Seen on Saturday, I Mr. Kissling stated that the manager is of J opinion that the ore body recently disI covered in the Mary Ann section, at No. j 4 level, is not identical with the reef (No. j 5 reef) cut at the No. 6 level, coming in j from the Kuranui-Caledonian crosscut, and j that he expects to intersect the No. 5 reef some 30ft. or 40ft further on in the drive I being put in to connect with the Mary j Ann shaft. In addition to this developj ment, the operations at Nos. 4 and 5 le- ! vels, going eastward, are regarded as exj tremely promising, as payable ore is being | obtained from both faces at these levels and there appears every prospect of the I reef continuing its present firm formation. If these expectations are realised, a large ! block of unexplored country, carrying good crushing dirt, remains to be opened up at the eastern end of the mine, a matter of I great importance as far as the future of I the property is concerned.

KLKCriOX OF THAMES DRAIN' BOARD. [BY TKI.Kf; HA I'H. —OWN' (.'ORB FSI'ON'DEN'T.] Thames, Saturday. '1 lie annual election of members of the I hum-is Drainage Board took place this morning, Mr. Henry J. Lee acting, as leturning officer. The result is as follows: — S. Hesketh. 29 votes; H. H. Adams, 22; the Hon. K. Miicholson, 22; R. Mitchelson, 17 H. T. Corrio, 17; W. Gorrie, 17; W. Burton, 17; H. Green, 12; and Win. McCullougli, 12. The first seven were elected.

Meetings of the Borough and County Councils were held to-day for the purpose of electing one member each to represent the Council on the Drainage Board, with the result that the borough re-elected the Mayor (Mr. A. Burns), and the county Mr. SI. Paul (manager of the Kuranui-Cale-cioiiian Gold Mining Company).

NEW MAY QUEEN. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thames, Saturday. The manager of the New May Queen mine reports as follows:Squaring-up a,nd limbering the drive from the crosscut to the winze has been completed, and a leading slope is now being carried along over this drive. The quartz broken from here has shown good dabs of gold, while about 31b of picked stone have also been selected. Driving on the lode eastward of the winze ■aid towards the junction of the north-west lode is also in progress, and there are about 6ft of the lode stripped. The drive westward from the crosscut is now in about 20ft; the lode here is looking very promising, and showed good dabs of gold when last broken down. There are now about Bft of the lode stripped. We have about 20 loads of quartz in the hopper.' The- work of opening up the block on No. 4 lode above No. 3 level is in progress, and the connection with the rise and intermediate drive should be made some time nest week.