THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13393, 23 January 1907, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

WAIHI. Tkndkrs are invited by the Waihi (told Mining Company for stuping 40,000 tons of ore on the south section of the Welcome lode, .it No. 8 level. They will close at. eleven a.m. oil Wednesday, February 11.

RISING SUN. [ill TKl.Kt.H.U'll. —OWN' CO it K PON!) NT. J W.uiit, Tuesday. Operations at the Rising Sun mine baton) have been of a more encouraging nature lately, a new chute of ore having been met ninth of the old workings. The lode is about 4ft wide, and, a.s it shows strongly in the bottom of the level, it is intended to determine the size and value going downward by sinking a, winze upon, it. The new chute of" ore has been exposed for a length of 40ft. MINK MANAGERS' REPORTS. M" inataian Extended (January 19):- The reef in the eastern drive is £ft thick and is a solid body ot quart/.. The. country on Ihmii walls is of a good description and colours of gold continue to be seen ill projects tried from the luingingwall portion. The recent ruin did not. do any serious damage to the workings. Trafalgar (.January 19): The drive on the Shamrock reef ha.* been continued, a distance of 'Hitbeing reached. The reef formation showing in the Met' is about 3ft ill width and carries good mineral indications. The drive ail the Empire lode hr\s been extended bft and a more favourable class of country, both for gold and speedier progress. irt heme parsed through, The reef varies from 2ft io 4ft in width, the (punt/, showing colours of cold when pulverised and washed, and it. i.« ipnt.e possible picked stone may be obtained at any tune. A trial crushing of ipiariz from the Shamrock reef will In' lot warded ft' (tie battery on Monday next.

Gulden Belt (.Ijiiuaiy 17): Stopimr above (iie ; | road level is proceeding, and a ifood supply of I j crushing dirt i.s heing obtained. A conimenee- ' I incut lias liceii made to slope a block above No. . 3 level, the quartz appearing to I".' fairly pionii-i- j ! uik- i I Auckland (Jantwrv 18): The western <-iofa-nt ; j lias l«eeu extended 10lt, the country penetrated U-uic 01 a tlrst-eUiss description tor the ex- i istence of xold-bearniß ieefs. New Moiiiiatiimii (Januaiy lit): The tluve weot j on til.- liainciiißwall of the Cambria reef at- No. j 3 level has been continued ami afwaut. 4; in I { width of ijiiirtz broken out. but- no si;,'n of Kold. ■ | 'Ihe r-i is well defined and compact. New Bunker's Hill (Januaiy 19): l{!i-iii|f is lie- j ! ill iT continued north of the crosscut, lor a dis- I | tanc.e of oft. and a leading slope lui> been ear- j j ried alon;' lor a distance .»! lCft. The h-adt c -n , | t!ie rise and the leading stepe look uiosi proniifj 1 ICi>. ami Colours of gold have been seen ill flic j stone when breaking down the b-ad^i. Southern Queen (January 19): 'the drive on I the Blue reel lias been advanced '11. and lie l leef i ' broken down. The quartz .>bous .. few colours . ' of cold. :I.S Well as mineral •>! ,1 favourable I ■ <ie..-4'! iptton. The reef in No. 3 ri,.p-* westWiiid j j averages Dill iu thickness and I In* quartz is of a I kindly description for goUi-Iwarni);. minerals beI ing di-stribnted throughout. Nos. 2 and 3 s!o)h-.-. , 1 ill the leader Sire being pushed en. the slopes j ! maintaining their usual >izc and showing' strum; | ! Cohan's of Bold at each br'-akmg down. It looks j i <ooil enough I" true pu-k'-tl iCum- at any time, • The drive on the Atlantic reef has been extended 1 of'.. The ip":. averaging bin, has been broken I down, and the quartz carries tavoinable mineral ! j ii! mil-', a tew good colours of gold Ih-itig j see 11. I j Halcyon (Januaiy 19): Ail hands have been j j employed tiv.ng up the low level and construct- i ' ing a ibm avid aU-o putting up a w aler-race. I . Wjttaiigi (January 191: At 'fie low level lilt j 1 have been driven, tni.kinu a total tfisf nice of J l Hilt.. The country, wfi' -h is of a sr'aul descrip- | | lien, is interlaced with millet a! seam-. A leader , „i 9i 11 cut tfuougli cartas <_'0"d uv.neiaU, ,i!- ; | ih auitll no gold has been si m. Ihe pi<-"c|ioe ot ' iti-'u:- I'll- lias tet.irded v.,.ii: in the upp-r lev!, j In, 'lie work of siraichleuin; the level Horn Ihe ! a,r .-h.it Out lo«niil- tic- en: I.nice ■- pt'ogtrssing ' favi in ..lib . , t'i.'tf rij (Januat v 21i: Drivins u|w-ranoii<i at No. 4 level 1. cut Ihr&ixii N< . i 11 el to ascertain I b'.eli us v. idrii and valne .oe being pushed toti waid. The cio'sctn. now but from the hanging. ! wail of the in f, is ppii.'ti ai ii:jc .1 Slluiig body ! <■! ore. intermixed wnh mi dl si am? of mullock. ; The ipiaitz met with is ot a darker desciiption I I ban previously and shows .1 little bright tiitneial. , The rise 011 No. 1 ivet. west. Of No. 1 br-ak, is | lei high and penetrating film sand*)one count . I while -he icft contains mineral" of a favourable I character. i May Queen Extended (January 21): Sinking is ; ptoce'ding on the Adelaide reel on the floor of j ihe 1<• -> el m the north end, and the ii>e i-- U'ing '■ conliiiued on the west, branch of (he Adelaide I reef. Colour" 01 gold are visible 111 both faee.-. I the lode in the 15ist -named lvuit a stiong l>od\ of ipiai't-z. ! Tairua Broken Hills (January lei: Work h.'» 1 Ireen contined iu overhauling the nam lines from 1 the batten into the mines and cutting a larger ! water channel Tie- superintendent (Mr Adimsi ! adds that he leci-nfly visited the mill" and round i 12ft- diiven 00 [livable ore. The reef looks pio- ; inisiiiic. .Hid if it.- jnoent size and value coritiuues j the I eel should prove the be-i- Ui'cuvered i-o far I since work vv;us started. I New Muiiowai (January 17): 'the ri-e and inze

> we're connected yesterday From lis appearanc" 1 (lie 01 c should 'be oi good quality man the I hanging'.* all acioss the livf to winze. Fair pin- ' grev. is being made in fixing' no the battery. ' South Kiipanga (January 211: The winze, fioin • which .McNeil got tin rich golden stone, is in a i drive -"in" 60:t m. the mouth, and Id about I -Oft beloie reaching the winze the drive In.-, 1 fallen in and the country bus come together. i Tin* is partly due to incomplete timbein.g ■ and ! 10 the heavy lam expel irnc'd. Ibe v ols- "t .1 , difficult job lias been gut. over and sinking will | probably be stalled a. week from oat-. ' Rising Mm (January 19): During the welv the ! drive 011 flu- hat.glligvaU Ift has been advanced i {iff. The country on the iootwa.ll side h.i« miproved for breaking, but on the u-anging^all it irt still hard. The tc-.f is much the smile as last l ('ported.