SMINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13918, 27 November 1908, Page 3

SMINING NEWS.

WAIHI GRAND JUNCTION. ;■. : ; S ; - A TOUR OF ' INSPECTION. [BY TELEGRAPH.— COERESPONDEs'T. ] Waihi, Thursday. In company with the superintendent (Mr. F. C. Brown), the Herald representative this morning inspected the . development works in progress in the south-east crosscut from No. 4 level in r the > Grand Junction mine, and found the outlook very encourag- ' • ing.: On the seam of quarts intersected on October .31 at 985 ft from the shaft, the values" of which in the crosscut were officially given as £1' Is -9d and £1 12s 9d per ton, a drive has followed the ore going east for a distance of 19ft, and in the present face for 2ft 4in nice-looking quartz is exposed, worth £3 : 13s per ton. At a distance of -38ft further 'on .in the crosscut (1023 ft. from the shaft) - is ' the seam of ; ; ; quartz • which ; f assayed f; '- £1 ■ 8a 6d per ton, and - which will prob- | ably prove to bo the hangingwall of j the quartz body which came to hand a few j feet ahead (following on a horse ot mullock), j and now being--driven upon. The, identity ! of this lode, which comes into the crosscut !. at an acute angle,. has not yet 1 been deterj mined, but . the general impression is that ! it will prove to bo the Royal. Here the I .-mineralised oro which was ;officially anj nounced as worth £4 per ton for 3ft is in evidence for about sft in all, and from its appearance is the beat dirt-so far disclosed; on the hangingwall section of a. lode in the crosscut. • Friable white quartz juch as is: usually mot with between the values in the .various lodes in ;-the mine is now showing across the greater part' of - the i face,-' with mineralised quartz on the right-hand corner of the • crosscut, and . a , little ; mineral is mixed up with the white quartz near tho floor of tho drive. There are indications of a footwall, and if the characteristics of the lodes generally prevail the band of friable 1 quartz will bo- followed by a further section of - mineralised t ore before the footwall country comes to hand. The indications, on the whole, point to the existence of a* large quartz formation.

The superintendent of. the Waihi Grand Junction mine telegraphed , yesterday as follows: — Crosscut to the south,', at 985 ft, have driven upon the vein 19ft east. Pay ore 2ft 4in; assay value per ton, £3 135." ! This message refers to the . reef cut on | November ?. last, 985 ft from the shaft at | No. 4 level. . ;. ;- ; - ■ ' KOMATA REEFS. ~ The following information ' has been cabled to - the London - office of the Komata Reefs Gold Mining Company:—"We are crushing 90 tons per day, the assay value being 31s per ton. No. 2 reef in the drive north at No. 5 level, from 455 ft to 466 ft, averages 4ft in width and 37s per ton in value. On No. 2 reef at No. I level the face of the drive is showing high-grade ore." . MINING IN WESTLAND. ' [BT . TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] : ' ' Hokitika, Thursday.. . The Hon. J. D. Ormond, M.L.C., Mr. T. E. Y. Seddon, M,l\, and Mr. J. P. Smith, mining engineer, of Duuedin, have applied for a second water right of 150 Government heads at Toaoha Canyon, Westland for hydroelectric power purposes, and 100 heads at Hokitika River narrows for mining purposes. Tho utilisation of water power for mining purposes in Westland is considered most favourably, and largo areajs of auriferous country suitable for this system of mining are available.'- If the projects hand are brought to a head an important revival of mining is assured in this neighbourhood. v.;-t; ■ ■Z};*fy : i& NOTES. -; , A 6 a meeting of shareholders in Tergu-, son's Mining and Smelting Co. the action of the directors in .purchasing for £7575 , the property of tho New Monowai Gold. andSilver Mines was approved. ' y.; The tribulers in the Hnuraki Freeholds mine, Coromandc', report that ore of good grade continues to bo won from the w-rks in progress, gold being freely seen distributed through the lode ;at each breaking. down. The manager of - tho Kuranui mine, Thames, reports that the leader in the winze is looking splendid, and retains its width or 3in. On the , hangingwall side of the winze a small ' leader has 1 been out dipping towards the main body. In the Dixon's Consolidated mine,; Tararu, the crosscut, is in . favourable country, with numerous mineral ' Teams. < The reef formation: recently cut was sft ' wide, and: after passing through it the manager roper that ho cut another 6in reef, showing good mineral indications. _ The drive on the parallel reef ia in highlymineralised country.:^arid _ the; quartz V contains -good-mineral indications.:" - * ; *