ROYAL OAK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14132, 6 August 1909, Page 3

ROYAL OAK.

■STRONG DABS OF.GOLD. The following telegram was received by the secretary of the Royal Oak Gold Mining Company from the mine manager yesterday afternoon :—" Broke down reef to-day. Stioup dabs of gold in stone. More quarts to break down yet," MONTH OHRISTO. A company under the name of the Monte Ohristo Gold Mining Company was registered yesterday; to work 20 ; acres on the Tokatea Range, Ooromandel, adjacent to the Tokatea and Royal Oak mines. The company has a capital of £5000, in 100,000 shares of Is each. Of these 100,000 •: shares the promoters receive 30,000 shares paid up to 6d each and £100 in cash: The remain- ; ing shares have been over-subscriL'cd at an application fee of 3d each. Dr. C. E. Player and Messrs.; R. H. Montgomery, H. Rostgard, R. Rankin, and H. Reimers have, been appointed directors, and Mr. .1. W. Nichol secretary. WAlllF EXTENDED. The manager of the Waihi Extended mine, AVaihi, reports that during tho -week ended August 3 .the No. 2 drive was extended 10ft and a crosscut, put into the western wall for 17ft. A little stone was met with, but nothing of importance. The crosscut will be advanced a few feet further before "resuming: driving; on the stone exposed in the level. "No. 5 winze has been : sunk to 10ft, the stone showing „the full !■ size of the winze, but being still of low grade. The water coming from the southeast face continues to decrease in volume.:. li-OUR-TN-HANU.

i The chairman of the Four-in-Hand old ' Mining Company (Colonel W. D. Hoi gate) I returned yesterday .from a visit.to the/mine.. lie reports that progress in No. 5 level As; slow on account of the hardness ot tho country. The la.M, reef cut in tins level is characteristic of ibo Four-in-Hand reef, and lias a width of 3ft, with good country on both fides, although no doubt cut too far south to carrv values. There will be something like 550ffc of backs on this reef to work upon when the .No. 5 level is finished. Work on the western side ot the mil hits also been chiefly confined to development work The manager is satisfied that he lias ' the foofcwall reef -of the Four-in-Hand reef in the "crosscut from tho bottom ,of the winze in No. 4 level. Tl > 6 roof is _ about 18in" wide aud carries gold. The sinking of the winze on the hangingwall reel' will now bo resumed, although at present, owing *<> the heavy rains, there is too, much water to work with comfort. The* hanging-all reef has averaged 3ft in width clown to Hi© ~6&f't level.

MAP OF THE GOLDFIELDS. In addition to the map of the Thames , Section of the goldfioldt, Mr. James Skior ■hai prepared a second ouo of the Karangahake section, and a third showing the; Wailii district. The maps, in the. shape of locality plans, show thopositon in which the various mining sections in the Ohinomuri County lie to each other, besides which they gives the la test boundaries. They should prove very useful to those interested in mining mutters. , On ; the Waihi map tho small group of mines at Wailii Beach'and others at .To Ai'oha and Wairongomai arc also shown. HARDY'S MINES. ■ The manager of 'Hardy's-Mines; T© Arohn, , telegraphed as follow-? to tho local representative of the . company yesterday:— "Cut ; : large ore body...May prove to be Colonist reel; sample following, ' .

MAO3SILAND.

[BY TELEGRAPH.— COBEESPONDEJiT.]

Waihi, Thursday. /-The trial crushing of 36^-, tons of ;the stone* ( , taken from the large conglomerate forma-' , tion in tho east crosscut in the Maorilaiitl > mine, Waifcekauri,•> gave a value-of £2 3s > M: per ton. With the object -~of proving , the* Value of the/formation in'■■bulk as the?" drives north and south progress, other parcels will from time to time be treated. At-; ;. a meeting of directors to-day it was decided to more vigorously develop the pro* r perty." : "■'■ ~' ..." -

WAIOTAHL

'i [BY .TELEGRAPH.—OWN, CORRESPONDENT,]

Thames, Thursday.

The. rise on the hangingwall lender in>. ■ the eastern,end of No. 4- level in the Waio- ' tahi mine - is now up a distance of about. 4ft above the back of the drive, and the loader was broken down to-day, but no gold was seen in the quartz. The leader is much split up and . looks poor. It may. improve higher up, but .its general ap--pearance and that_ of "the country are. not' encouraging at this .point, which ..is some; 25ft eastward of whore the picked stone '■ was obtained in the back;.of the drive some • days ago. -A start has.-also been- : made to ../■■■;. beat",along the leading stope from where the. small block was sloped, but this -.-i 100 ft westward, and, as the drive will have to be timbered up as the work proposes and there is only one shift employed, it; will take tome weeks to roach the point referred 10, above where the, picked _ ston«• • was obtained. No gold can be seen in the quartz being broken out at present. TREATMENT OF TAILINGS. [BY TELEGRAPH. — COItfIKSrOVIIEN'T.] ,/---:,- . -'."...-; *'-■".:'..'< Tliur§dayi' , -':■ At-the meeting of the Ohineniuri County" > Council to-day Mr. KingswelK on behalf of the Waihi-Paeroa, Golri Ex- ' traction Syndicate, waited on the Council with a request that the Council -would ask. ihe Warden lo remove from tho syndicate'« licenses a condition by which they were not allowed to return to the river any sand that they treated. Mr. Kings well stated- that if this condition was removed his syndinalo were prepared to spend £35.000 in erecting a plant at Pacroa to treat the tailings, but if tho condition was not removed the plant would not bo so large. Tho condition had been. placed in the licenses at the request of tho Ohinemuri County Council some time ago. After discussion the Council decided to postpone consideration of the matter for a month, and in the meantime to consult its solicitor. . ■ . :■■ . .• ■ .. '■ i .'" ■■■ PAEROA WARDEN'S COURT. I [BY TEr/EGBAFH. OW.V COMIESPONDENT.]

Paeboa, Thursday. At the Warden's Court at Pacroa, before*. Mr. ■]?. J. Burgess, Warden, the following ■ applications .were- "ranted;—C. Collins. Colewinscr special claim of 30 acres at' Waitekanri (granted in the name ■of Henry Lan«clon); Nov.- Zealand Crown Mines Company, protection for six mouths for Earl of Glasgow and Abbey special claims .'-„fc Karangi»« hake; if. Wall on, residence ;-«3t<K'a.t Maekaylov.'ii; J. Bow ring, residence ' sire ac Map' kaylown : James Lidded!; protection for sit; months for Veritas special claim at Owharoa;' P. Olarkiii,, residence hire v lit. Mackaytown; John Featon and others, 'protection'; for six months for Saxon No. 1 and Saxon* No. 2 special claims at Karangaliake. _ The Talisman Consolidated, Limited, ap« . rilim] for siy mrmth.*' . nvntpft.if«i lor the Jm».-

plied for fix months' protection for the Im--ucrial and Adeline Reefs special claims afft "Karangahalce. Mr. Hanna, who appeared for flic applicant, read a declaration by Mr, H. Stansfield, superintendent of the Talisman Conscolidatod, in which it was stated : that theso claims ■ could only ho worked advantageously by drives from tho other portions of the company's pioperty, and thesar drives wore now being proceeded with. Tho company held a total area of 507 acres, - and tili to; the : present I)ad spent riot less than.. £433,078 on its various claims. Th© average number of men employed was 309, and during- tho paf't six months the company had spent in wages £24,288. Tho "Warden, wild ho would recommend the application to tho Minister. NOTES. The reef in' the Southern Queen mine, Thames, was broken down on Tuesday. The quartz looks well, carrying good mineral and zinc blende all through. The country in the face is improving as the love I . advances, the reef there being about 15in wide. At tho last bitting of the.; To Aroha. Warden' Court (writes our'correspondent.) fix months' protection was granted to the Scddoti claim, Waiorongotnai. owned by - Mr. John Eudoau, jun.', of Auckland, It 5 was stated at, the time that the owner was about to take, steps to float a company for ! the purpose of developing the reef. Last night, a telegram was received stating, that the company had been floated and capital over-subscribed. The Seddon adjoins tho; Bendigo, and the prospects are said to be ; most encouraging.