MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14223, 20 November 1909, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

WAIHI GRAND JUNCTION. _____ WORK ON THE ROYAL REEF. [BY TELEGRAPH.OWS CORRESPONDENT.] Waihi, Friday. Driving both ways on the course, of the Royal reef at No. 5 level in tho Waihi Grand Junction mine is in progress. In the drive west, whore it is highly probable that the, lode will make stronger as the drift is advanced towards tho Waihi Company's boundary, a strong body of nicelooking mineral ore is showing in tho face, the width taken out being about 15ft or 16ft. Both east and west tho drives are penetrating clean mineral ore, with no sign of tho white rubbly quartz mot with in portions of the reef at a corresponding point overhead (No. 4 level). .

KARANGA. ' [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ■' ' ' Coromandel, Friday. The large new boiler, to assist in the unwatering of tho Kapanga mino to tho 1000 ft level, arrived hero this morning, and will bo taken to the mine at once. Tho boiler has been manufactured by Messrs. (Price and Sons, Thames. All tho other work in connection with the pumping plant is nearing completion. WORK ON COROMANDEL FORESHORE. [by TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Coromandel, Friday. Our Coromandel correspondent telegraphs that Mr. Jas., Langford, mining engineer, who has taken up two areas on the foreshore of the Coromandel Harbour, is about to have exhaustive tests made, with a view to ascertaining whether it is a payable alluvial mining proposition. He has arranged with a boring expert, Mr. Gilberd, to conduct operations. The staff and plant have arrived, and preliminary work has been commenced. If the results warrant the outlay, it is intended ultimately to work the properties by dredging. MOUNTAIN KING. At a meeting of tho directors of the Mountain King Gold Mining Company, held on the 15th inst., it, was decided to at once proceed with the erection of a battery and cyanide plant. The whole work has been put in the hands of Mr. F. Brown, the well-known battery builder, and ho expects to start operations next week. It is expected that the plant will be in working order in four months. .• ,- • . NEW ALPINE. A telegram was posted at the Stock Exchange yesterday, giving the following renort of the New Alpine, mine, West Coast, for the week ended the 16th inst.:— 14 level, extended 19ft; total north, 335 ft. Yesterday a good, well-defined body of stone came in 3ft width, well mineralised. Shows fine colours of gold. Samples, values increasing. Think payable. Block every appearance proving permanent. In stope 1. No. 2 block, -reef Ift 6in to 4ft width. Assay values irregular, but should provo payable. New stoping drill arrived. Fifty tons sent to battery, another 30 in mine paddock." : .' OTAGO DREDGING . RETURNS. [BY TELEGRAPH.— association.] . ; , V * Dunkdin, Friday. The following dredging returns are reported:—Koputai, 78oz 14dwt Mastorton, 78oa ." lOdwt: Chicago, 28oz; New Roxburgh Jubilee, 260z 7dwt; Muddy Creek No. 1. 20oz 2dwt; Central Charlton, 19oz 15dwt; v Electric No. 1, 18oz 14dwt; Electric No. 2. lloz lOdwt; Olrig, 9oz 12clwt; Waikaia, Boz lOdwt; South Waikaia, 13dwt. j

'? In the Tairua Golden Hills mine good progress continues to bo made with the.low level crosscut, 30ft having been driven during the past week. The country is of a more blocky nature/ but is otherwise unchanged, i Should the downward trend of No. 1 reef from No, 3 level have but little underlie, as" indicated from the winze sunk from the latter level; the major portion of the-low level, driven 613 ft, can now bo considered, completed. Above No. 3 level stoping is in progress with a limited number of men, the ore broken being of a remunerative character- As soon as crushing commences a large staff of men will be employed in the blocks above No. 3 and No. 2 levels, now available for stoning operation's. In the south drive 10 men only arc employed, rendering progress slow. The footwall of the lode looks promising. *