MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14300, 21 February 1910, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

WAIHI GRAND JUNCTION " FURTBER DEVELOPMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH- CORRESPONDENtfe' ■■-~' Waihi, ' Saturday. . A quartz body has been intersected;; in the north crosscut at No. ■ 5 level 'in the f ; ; Grand Junction mine. As the drive is now out to the point where it was expected to cut the No. 2 reef, the make of ore will doubtless prove to be the lode in question. Development work on the No. ; 1: reef ' (the Martha) at this level continues :to disclose satisfactory results. , < l '-■.'.•.'•■ ■-.'■, . ■ •'■- ' '■■■ ■■■■■ ''■''■■■■-■■-■':;-:■•'.'..■;:.-;v;-:.-'--,'T;$; : H;:;j:&ii- ' OLD HAUEAKI. ■; BRIGHT PROSPECTS. "' • ' ■■"■■■■■ ■ -. ■'.-. ":;'■■,;.. :'-r^m [BY TELEGBAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] i ,- .; ; Cobomandel, Saturday, \ Stripping j operations are vin progress at ;• all the; faces>in; the : Old Hauraki J mine. J Specimen ■. stone '■. is showing;.; in ; two places % in the. face at the V intermediate drive .m the ; new ;reef arid up to :3in i hi'--- width ajidl ; quite 3ft'in length in th« floor of' the drive.V Good_ stone 'is' also' showing :in the top' of ■ the rise, which is about 3ft higher than back of the intermediate drive. This, along" ■, with ' the fact? of picked J stone having been;' secured in the bottom ;of the wince, anrJr further up in the drive off 'theiwiln«e, I and!"' then again at, the 300 ft level, is quite proof . enough that there is/a highly payable block of ground being opened up. v '^/^/s-v ; :Vy.^'p'-fe; i f . «» ~;. , 111 '% i VICTORIA. ■ [BY TELEGRAPH.— '" CORRESPONDENT.};: Thames, ;v: Saturday; ( Steady development works are being \aiff-. ried on in the Victoria mine down to ; 3 level on the new lodes. The winze beta ii: No. ,3 levels has now" reached ;& s depth 'vt:: . 39ft below the floor of that, level/ arid tl&t . I lode I continues ■to hold, its average sise ■?*£s about; 18in. No - quarts has, however,;, beeii'l broken down during: the. w«ek, the wlmo'l . having been carried down on;the r; footwaJl of the lode and the qu&rti; stripped at No. 3 level. The drive westward on the footwill branch leader is being, continued, and the leader so far, looks ; well and shows nice , dttWof gold. Stopirig .operations are being eiir 1 -. ried on -at No. 1 level on the new ,']!(*&,;,' , which is now . more defined, •■: and forro*:; *< compact lode ;■ of about ;;12in 5: in';; carrying good mineral and silicaVsjid-shw^ \ ing colours of gold, and, although little i'crl no picked stone has been selected, the quart* * coming to hand appears to be of payable , quality. .• ■". . " '- •-,. . ■••■ .: .-■;•-.-, 'V^ ,;. ; ..,■..>.:■.;-: ''. ■' ■. '' •.'^-^.-^ , ,=^^j^a^^^.ifj^ v. . : MAY QUEEN. \' ' r [by telegraph.—own CORRESPONDENT.] . 1' ; ;-'-' ••.,,->?^' W: "•.•.'.'■ -' '■'-"« -^ Thames, S|itu^»y.^ The manager of the May Queen mine reports for the' week that a start was mads •i at No. 9 level on Monday last j to;; clean up ?. the level, which has been undflr water for ' nearly , five .months. It was found that » considerable amount of damage- had been done. ; The northern , crosscut: and the> drive . on No. 4-.lode have' now been cleaned out ■ and repaired,: and the topes on No. 4 l*c!e, which in places are completely blocked, are now being put in order. It is hoped $0 have every thing fixed up ready for stop ing ■ course of a few, days;, In the south drive on the Queen of Beauty reef twoiibr . three breakdowns . have occurred; and these;: '■■ 'are now being cleaned up and timbered.: ■; At No; 6 level the : hangingwall . ;brahoh r leader still , looks : well ;in ,the drive,.* and: ; . good colours, of 'gold are seen in the' quiartaS; :■:. at each breaking down. Sloping i* also proceeding on this leader over the intermediate level, and the quarts'being, won is of;faifu ' grade, while ;a ! little 'picked stone oeeaiiioM- 1 1 ally comes to. band. The' quarts? from: tlijs r: footwall ; branch v leader' in the shows nice colours •of gold frequently, 'and ':. • is of fair grade. Crushing at the battery is in progress. ' ' : -.■-".. : ';' - ; ' ','- , ,y: RELIANCE. ' ■ i : ■ ■, '! ;'■ [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORBKBPONDEI<ft.Iy, ■-.-■' Thames. Saturday: -". Driving eastward on i ; the ; reef intersected in the low level crosscut in the Reliance, , mine >at -. the: latter end of last - year./; is, in:: progress, and >i distance l of 50ft eastward from the crosscut has been driven to'dateif : The reef, : which was r about 12ffc; in'; thicktf ness, at the point of intersection, has. I now become a more compact body i of quarts in the face, about Sft thick. It appears to bo; improving . in appearance as ; the i drive ad-■ vances, and is carrying good mineral indications. ' *■ ;"■ r ' -..- ; -'.. ■■■•'. , , v : ... ~ .- . ■■:.■>-■■■ ;m;';; :^ PAEROA RIVER CLAIMS. ■ ■-' '-.-■< ' ; [by telegraph.—-OWN correspondent.} .' '.;" Paeroa, Saturday. The hearing of the application by th* Waihi-Paeroa Gold Extraction Company fo* ; .nine special river claims was continued/tat i night and.to-day, % ' , ' - ; «{» Evidence was given by Mr. K. M. Aitk«n>; manager for the company, that the; taihnglj treated at Waihi by the company no into the river without any trouble at all; .TtasNi; was very little slimes in the claims at j*. roa.applied for'by ,the company. ;H wait , nearly all coarse sand-al,Waihi. --' , w.!«iq(R: ! pany's operations. had clewed the river ■ eon» i IsiderablyiKand be was the rer- suit of th*;companyVfoveiatiQri» at Tasro* " would be to clear the river in a'ahpjrif tiaws, J' He considered that it would not be praotks- • ablerto stack the tailings. > - I '. ' Corroborative evidence was: given by sevet ral battery managers and Mr. Kingswell, ". managing director , of. the applicant com--1: pany.- ~ '" v ">- -.•' ,' •' ' ' ' •''- ■'": Alter- Messrs. Clendon; and Cotter had Kid' t' dressed- the Court the Warden said he would ,- reserve his decision until next Court day.. I ':■■'•''-■■■■'■■: ■:'.. ' •,' = "■"■-.. ' : ' -' ~.--. ■■'■'■':.yM « THE ROSS GOLDFIELDS. |S| a. - ■' »- V ; -v '" [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSWXITION.J ( d --. . ,- i " . '■■-'.>■ : '.'■"■' '- .•■■';■-'/'.• ';■■:'. ': J , ' Wellington, Satnrday.^ ' 'News'- to hand from -the Rosa; Gpldfie% conveys L information that they are now i Tow 'about .j sound O >S "->'• Wnthkvel, about on, v and ; TveShingiß going^wen^Thore is now ? only ; S 40ft to 50ft to go to get to'-the .bot- S ■ ■ tom; which ris expected to?be reached in a i *e™ short ' time. Nit: is thought that gold, ■ Will probably be won from the mine before; ' ; the bottom is reached. ,«._,-, ? The chairman of the Auckland Stock :■ Ex- ■< change has been advised as follows by the chairman of directors of the Re Gold-?" fields: Blockage at 300 ft level removed»;: shaft open below ; ; manager lv.'ires everything , going smoothly; expect rapid progress.'' OTAGO DREDGING RETURNS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] V .'.■■'" . . : V ■ . •'■ i ■ '.; ■' ' ' -.• •'.-.■-■■ Mm ■ ~:-" ■■! -=- .: DonedinV; Sunday, Following .are dredging returns fo'|^||fc week:-Golden Bed, 460« 4dwt;; Rising Sua4 l ! 40oz; Lady Roxburgh, 9os. ' ; WZM i ■'• _:a