OLD HAURAKI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 3

OLD HAURAKI.

-■'~:■ ■~ ,■ ■- ■■■■;•:; ;-,:■:; '„ ; '>,':.-'<>:; ;5,v.f,:,;3 i,i|- ::;■■•;.■: ;:"«v- ■;■;;■; c ;;'.;,;;v,-.-»; - , ■■-?.:;*::.-.■>'[*•»■>>! GOLD ' AT 400 ft LEVEL. „ RETURN OF £520. [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ■ CtoBOMASDEL, Saturday. At the 400ffc level in the Old Hauraki mine to-day 51b Vof nice "I picked? stone \yr&t ;k' obtained, and gold left showing in the reef. The reef is from 3in to 12in in width, and looks promising for further hauls of picked stone. The spot in question is about, ■ 80ft from the rise going seaward, and is in virgin country. In Bio rise and stopes above the intermediate drive the reef looks well, and - gold is showing. At the 220ffc level the reef should be to hand :at any; time now. ;■• Th« - crushing for the month was completed this ; V morning, 15 tons of general dirt : and ? 1301b, : • of picked stone giving a return of 1770z ol • - an approximate value of £520.' - " ? TALISMAN. i -The superintendent of ; the Talisman Con-', solidated mine, reporting for the fortnight ; r ended March 12, states:— - No. 11 Level.—No. 10 crosscut: Advanced lift ;• total, 645 ft Ground shows no change. South drive: Welcome reef Advanced sft; total, 174 ft. Width of reef,: 3ft. Values low. Stoping: The,assays from stopes off No. 112 rise average £4 4s 6d. Tons sent to mill, ' ■loo.'';-.-':..;. 1 ;:■'■■'■;''-■;.'"' : ';"■:■■'■''-;.,■.;■■■ ■■ : "';": No. ; 12 Level!— North drive: : Advanced" '.■ 47ft: total,:; 993 f t; ; width of reef, sft; averago of assays % £2 4s 6d. This drive has now reached the No. 1 winze, sunk by the Wood- t stock Company from No. 5 level. No. -5 ■ crosscut: Advanced 15ft; total 156 ft. yiNoV;^ ; change to report. Stoping: ] The values frorr. - stopes off ?mo. 12 rise average £1 15s " lOd. ' Tons sent to mill, : , 732. > The values from east vein stopes average £6 13s lOd. Tons sent to mill, 240. v No. 13 Level.— drive: Advanced 28ft; total, 857 ft, From 829 ft to ■■ 843 ft , :: the values average £2 Is 3d for a width of 6ft; from 843 ft to 857 ft, the width of reef is 4ift, I and the values average 4s 6d. r North drive: Advanced 42ft; ; total, 412 ft; width of reef, 30in; average of assays, Is 4d. No. • 4 cross- •. [ cut': Advanced 15ft; total, 134ft.-K-No change in country. ? North drive (off No. 4 cross- : ; i cut): Advanced 25ft; total, :36ft:: From ■ ; ; lift to 26ft the values average , 4& ', 2d • for ; a ; ! width of 3ft; from 26ft to 36ft the values ; average: £5 10s 5d for a width of 36in. l - Beef in face badly split and broken. No. 6 ! winze - : Advanced 9fta§potal, 32ft. f Width of reef,, 42in; average^of assays,*- £8 9s 3d. ■ ;, No. 12 winze: ■ Advanced, 9ft; ■; total, : 72ft. j Width of reef, : 36in ;."■-; average of assays, 3a lOd. No. 15 rise: Started :at 780ffc south, : and advanced, 13ft. Width of rreef,«isft; ; average of - assays, ' £12 f. 12s 3d. Stoping.: ' • The stopes off No. 1 north rise have, given values that average ;£3 Bs. : ? Tons sent *to mill, 80. ■ The values from itopes off No. '> 12 rise average £20 - 12s. Tons i. sent „to ' mill, 205. .■..;• J;' r ;"-":•;- -;':;•'.■'.''.•, ■'■■;,) THAMES WARDEN'S COURT. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT : ; Thames, Saturday. The fortnightly .sitting of the Thames Warden's ; Court was held ■;, yesterday, when > ; the j following applications were dealt with: — New Sylvia Gold Mining Company, ;for the }■> Sylvia and Brilliant special i claims of , 100 *; acres i each, ■ comprising * the '■- srround *at present held ras> OpWr, Ohir Extended, and i Brilliant special claims, and situated.; at _• TararuCreeki : A similar application by the ' Champion Mines, Limited, lor the amalgamation of •: various holdings .5 was adjourned •to next ; Court i day ;for ■•. the?.production;- of .*.■ plans J. M. : Agnow, ? for 3 license ■ for the Sulphides 'and Sulphides Extended special claims, .Tararu, recommended; C. H. "Hansen, for surrender of the Gem of Tairua } special claim, accepted; Tairua Extended Gold -Mining Company, for six.months' protection for the Uzailia special claim, granted; Bonanza Gold Mining Company, for reduction for the Bonanza special claim *,; '; to thrije men for .-'months, granted; C. - Swan son and others, for surrender of the 5 Mount it Swanson.' special claim, accepted ,; ; "?Jgrperial Gold Mining Company, for reductio£Kforth© Caledonia Extended special ' . claim t& four men granted for four months; Victoria"? o Mining'-'Company, reduction for the VicW r ' ft special daim to «ix men for , six'months;:gpf'tco-. ." ' .':.'.: .;.-';.:. i "'■',. '=' '"-'■'' , "' t ''iN-9T£ :l ' ■'' '■"'." '"' y'". No,.*..tag 4 Hi IKS *jftjW fc^SS^***' been :.es«sjjks&i -*®w*W 3?*«t , ! This is the distance' f ! a,.;c,-T..:-t?o upon driving to intersect the Cav.fl $«$£ ?biit, rfUioajrh • , numerous quartz seams ffintiea have been . passed through, no defined reef ■or . iwalls have yet been mm with. , A little more driving, however, should bring the reef v,, to band. ■ ■ '■■■*§&$ (-■'■ Excellent progress : continues : :to ■• bo ■■. made." •: with' thoilow level crosscut : in the,Tairua ■ '■-■ Golden Hills mine, arid the ground being ', , | driven through, says the manager,, is cer- ■ tainly some of the best he has seen in. the .. district. A considerable flow of water is • issuing from the face,, indicating, in all probability, the near approach. of the tunnel to an ore body. , Should this be the case the manager - expects good - results . therefrom. About another lOOffc of"••'' driving: tis required to bring the -level " vertically X under the. fine of lode in the level above. As the lode . where ■ sunk on from No. 3 level showed but little underlie, the lode -in the • low level may,,: therefore, be met J within .a 1 : short distance f after ',-, the vertical point > has been passed. No. 3 level: On the north end the lode looks well,; ,< and all the ore broken is ! being sent to the mill;. ~ '■■■;■ _■. . ■'■■•;-'-;.