MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14586, 24 January 1911, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

' V, Si 1 OLD HAURAKI. | — | The manager of the Old Hauraki mine .0 reports as follows for tho week ended ;. January 20: — 5 "Work was advanced 7ft on . t.ho new reef ffi at the 400 ft level, making 1 a total of 299 ft. ;.r No. 6 stope on the No. 1 block was ad- p] vanced 6ft (total 82ft). Tho reef continues gj. small. Tho No. 7 stono was advanced 4ft j'j (total 61ft), and tho reef is up to 2ft in >■; width, and looks favourable. At the boundary 'fe between tho No. 1 and No. 2 blocks rising «■] has been commenced, and a few strong colours I'j of gold have been seen. In No. 2 block No. jji 1 stopo was advani?d 9ft (total 73ft) and sjj No. 2 stopo Bft (total.49ft). . [;i j In the crosscut being driven -by the Hau- p j raki Reefs Company a strong body of ore & has been met. Two feet of quartz has been j-: ' passed through, and there is quartz still j." showing in the face. 'j-; : At the 300 ft level driving was advanced |j \ sft, making a total of 229 ft. The No. 6 i|j j story? of No. 1 block was advanced 13ffe S J (total 63ft). Colours of gold are being seen. g! j '' I > MAY QUEEN. . 1 The manager of the May Queen mine in R j his weekly report states that the crosscut f| J going in a south-east direction at the No. 10 |<j level (1000 ft) is still passing through quartz f| and mineral seams, and . there is so far no te signs of a defined hanging wall. On Thurs- : k day last a rib of quartz was cut, from 4in to stj 6in wide. vlt carries a good cla'ss of bright. ji; blocky mineral. In the northern crosscut j'.i good country is being penetrated, but no j| quartz has been met with during the week. • s The usual work of stoping on the No. 4 Icde || and branch leaders is proceeding, and gold fe is seen in the quartz broken. IS ; gg GOLDEN CROSS. | Tho. directors of the Golden Cross Gold ||| Mining Company, in presenting their half- J| yearly report and balance-sheet to share- I|>. holders, state that their decision to erect an k up-to-date crushing plant is being carried & 1 into effect. A 'new battery site, water-race, | and dam, and tramline sites have been ft acquired, and the additional machinery and . i| plant purchased, and the works of const rue- f l tion were commenced in September last. • |? Since the New Year's holidays a full staff of | men have been; put on, and it is expected §• the mill will be completed at an early date. fj The reduction works will consist of a 10- . }>' stamp battery, with an automatic cyanide , S plant, . driven by water-power, capable .of .§i treating 100 tons of ore weekly. The mine i 3 | being opened up so as to securo an ample .f. supply of ore being ready for "the mill. . |i; WAIOTAHI. . ' |j The manager of the Waiotahi mine re- .gj ports for the week as follows: —~ (|| No. 6 Level: The sinking of the No. 2 jS winze on the main reef below this level lias | been in hand, and is now down a depth of || sft, the'reef here at present being about 6ft. g in width. The stopes on the footwall dropper t; above this level have been in progress, and |j colours of gold are seen, This block is now p getting small, and will soon be exhausted. No. 4 Level: Driving south-west on the |i cross reef from the footwnll crosscut has f been in hand. Tho reef in this direction is b about 18in in width, but so far no gold has |j been seen. The sinking of the main shaft is j| being continued, and is now down a depth * of 69ft below No. 6 level. At this depth a |s little water is now making, but not sufficient j ! -; to interfere with the sinking. || • • NOTES. 7ft The main drive at the 80Tt level of the > Golden Pah mine has been extended 12ft, jj tho total driven belfig 277 ft. b- — ' During the week ended January 20, 7ft was | driven in the low level of the Mount el- J; come mine. Coromandel. In the stopes 10ft fj has been driven. The reef in the seventh e stopo is split, up into several portions. . H The western drive on the Sons of Freedom " g Reef in the Alburnia mine has been ad- g vanced a further distance of 10ft. The reef f has pinched in smaller in the face, being | now about 18in wide. It is a compact body * of stone, and is carrying more heavy mineral |j through tho quartz. At the Tairua Monarch Consolidated mine 2. the tram line from the smithy level to tho v battery lias been completed. Tlio winze | sunk to the smith)- level from No. 2 level |. has been timbered tip, and a pass put in. | The men are now engaged trucking the oro | broken from the leading stope into the same. | The battery is almost, completed, and the « water-race will be completed in about, a fort- | night's time. | _I The manager of the Pride of Tokatea mine .. ; reports that 28ft has been driven on tho | footwall reef at tho main level (Harbour | View section). The reef, which is a nice I compact body of stone has shown gold at I each breaking down. The country encasing I the reef is mild, and can be cheaply worked. | Thirty pounds of picked stone was bagged . | on tlio 17th inst. making a- total of 1601b | now on hand. The drive to intersect the 1 winze reef lias been advanced" 20ft. s -—- . s Tanking was started in the Old Kapanga 1 mine on Tuesday last with one. tank only. I It is expected that the other tank will bo | started in the course of a few days. Opera- I ions have been suspended in the 500 ft level S ; until the arrival of the air-pipes, as the air 3 is very bad. In the meantime the men aro f employed in sinking a winze on the footwall I of Scbtty's'roef below the 400 ft level, where | | there was good gold got. above this point. | ! The machinery is all in good order. P '. — . . ! | In the Waitangi rise of the Ivurnntii mine J fair progress has been made. Owing to the * heady nature of the ground and the water. | the ground is kept well timbered. Five feet \ has been added to the Blyth low level drive 1 in hard country. The Hartley reef drive was t stopped, tho distance being far enough to Jj have cut the reef. A winze was sunk oil J the leader from the underhand si ope above, and after sinking about loft a connection was { made with a drive, the leader having been | thrown 7ft into the footwall. side of the £ drive. The leader is larger than it was in |i the winze, and in breaking down, gold was |- seen in the stone. |