MINING NEWS.
VVAIHI GRAND JUNCTION. .'''!-.'• '; '. "" -'. '■ ■/•■'.'-'■■/■'.• .''':■'■-'-' ;' 'v .- '• t £16,04.1 FROM 9300 TONS. ' The Waihi Grand Junction \ Gold Company, Ltd., : . during [ tie : period ended ? October ;; 6 last, crushed and .treated .. 9300 . tons of ore ; for : a ' return •of bullion valued ; at : £16,044 J9s id. Compared with the return for the corronondinp ueriod of last, ■ year,: when 10,010 tons yielded £17,526 : 5s Bd. this shows ' .a-:d«:rea80 of.'■ £1481 68 •' 4d. ": ■ Tho total amount ,won ; from' the : mine to date is • £1,597,655 ! las 3d. i AWfj W, : ~•-• ■ Tho ' following': information '■ was contained in • a ' cablegram ■;' forwarded s to '•: thft London I office of tho company:—No. 8 Love!— - footwall lode: The east drive; has-been. ad- "[■ vanced ;• to 578 f t: > from 560 ft'•:. to ■ sCsft ' the average vahio for, a._ width of 4ft is £lla'sd per ton. r Ho 4 . rise ' is now up 68ft: : the average value for a width of is £19 5s per. ton £ the ; ; top of; the . rise ;is in country rock.' Royal'; Lode: : Breaking out Iron . sft east to 30ft • east the averaso ■[• ?*lur" for, a width of 96in •is £1; 12s lOd.
MINE MANAGERS' reports. -■ ';.. Tairua Broken Hills: }■ Quarts: from No. *■ 4 '. atopo is being saved for treatment. '.In * No. 5 atope . the : quart* • bears a most = favourable appearance, ■'■'■ and • colours ':■ of .1 gold X are :seen occasionally, ■ : : The country .: surrounding the lead in No. 2 stops is improving in appearance. : r.-v? •:,;'",:•-;-'.< ■::'- •■-.■-.■;,.•, -: -,\..... >>■;-
*,'■' Rising Sun ! A total of 52ft has been driven in the Smile of Fortune reef, to date. Prospects continue to be moat encouraging. •-,* -.'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16674, 19 October 1917, Page 3
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256MINING NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16674, 19 October 1917, Page 3
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