MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17965, 15 December 1921, Page 5

MINING NEWS.

REEFTON GOLIO RETURNS. A report issued by the direotors of th« Beeftpn Gold Mines, Ltd;, gives particulare of th« gold returns won from the ore- obtained in their, properties and crushed during August 1 . September, \md' October: Th« frespeotive returns werei—Auguet; 180 tow of ore, blilljori, valued ft'-£606 r September, 860 tons, £719; Ootober, 295 tons, £709...

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. ' •Haunlri the 800 ft. level the 1 drive on the' break in the Welcome- Find section is in 28Ift„ the country 1 rock on the W?ingwa}l_sid«i being favourable for reefs aaid sold. Tho face is again more moist, as though nunng .a reef, The orosscut penetrating the>diorite intrusion'which hap proHbly been the displacing faotor of Legge's reef has beeij driven B?ft. The rock, which has been Very Hard . is now more' decomposed and soft. At the 400 ft, level the laying of the cbmpressed-air pipes to the point •where it; is intended to start sinking is about completed; "work has' been resumed in cleaning up the 400 ft. level toward the Welcome Find section, where it is intended to start work oh the Welcome Find reef. The water in the Welcome Find' shaft is now 20ft; below the No; -9 level, leaving 40ft. to completely drain this section o£ the mine. Moanataiari.—The drossout east of the slide his been extended sft. At that point it was deemed advisable, to open out and drive west on the' promising lode just psuseed through. A distance of lift, was accomplished. The country on thi ,hangiriew«;ll is of a most desirable description, being mild andesite. The lode maintained an even width of .12in„ composed of quarts of a, kindly nature. . impregnated with iron pyrites and antimony. On the three occasions when the lbdo W'e broken down colburs of gold-were''seen.