MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18532, 17 October 1923, Page 7

MINING NEWS.

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. .'Rising Sun."—The winze -has "been extended. 6ft. 6in., making a total distance of 73f|. 6m. -The country is now very much easier for boring, but broken with another leader coming in on the footwall. ...• Tho lode at the bottom of the winze has improved very much in appearance. 'Wo started opening up on No.• 1 lode, 100 ft. south of the winze. We cleared out and repaired five of the passes, up to the intermediate level, from No. 3 level and also gathered • about 20 tons of payable ore from the stopes.; y. New Waiotahi.~The rise on the Cure reef has been only partly manned during the past week owing to the men being engaged repairing an. airway. The south-east crosscut pasaed through a formation about 12in thick, carrying a . little quartz intermixed with clay, =: The country in the present face is favourable. The winze on {he footwnll leader is down 80ft.. at which point the water level was reached. A start has been made with two shifts driving westward to get' underneath where picked stone was obtained in the drive. ■ _ Ohinenmri.— south, drive on . the Camoola reef is mow out 661 ft. from the main crosscut. The reef formation is still the full. width of the drive,- and continues to be Exceptionally hard. The hanging-wall is exposed and a crosscut is ,in progress to determine , the width of the reef. The quarts ; broken out •is '■;■ favourable, , showing rodenite and small values. • ;.