MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18941, 12 February 1925, Page 7

MINING NEWS.

WORK NEAR TE AROHA. EXTENSIVE PROSPECTING. [ET TELEGRAPH.—OWV CORRESPONDENT. ] TE AROHA Wednesday. Hopes of the discovery of gold in payable quantities near Te Aroha are not yet dead. A party of men has been formed with the object? of carrying out extensive prospecting operations on the hills between Waiorongomai and Waihi, at a spot where indications of quartz and alluvial gold were found in former years. Assistance is : desired ' from the Government in cutting a track to the scene of the operations, and a Government subsidy while prospecting is in progress is expected. The Mayor, Mr. R. Coulter, is in communication with the Minister for Mines, Hon. E. J. Anderson, on the subject. MINE MANAGERS* REPORT. Four-In-Hand.—The black being sloped on the T&inui reel above the prospecting drive going south is just about beaten,out to. the surface, and a few pounds of picked stone and general dirt of a fair Quality were obtained here, The ncrth end of the stoping, ' which is beaten out to ifear the surface, has produced ere of a low grade nature ] mostly. At the intermediate level we are beating out the leading stope. The reef ha-s j averaged 10 inches wide, and a little cold has been «een by panning in moat of the quartz broken oin We liave a block here 225 feet lons ready to stope out. The weather has again hindered work in connection with tho erection cf the brake-wheel frame. A start has been made excavating for the hopper at the lower end of the Tainui aerial ropeway. *