MINING NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 956, 27 June 1890, Page 9

MINING NEWS.

(from our own correspondent.) Reefton, June 21. Returns—United Alpine, 200 oz of amalgam from 150 tons ; Inkerman, 82oz from 60 tons ; Progress, 2680 z for the week ; Fiery Cross, 280 oz from 85 tons ; Venus, 420 z of retorted gold from 51 tons. Quotations —Big River, sellers, 3s 9d ; Globe, 27s 6d to £2S ; Homeward Bound, sellers, 2s 5d ; Hidden Treasure, 8d to 9d j Inkerman, sales, 24s ; Hercules, 2s to 2s 4d ; National, sellers, Gd ; Progress, 19s 6d to 21s ; Reward, sellers, Is 4d ; Resolution, sellers, Is 3d ; Scotia, buyers, Is 6d j United Italy, 3d to 4d; Venus, buyers, lid j Wealth of Nations, 4s 9d to 5a 2d. There is a marked improvement in the

Wealth of Nations reef. It has now widened cut to Gffc and carries good gold. The crushing of the Merrijigs’ stone does not take place for some little erne, as the cartage of the atone is slow, owing to the bad roads. The Globe returns are fully up to the average, though not so large as usual, as the crushing did not commence this week until Tuesday morning. The Painkiller line o£ reefs (ire now looking well. The country in the Sir Charles Russell is getting more solid. The reef is eveu.and unbroken, and is 3ft wide and carrying good gold. Westport, June 22. The coal export for the week, which ended on Saturday l ist, was 38 27 tons. V Greymouth, June 22. The coal export for the week was 5715 tons. The s.'s. Pukaki took away 1800 tons on Saturday. Havelock, June 23. At the Mahakipawa diggings the known results to June 21 are—Golden Hope, 350 z ; Waihi. 220 z ; Long Time, 13oz; Ross and party, 12oz. At Wakamarina Mr L. W. A. Macarthur, a mining export, who has been making a tour of the Colony Inspecting some of the mines.cn behalf of some Australian capitalists, returned on Saturday, the 21st instant, from an inspection of the Wakamarina reefs, the result - being of a highly satisfactory nature. £ The Golden Bar is reported on a rich reef, both at the face and the paddock output. A lode.of apparently pure scheelite was discovered on the lease, a valuable, auxiliary ore. .' The Federation tunnel is reported to be within 60ft of the reef, at the utmost from the present drive. The face is already‘-v showing indication of stringers. A copper lode was also opened in the above, and in a direct line with the tunnel. Mr Macarthur expresses himself as thoroughly satisfied with the legitimate prospects of both leases, and notices the exceptionally defined and regular lay of the reef, the contortions common to a broken country being absent, and he anticipates neither faults nor rises to obstruct payable working. Golden Spur.—The reef in this property is now being trenched for in a likely position to meet with success. 1 By request of interested parties, the Break-o’-Day was also examined. On this lease a tunnel is reported 160 ft in length to a ; reef of 6ft 6in,quartz of an auriferous nature being there that merits further working. ; The position of this reef to the machinery L site alone commends its re-opening, it being 15 minutes’ walk from Mr Coffey’s cottage, at Maori Gorge, where it is purposed to erect machinery. Auckland, June 24. D A telegram was received to-day from the * new Pubipuhi silver field, stating that the ‘ Young Colonial holding cut a big 20ft • reef on Saturday. It is very rich in silver, 3 which is showing right through. r Invercargill, June 24. i News from Coal Island does not indicate any great Gnds being made. The weather is very: inclement, and the diggers have suffered ]. hardships through want of communication, the food having run short. They urge that the .Government should provide means of ’ communication regularly, pointing out that while the regular steamer goes down Pegasus, > where there is not more than dozen men > there now, and they have a track to civilian--3 tion; no provision is made for Coal Island, , where 50 men are at work. ? (per press association.) 1 Auckland, Jane 25. 3 Five tons of ore from the prospectors’ claim at Puhipuhi has been sent for treatment to the Thames School of Mines. A company baa been formed to work the t Star of Waiariki mine, and the £5 paid up „ shares are now selling at £lO. 3 There is more activity at Puhipuhi than ’ ever before.