MINING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16888, 28 December 1916, Page 7

MINING.

The last report of tho manager of tins Waihi Extended initio states that tin l full e.\tcnfc of tlio deposit of molybdenite recently cut in the sinking of the shall bun not yet boon ascertained. As far -is tho manager is able to say, tho molybdenite is ill i' Benin of comparatively soft t)u;u'lnot uniformly distributed, but occurring ill pi.tcl.eft. A very small part of the length of tho deposit has been exposed, and the shaft timber is also in the way. The manager is hopeful that tho general course of tho seam, will cause it to cross into tile, shaft, as all the other leaders encountered have. done. At present it is dipping away, but this is possibly on account ol a local bulge. Tho winzo on tho Pinion reef at Tairua Broken Hills has now been sunk to a deptli of lift, with a well-marked reef at the bottom 20iu wide. The manager reports that this gives good dish indications. A good tonnage of oro that assays well ia being obtained from the old stopes on No. 1 reef, which have given way, and arc being timbered up. Tho manager of the Golden Belt mine, in his> mast recent report, states that the footwall cross-cut at No. .1 level is now in 55ft. The south rise is up 25ft. The reef is very hard, but the ore crushed ia of fair grade. Tho drive from tho Service level on tho Golden Crown No. 1 leader is still progressing. Tho manager reports that in the faco tho leader is very small, but is making along tho back of the drive. It chows a little gold there, and is from 4in to sin wide.