MINING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18556, 17 May 1922, Page 7

MINING.

The secretary of the Nokomai Hydraulic Sluicing Company reports that No. 2 claim had lost three shifts through a slip in-the, race. A wash-up was made at No. 8 claim, the result being 1420 z 4dwt for the paddock. At present the No. 3' hands are «m----loyed removing the Foster Creek big syphon pipes from broken ground to a permanent site. HAURAKI MINES. The manager of the Hauraki mines states that at the 400 ft level the winze is down 6ft, and another 4ft or Sft of depth should strike the reef, which is dipping _ toward* the winze. Cleaning up and repairing tne main level towards the Welcome Find ahatt is now within about SOft of where it is '*• pected to meet with the reef. The drive to locate Legge’s reef in the Welcome Fmd action at_ the SOOft level is in 18ft. _ The country is, interlaced with black mineral seams favourable for gold should a reef he met with. The drive penetrating the diorite inslrusive rock is being driven, as opportunity offers, and is now in a distance <>f 110 f t; we 1 are expecting to meet with the andesite rocks at any time now. MUIR’S GOLD REEFS. DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS. The Waihi correspondent of the New Zealand Herald says that since the commencement of milling operations in the now battery, up to April 30, a total of 8990 tons of -ore have been : ,crushed by Muir’s Gold Beefs, Ltd., at Te Puke, from which gold and silver to the value of £18,015 4» 4d has been extracted!, Arrangements _ have' been completed at the mine for increasing the supply of ore to the mill, and it. is intended to bring this up to 120' tons per day as speedily as possible. The sinking of another winze (No. 3), from No. 8 level, at a point 315 ft south of the crosscut, has been commenced, and at Sft down the reef assays £2 6s 3d per ton. This winze will be sunk 150 ft. A crosscut to intersect the big lode ; at a point 150 ft below the old No. 1 level has been started, end has,been driven 20ft., Just before reaching the solid country, massive boulders of quartz, which assayed £3 4s 2d per ton, were met within this crosscut, '