Green's Reef Company.

Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 13

Green's Reef Company.

Bditob Witness,— Sir : In your issue of March 21 appeared an account of a gold-washing and saving appliance which had been tried at Green's Reef, Ophir; and further stating the appliances had demonstrated the fact that gold existed in paying quantities through the claim. This may be the oase, but it yet remains to be proved, as the following facts will show. Mr Neale, the mine manager, opened out on what was considered payable dirb—in fact following the exact line or run of leaders worked by Mr Green. Upwards of 130 tons, instead of 50 or 60 as stated were put through the boxes, four tons of which Mr Green desired to be taken from a spot which he considered would yield loz of gold per ton. To make a show, if possible, the manager put on men and formed a wheelbarrow track, that these four tons might be wheeled to where it could be tipped into the trucks running to the boxes. • The result after a careful washing op of blankets and everything considered likely to contain gold, was ifdwts of imperfectly cleaned gold. Then follow the usual remarks, "with proper management to develop the resources of the locality," &0., &c. The cutting and tunnels having exposed nearly all the gold-bearing veins, "a proper estimate of the value of the claim may easily be be arrived at. Let anyone interested pay a visit' to the claim and see for himself; no expert opinion is required. The workings are well developed { good tram lines laid. The dirt is delivered at the boxes, and washed at a loss of 13d per ton, Thia includes management— cheaper, doubtless, than any other quartz workings in the colony. Regarding Mr Ekberg'sappliances there is nothing new about them, and they are in no . way superior, if equal to Mr Green's original method of treating the material from the claim. — I am, &c, ! Ophir, March 25. Shabeholdeb.