OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Paeroa, Friday.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 125, 24 October 1885, Page 2

OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Paeroa, Friday.

Thehe is nothing of special importuned to report from the mines gince last week, A* Karangah.ike goo I progress is being made with tlni works in connection with the furnace. The PeJton water-wheel is in position, likewise the shafting, pulleys, bower, stone breaker, etc. , The flooring over head is all laid, aiid a. large Quantity of coke, for furnace use, already stack a1 on ssame in sacks. The waderrace is completed to tj^e further bunk of the Waitawheta river, and the water wa§ turned on for the first time on Thursday, -The complHi6n 6f ' the ' wafer- race iwill not take 10ng.. , ' large i^Ofl pipe leading from the furnace to the.srst condensing chamber is completed! Several houses are being put up on the town* ship site known as SilVerton,' -on th« opposite bank of the. Ohinemuri river from the furnace house. Mr N. Dickey has a number of .teams on daily .cart (^material and goods, ami conveying sharks from Various mih'es "to Paeroa for , hipment to Thames for treatment.

. * * : 'KARAI!IGAHAKB' l Ml»BSJ" f . l i;t > Woodstock. — Ten hands are now employed .in - r this mj nnet. t » The T principal work at present consists of sloping aud driving in the" low "level j. the drive, is 'now in some 35ft|' > and the manage/expects to cut the-*' reef early next vreek. In stripping down the winze gold is to be seen pretty freely. Some 300 to 400 tons have now been broken out ready for the furnace. Kenii worth. —Seven men are employed in this mine, and are principally engaged in driving on the Maria reef. About 40 tons are now to grass. - 'Some.testfl made last week by Mr Smith, ass/iyer for Mr R. K. JLJaTJVyielded at tjhe extraordinary : i'.ite of G^oz 440111 and 500 >» of* silver JUT lull. 'r'iti reef- is ,t(«iilfc 4ft Xtute ".hfjv nn*v licing worked upon.- Other recent U'&ls have yielded 2 »z gold and 5 \o'a silver and 2oa Gdwta uold and 47 a/, filvi'i' pel' Jon A parcel of 50 tons i* nvvi beini; bagged,, and will be..do3pjtclieti for treatment at the Thames tioxt \reek. Tlie contract for conveyance Ua been arranged -at J£l 12s per ton. SeoLia. — -50 tons from this mine \ »lao are about to be sent to Thames for treatment. Recent tests have given handsome returns. Pevarill of the Peak. — Work has been resumed in this mine, which is abont to be formed into a company. Ivanhoe. — Tne stuff being put through at the battery is bein,g obtaine«l from stopes in No 4 level and is shaping pa) ably. Diamond — The men in this mine have been employed timbering.^wideninsr, laying down tram road, etc, and a sta t will . c made probably early next week to break out quartz, from where the last crushing of 5 tons to Hansen and Company) was taken,- prior to forming a company. United. — Work at present is confined to driving from the horse .trackif.on a leader 2to 6 inches wide. The drive is now in 24ft, and a little gold ia:ip be seen in breaking r own. / ' \ *' ''"

OWHABOA.^ -'j,,.""* " Smile of Fortune and' KaclicaX— « • Driving is in >progr,esBf 9i)V%£ ftlifcef in the Smile,,- and i^npjTjin 180 ft from th« point loft off by the old trilmtora. The .manager, expects, to cut tljo slido in about T \VYhjch,,wul . tl»en C/J open ap,ft,blflc|L : 2ojJ[;^ni I lfingfe;^i^4) Boft pf.'jback^ At,} cjcpsp/cutM^s^ajsayiia^prograss to intersecfrfcbJ^WJaiori^liTeef/irom whicli such excellent returns were obit¥in.^yt^^ta *<" rhrt:v-w WailMoieMihgM VK^ V« driving on tUje jreeJL round m the Dea of _ the ri^er<}jr f\yi('m KHt

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