BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LATEST MINING NEWS. LATEST MINING NEWS. KARANGAHAKE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 126, 31 October 1885, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LATEST MINING NEWS. LATEST MINING NEWS. KARANGAHAKE.

Woodstock. — The water-race Has ieen cdm^'tefl SWithiritf VeYy^Hdrt distance of the furnace, which is also in an advanced, sta.te, and th'o nk wih6le plant should be W complete working" ordeV it an early date* At., thd mine the low- level id in'a'disfiance of 45ft, and the manager expects to meeit , with the re ; ef daily. < In the stopes above the" intefm'ediate jevel 'thereof is* sft thick) and the stone all of good quality. ; "' ""■ t ' i> ' l/ - 'Rutro.—The -manager has got 25 tons of ore bagged ready for the carter, who' will nfcarfc Wiirk early next week by which jtiine 35' to\4o«tons AyilJ.be a waiting transmission to TlminuB,"f6r' sinewing' purposes; ' j Gru&hfng op.'r.ifiunH with 16 head of stampers, one shift of 12 hour.-, are now-gbing on, atid the show on the plates would indicate a payable return WjeiiiuaugorbXpeets to.be able to clean up to-morrow, by which time 6) tons will Iwve-been passed' through the l»iti<\iy, , In the mine the - stopes • north* of the*' wiilzc iire yielding handsomely, the reef here being 4ft thick, and the stone is a!l of >ivprsge quality. _ : ' Crown — The low level is being advanced southwards, a.wl the reef, ,nieiisisring 3ft in thickness, shows co.ir^e gi>M freely, with every prospect of improving in size and quality as work is continued upon it. The. work of sinking the win/,o beneath the iow level has been resumed, tho reef here is somewhat broken up, but the manager- anticipates an improvement bolow tho slide through which , the winze is now.passing. The whole of the parcel of 50 tons bt orevvhiclrhafif been baigged for transport will be delivered- itr Paeroa b'n» Tuesday ne^, after yhich, no, difficulty ' Vill oe ekperie'nced v in v forwarding it .per; steamer , to the Smel ting" Company's works Thameaj ; { ' ,t / >, ' KenirwoijtH.—jffood stone is coming i to hajpchfroni.tlje intermediate a,ndJow levels. "JrheiHi ii»v no!jv ab v (iu,"t 50 tons ta grass, and. this is i)eing bagged by & practical ore 1 dfessed who luts- just arrived 1 hei'e from Californiit. where he has had a long and varied experience in ore clasffiug, Scbtin. — The 'shareholders have got '40 tons of ore broken out, and of this lot 10 torts have been already bagged awaiting transport to 'Thames '"•'The battery 'value of tltis stone is about loz per ton, and the assay value is 7<»zsi of gold and 24oiss of 'silver to the ton. . j Peveril off the Peak. — This claim ,is located south of and next to the Scotirt, and is upon the a.ime- linc_ of reef. It waformed. into a compjiny last week^ and prospecting operations are now in progress under thy. supervision of Mr Jas LiHdell. I 'vlioiwill doubtless renders good .account of himself ere long. '> i .i • ' iDiiunohd.H-The. manager k has started i staping out? south) of > the winze,i and 4 although the lode is small yet the;ston;o ap- | pears to be-of— gold quality, and should \ yield-aigcftid,6mb'ning/iet«rn. . ] j, ..Specimen. JHill.^— |Tne )o,v,7iey t el isj in^'rf dis'tn^p^6^.i3pit, i afld'.4QJft inpre to (J drivbn in order to,, reach il'ie/reefjlnpon which, tliis level will/iif'ird 50ft of b'icks. Imperial. — The Sutr-> reef improve 8 ! in size, and quality as the level advances to wards the point wh re the, be«t gold waB got on the surface. {Several lodes varying 'from 6in to 4ftjVt!iicknesB have beqn unearthed in this claim, but up to tho present ihe manager has riot- had time to give them a thorough prospecting. Sultana.— Surface trenching has been in this claim fo.r some time past, and results ho farjriiy« beerrhighly satisfactory. Several. iiirge. well-deiined bodies bf quartz have been unearthed, an<l with a view to determining the , intrinsic .vahie of -these, samples- of stone will be for-■warde^'-to"Auckland fof assay purposes in -