OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 127, 7 November 1885, Page 2

OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

KARANGAHAKE. Pabroa, Friday. During the past week there have been no very important changes to note at nny of the different mining centres. The various works in connection with the completion of the furnace, etc., are being rapidly pushed on,- the greatest draw backs experienced brin^ deliys through waiting for timber anil material required. The furnace is now lined with brick (nboutlOin thick), the water- race and iruuittuy completed to within about 70 yards -»f the furnace house; a good part of the down pipe to connect the water-race with tue Pelton wsieel is also laid, and it should not take long now to have all the necessary work completed and started to work. It is stated that a new line of reef carrying gold a-nl silver has been discovered about two miles south of the trig station and close to the county track. There inuj t be some truth in the report, for there was quite a rush to that locality at.w tiavs &ince t and seven.l claims have '•ecu maiked off and applied for by some of the oldest hands in the district. Next week I intend taking a trip in that direction, and will then furnish full particulars. There are several teams of horses busily engaged in carting ora to the Paeroa Lnnding, from whence it is being conveyed to the New Zealand Smelting Company's works, Thames. The Crown mine has already despatched 50 tons, and as this lot will be assayed as soon as possible its average value should be generally known about the end of the ensuing week. Crown. — The mine manager reports the following operations for the past year : — "A crosscut has been driven in 137ft for the purpose of intersecting various reefs cropping up on the spur. The first met with is about 3 feet wide, from wiiich gold and silver bearing stone was obtained. The second lode is about 4 feet wide, and albo carrying a little gold j the third lode is 5 feet wide, intermixed with stndstone, carrying gold and silver. An amount of surface pkuapcuting lias been done in the form of trenching, resulting' in the opening of Nos. 2 and 4 reefs. On No 2 lode a level has been driven 173 feet, in which the average size of the lode has been from three to five feet j the back available over the present face of level would be about 150 feet. A rise has been put up 32 feet and timbered securely ; « block of ground has been stoped oat 25 feet by 27 feet. A winze has also been put down 25 feet and timbered. 50 tons of stone carrying gold and silver has been obtained from this lo le an<J 19 now on its way to the Thames for treatment by the New Zealan-i SmeltingjQo's furnace. About 150 tons taken ftorn i his reef has been stacked, an excavation^ 100 feet by 54 with an average depth of 10 feet having been made for this purpose. A tramway has been laid level 232 feet, 2,500 feet of timber being sawn OB the ground, 9| chains of road has been formed for the purpose of packing quartz, and a sin. thy has ' been erected 12ft by 10ft. A level on No JO lode has been put in 10ft. The lode is about Sin thick, and is thought to be a i continuation «f the blue reef 5u0ft south, where very rich stone was obtained 12 months ago. Some ston« taken from this lode gave large returns upon being assayed: No jwork has been done on Nos. 1 and 3 lodes." i The proprietors of the Scotia mine have about 50 tons to grass, and of this lot about 10 tons have been bagged, »;> I i a start was made a few days ago to cart i the ore preparatory to forwarding it on to the Thames for treatment on the L* Monte principle. The Kenilworth, Sutro, and R<se claims have all got parcels, varying from 20 to 50 tons bagyed ready for transmission to the smelting works, Thames ; and should these parcels yield profitable returns— of which I think there can be little doubt — there is an abundance of the same class ready for breaking out, and I believe we may therefore look hopefully forward to a lengthened period of prosperity. Adoline Licensed Holding. — A meeting of 'shareholders in the above holding was held on Friday, 30th ult, when it was resolved to form th© holding into a company to be called the "Adeline Gold-mining Company, Limited," and to be under the Mining Companies Act,Jj872, in 20,000 shares at 10s each, nil pai^-.up, and a nominal capital of £10,000. A Board of Directors was electe&fand^the' following appointments made:4Mr R. McDormld Scott, to be legal manager, Messrs Jacfison and Russell solicitors,' Mr R. G. Muckay auditor, and the Bank o£ New Zealand bankers. Mr John P. Hall was appointed by the directors inspector of the claim. The claim