OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 129, 21 November 1885, Page 7

OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Paehoa, FfiJay. I?ROFEBSOR BlacS:, who is now at the Thames, will deliver a series of three lectures on mineral op y at Karangahake commencing 1 on Monday evening next, which place has bseu selected, oa account x>f being the the chief centre of mining operations on this fiel > at the present time. After the bet n res Professor Black, who is accompanied by a staff of assistant, tvill stark classes, to whom practical illnstrations will be given* of tUe best known aietho Is of testing the different ores ami metals, wifch Vhioh this district abonnrU. A fey lessons, such h»3 Professor Bla:k intends gifins*, shonM enable aliy miner of iverage intelligence to deteimine the c mractor and value of any ore that he may frum time to tinw pick «p w.»eu out {^o^pecting, without bom? n^isyoi to apply to the professional :vrfa.iyer tor no distance.

Crown — i've lo.r level wi.izo has no .t ftttuinei a depth 01 3Jt't, .111 J v.c ieef> Vrliich shows guM occjtsio.u!!y> n* \»>»;t:v 3 2 fee* 6 indies in the bottom yesterday. In the low teve* i*t>in» south tlh'i ••• is 1 change to nr»ti» in fcue character of tin? stone comprising tUe reef> wuicit Juries fro: a lift tnii to SCt hi thick ne&s. Diamond. — Since my hist visit tae level has l>e?n extended h distance <>f 10ft southwards) and the reef here •reroges &U>nt, Oin in rhickwss c.irrvin r * fair percentage or gold, uud iiiiiica- . tions of silver ate not wanting* Htop- | in^ north ami south of the wiuae is still ! bekvj rnrneil oh, and the le.-ulor aviv-ig i inj; 12 merit's in width, is .yicllin^ a ftiir am"«at of stone in wuicu tuo precious taet.ds are plainly diseeruabie. There ere no\Y A'ouut 10 tons of tu'e siauke i at the nioQth T>f the level, and tliis will be clas-sei! and Wagged for transport to ; Tua ueSy as soo* as the requisite sacks, &c.» come to hand. i S[iocinteu Hill • -The low level is now m a distance of 80 feet, and another 80 feet of driving should bring it Up to the line of reef, upon which it will vSoti about 60 feet of backs. Tiie country through with this level is passing- is so soh in character as to necessitate close timbering turougKoilt, and iv carryiujor o\\t this Work driving has been considerably delayed. Adeline.— All hands are notf engaged in culling a track to connect the VfurV ings with the* comity road, 30 «is to make the line practicable for sleigh, and trolly traffic. VVlu-n this is accomplish^ I, a stand will bp majo to S"nd ore fo ttie Thames smelling works, and it appoyrancea^are worth noting it shoul? turn out handsomely. I'nperiil — There is a improvement in the size and quality or bae tee! as work us advanced up«>n it southwards, in which \}irecl.»oft the bestgoll was on the Burlace.\ Thia level has now been driven a distance of 40 feet, and the lode is ahonf, 3 feet C inches in width carrying mrfre or less gold, which is Only obtained when the Stone is put through the mortar process. Sutro. — Driving the low level is still being carried^ on, bnt as yet there are no signs of a reef being close at hand. The intermediate level is in process of extension along the foot-wall side of the lode, from which the smelting parcel Was obtained, and breaking down will, be commenced as toon as the manager can find room for stacking the quartz* in Borne of which metallic silver is freely yisable. Argentine. — The prospecting cross cut is in a distance of 45 feet, and the wall of a reef was showing in the face yesterday. In the opinion of the manager this lode should be indentical with one or other of the two lodes which are exposed to view in a trench on the surface, and another days' work should determine ita value. Ivanlioe. — Tho contract for the extension of the low level tunnel towards the Scott boundary, is now fairly advanced, and the who.c of the quartz comprising a* reef 2 feet 6 inches in width is being saved for freafctmn'. There is some first class crushing dirt coming to'hahTC'O'u the scopes, especially 'fio»n thY one "going: south, where the reef affords* ribout4 feeti' of payable quartz, 'an 4 4hjjf" Manager, anticipates a -further Improi;enqori6? as /the* stopeS' are continued, up towards r tho interrne^iate level. At tho battery 1G head of

stampers ai\j kopfe going one sh!Ft of 10 hours, and tho crushing is shaping for nn nil round n'tum of not less than 15 <l\v(s to the ton. Cleaning up and retoriimr for this mine will eventuate übout Mondny next, 1-y wlibh time 100 tons will hove been passo 1 through the battery. Scott. — Operations in this mmv are at present confined to breaking onfc quartz from the main lode, which is fully ten feet in thickness, and the whole of the stone looks well for ailver. This work is going on at a point 180 feet beneath the old working?, and in order to take this stone away for treatment a new lino of tramway will have to be constructed* I Gladys.— The foot-wall of the reef was met with in tho low lev^l yesterday, but up to the time of my leaving Knrangahake had not been sufficiently cut into to determine its value. Woodstock. — In tho low l«vel two lodes -have been intersected, one of these is about 3ft and the other about Jft in thickness. There is no gold visible in either of these, but both carry a decent percentage of silver. Above the intermediate Ifvel sloping is still in progress, and tlw i'eof here being Bft wide is yielding a large amount of good smelting ore. IE it were nob for the fact that tho manager is stuck for material, tho whole of the works in connection with the smelting apparatus, would be complete in every particular this week, and then the only work remaining to bo done would be the erection of tho hoppers at either end of the Aerial tramway, which was placed in its pusitioiryesterday. Kenilworth. — Thero is a goo I show of gold and silver bearing stone in tho rise I above the low level) where the reef is fully 3 ft thick, and by far the greater proportion of the stuff is being baggod for transmission to the smelting furnace Thames,, There are now about 20 tons bagged ready h r the carter, and if the weather holds up this will ail be scut to Paeroa for shipment to Thames next week, Scotia.-—T!iTS week a start wa«i made to breai; out quartz from tho low level where the roof is -tft thick, and tl.e pro?pects of gold obtainable from tho stone are «nffHenfly good to warrant its being saved fur treatment. Pevon'l of the Pf»nk. — A. prosn^cMn^ tunnel is now heing ndvnncod upon a io c 12ins in thickness, and t.ie manager sa m \"? the ston" is nil of yfooil quality.