MINING NEWS. WAIORONGOMAI.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 148, 3 April 1886, Page 2

MINING NEWS . WAIORONGOMAI.

iii'X ltrokon ont is of fcx' f ell mfc qnalifc\ It is inU'inle I to next week start putt my it) .1 diive loconneut with t.hi<« winss<\ \v ion will then is'wp a blo-k of tfionn with 701 r nf i hoks. Champion Fjof^b No 3. — Rtone for i l.e. I'iiiiiMt'n irt still ln»ing broken ont from this claim, nii'l I'orwnnlod by u parly ev<»ry fteamer to Tuinnes. ]n apjicar anco the stone liroken out the past Lmv da\s, is fully etjiial, «n<l in fact superioi to any y<'L ontiiiutiil Irnm this iiimk j . It is tio iutcntiun to put in a level in t.'uU el litu :\\<o i ami w'ipn iliH worn nos beon cnirieil out, lully i.O>/ft of li.ici\3 s.ioulil Dc nvailalilo. In tin? ISiu'priso clnim^ .and al»o Can run 1 !, pro-p.'cting is in [ti'ogi'oss, wit i very iMicnur.i->ing results

TRACKS. llyilcsii'l party, on i factors for Miakiuu '20 chsiins of road to eontvel Ctiniei oil's fi.iiiu with the main rraek Hr«st msule, will probably have finikin"! this w>ui. m about a couple of weeks. Dillon an>l party are making fair proUU'Sd with tiie nuitiMft lii^L let, iniil uuieh U a continu.itiuii ol tise ro.nl inaile by Gomes to No 3 Champion Lo le claim, and which will, when finbheil, connect the Surprise claim with the main track.

Battery. — ho retorting htvs taken place this week, owing to scarcity of water again; 20, out of tiie 40 head of stampers, having been hung up since JVton \.\y. The 20 head working are em |n<»ye lon New Find q raitz. The ber dans are working 2(i lor New Find, balance for Lattery Company.

THE MINES. Ne\t Find, — The Directors of thi^ property Having 1 at lcn^tii decided to pm in tiie low lewl survey. 'd some months , tin i for which tenders were then called but not accepted, fresh tenderwere this week invited lor the work, closing Thuisday last, ami ha\e bi'tiii uuh forwaided to Auckland for approval. This Lev.-l will ail'o d llOlf more of b:icks lor stopiu^ on No 2 an Arizona mns of i;oLi below the existing low.eul. iStop ii^- is "i-ing pio eedV with nine as u^ualon Nj 1 icef belou Ariznna 1< vei, and nort i irom wiuze in l>'.» u \ el Ti.e reet still continues to luuk well, bho.ving very fair yoll in the l> .-aking out. Stopiny is also proceeding in the b ock soutu above Arizona Im.'l, !mj <iirb from which will tor t.iirf nii-.ith be be kept apart during crus'iiiiLf, Tor test? purposes. No clean up \\i\< tn'iM'n placv this \.cek, but th.i.hi i oing crashed t-iiows l>>r an average return. Galena.— Work is proceeding in this mine a>- iwiai,

C»NTI?ACTS. Hosjan and party, contractors for No Z sic i#o trac., AY iior (> n,:,oin u (aboni '"orty <'ii »ins), « xpe< t to finish lue woiU i i lian i in ai'uut two wreks from daLi 1 . Ennnett and p.trfcy (tramway em ployeos), have been al»le to devote uion* time to t .<>ir contract, No 1 sledge traci. during t.su past week, and will prolmbl) i^ot finished about same time as the con uaetois for No 2 sect ion.

NEW E.fA BATTERY. Tl c proprietor-; of this splendid batten liave hum Hr?t .shown a disposition t<make their phuit a? perfect na pi^silile, regardless ot e*pense ; ps will be a> once olise.vable to any visitor thereto. It has now been decHed to erect furnaces in connection therewith, in order t lint all refractory ores may be calcined, prior to battery treatment. A contract nas been lot to Messrs Fraser an Tinn •, Auckland, for the immediatt 'recuon of o-ie, such fnrnace, ami already the n 'eessary m itc rials nrp awaiting .shipment, whilst, the excavations will be completed early in the coming week : and the furn.ne s expected to l>e mvh tor use by May l«t. It ia intended tv make a start with cru^hin,s^ in the cours of a few days for which purpose som< needful repairs are now in progress on the Vulcan tramway, a* from this mini quartz will be convey e« I to the batten The fiist general steady work wil not commence until altei the ration ol t.ie furnace, but any small parcels o free milling ore will be treated alter next week. We aie informal tliat in nd»lition to the large parcel of quartz whici. Messrs Comes and party purpose forwarding to this battery for treitment, M: Cameron has promised to send som irom his claim nt Tin, and also M> 8 tepherd a few tons from the Rosemont Waihi.

TE AIIoHA. IUI CIIKEK CLAIMS. Champion Lope No 1. — During tin pnst week t.ie maniiiicr has ha I s^vcra ii.tnds enga^cil in Siu'<in^ nwinz , w.n'cli is now down some 30 t. Tuc at'oue be-