MITTING NEWS. TE AROHA AND WAIORONGOMAI.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 157, 19 June 1886, Page 2

MITTING NEWS . TE AROHA AND WAIORONGOMAI.

Battery Returns (three week's ending12th inst: New Find.—Genoral dirt 70 trucks yielding from battery, 490z. From tailings, 16oz. Trial lot, 31 trucks, IGoz Total, 81oz retorted gold. Galena : 24 trucks, 250z. Colonist : 32 trucks, 18oz retorted gold.

New Era Battery.—The erection of the shedding (which will when fully completed cover ia the furnace, atone breaker, ■and all connections,, etc., outside tho battery) is still in progress ; and should soon be completed.. The batteiy is now employed as follows ; 25 head of stampers for New Find ;_ Colonist 5 ; Galena 5. Tailings plant is running as when last reported.

THE MINES. Nnw Find. — The now low level now being driven by Olarko and party is now in a distance of 122 ft. The giound has rather improved latterly, being of a. more kindly sandstone nature. Stoping is proceeding much as usual. The principal supply of crushing dirt is being obtained from the blocks on No 1 reef, north and i south above the low level., , A good deal of quartz is-aleo coining from the surface A- start has been made to break out quartz on number two run, above number one level ; some fair gold can be seen in tho stone, but a start has not } T et been made to crush this dirt. •

Waiorongomai. — As stated in our issue of sth mat, the manager has lately had all hands engaged in constructing connection with county tramway and the reef "in Three Fools section of tho company's ground ; necessitating a lot of trestle work to cross the Diamond Gully. This work has just been completed, and a start has now been made to drive on tho reef ref cried to. The first quartz broken from here was placed in th.6. hopper ou Thurjj-

' day, and it is the managers intention to send down as soon as possible —probably next' week —a parcel of about 10 .trucks for battery treatment. It will be'remembered that although an excellent show of gold was obtained in the face of the reef whilst prospecting a couple of years ago ; until now there has been no opportunity of sending a parcel for treatment to the battery, lacking the connections, which have been this week completed- The reef at present is from sft to 6ft wide, and the country of kindly sand'stono nature. j i

, Nbw Era.—Work is progressing in this much aß last weak.

mine, reported Tui.—ln some of the claims, work has been temporarily suspended ; no means being at present available for treating the !

quartz. Mauk Moon and May Bell.—Work in these claims is steadily progressing, operations being of similar character to that recently reported on.

Champion Lodes.—Mr P. Quinlan, contractor, has for some dsys past, had several teams employed in sledging and carting down quartz, from No. 3 claim, intended for shipment to the old -country, from Auckland. At present the quartz is being stacked alongside the railway fence, near the Chinaman's garden, as permission has not jet been obtainod from the authorities, to enter on the station grounds, from this side; although there can be little doubt of the permission being granted, as by carting the quaitz to this end of the station ground, much cutting up of the public approach road to the station will be avoided, and the quartz can be laid down o t n the bank adjoining the line and loaded direct on to the trucks. Surprise Claims.—Mr P. Quinlan, is also carting down a trial parcel from these claims of carbonato ef lead, for tieament in Auckland.