TAIRUA GOLDFIELD.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2177, 20 October 1875, Page 3

TAIRUA GOLDFIELD.

: .'iO'Ak'i ','i4l '.t'i'i' \ i "(fEOM OUB OWIf CORBESPONDENT.) " i Nevesvilk, Tuesday morning ThsJ winze on llio Gem lode has been •suttkjfour feet since my last visit, aud it is gratifying to find tbat not only does the,lode continue to maintain its strength, bjit an improvement is noticed in the 'formation of the walls that flank it. This ■is most distinctly seen on the footwall sTde, i ,Smooth as glass,'showing a very* greiC ,ci)ntiiast to what it was in the drivo. t-'o '.long 'aSiPJiqhj wall, r can ia-carrjcp, (dowq/the odds are in favour 'of the sold icontihuing also. • The width of crushing ,sido jeing superior to the other portion of •the ode. I yesterday tried a dish of 'stuff from the bottom, and the result was ; the same as the prospects reported last week. hugs! the foot-wall, the dirt is comglomeifatc 'aud freo sandstone, the latter permeated with quartz stringers, which carry a littlo gold, but not in such large proporKbft#,|iJiPtfeQfeWl!«.yjfW Si.#, sidei-jit good payable dirt'. fhje Independent Company havo not yet ]}onetrated tlirough'theihard bar of country which has so long taxed the meaijs of the company. Every effort is -being putj tjie f.p get ; through it.' Tliree'shifts are steadily at iwo'tE and have been from the very first isettiii g a most example to tbe'rfmainder of cue leases oi life field. . ' Thie A] ax manager .completed the survoy )f the battery site and water races ryagtwdayM Thames to get'out the specifications and plad without delay. The contractor for .-the l6w tunnel and extension of the reef drive set-in .to mrk yesterday .morniqg with ajf&li jCQudplemenfJ. 6i meii/M. terms; of tli )ir contract. • Tie Piiketui manager commenced this mining to send down two tons of quartz {o*ti|e hattery ) ,.: ; which,jfill be'| stored tiiere ufitil au opportunity ariseb for reducing it. The purport of this crushing is to ascertain the value of the directory may, arrive at' a i conclusion a3 X to the propriety 'of erecting a battery or otherwise. I' question the wisdom of crushing •at for the reason that tfie'pi'bspecWrs' ;ia 'too 1 rich : 'to l bo followed by quartz of a much lower grade,.siiqh as, the Pftksui Qompany. It. 'ia,"a welonowii'ifa'ct iliat lioweVer careful . those in charge of a battery may be in cleaning rich ..stuff,,, there Is always a' little 'amalgam 1 left behind in some crevice or other, which may be ■found at the cjepn.up, to.the, i credit of the quartz' that has 'just' gone through. Such has been the case in many instances that havo come under my own; observation. The quality of the fuketui lode, according to many who have watched it carefully, is from threequarters :i to)- one bunce^per ; toni. which would be payable from suoh a fine body of;Sti)ne, but the. margin is thought to be so'close Ijetlfreffl'p'ayableia'nd' unpayable,' l that ; I have heard shareholders express an opinion that,the dirt to go to the Mloiv 'some'pb6r : stuff. - Whero shows can be seen, as in the Gem, Britannia, and'.lSoldfin i.Arrow, a few pennyweights is not tho margin, and their crushings would not be a test of payableness :ior! );OtJier.wiae<i bufefjmore .to; asciertain its proper value. The road parties are well advanced with: their itforki-and i4u-another.' .week. I believe horsemen will be. able to ride right through. Ido not know what the ingiuibf 'inleflHs doingMth 'thosb | ipinches in the No. 1 contract (Walton's), but there are so many of them, and_ so mucii grouud Hi think attention should be paid to these littlo