OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5182, 1 June 1885, Page 2

OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD

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PABROAJlSatarday.^ l^^ (writing some. considerable' time ,V i <tI-;, jsiHiJ«i- ?i>•.««=,v«ue»M«r.• back'on the subject of quartz mimag fand ■ miljing jat useiof th'o i»' • following! words" Gajjifal -is^re^nirM"?^ not only for the erection '-'of gold. saving ;i ' machinery, but it is mpre-,urgently nmledy ,v for thej esfablishinent^of,'a ; pliitable 1 appa- s JVI ratus' f (^r!._tbe }, treatment jof,jily er, j' r : proved to'exiVt in. ?{ j| able quarititiepan |a -number; of plltdefine^viih'i reefs throughout-the 'districiij[ jfhe minings >,** men of ihis regiotij-! however, %ve;been>'S I'm running so long in the gold mining groove/i io j that thenar's 'rusted with' preiiidice'hgEtfn^t l '' any new' departure\ direptipa^f mining for silver/' but they''wili^lk^np 5 one of these th'ai^ome entevpri;eing" Ame.ricaii orV.'Auatralian has u taken tlio Aviiid but of their sails/ andVithe'n%-L the cry jwill be' Who'd have thought it ?'" ': Well, jthe enterprising -American has turned up; iiir the; person (of Mr' JMD/La- ViU Monte, jwho-'id ithe 5 patentee of the jWatef ('il :• Jacket Air Blast Smelting,'iFurnace, which is novv being worked with-Buch' marked ;• success at the Sunny Comer 'mine, New v.. South' Wales, Mr LaMonte viajied' v. Karangahake ini the early part of ' this m•: i ( and since. then a gentleman, with 1 !wlipm". he: 'i8 n, asfepdiated,'- : has Offered to j » buila aj furnace capable of'treating 150 tons week for. tlio J Wdb'dstock'r njin'^ E7 provided the certain 'jcoaditiop^ sidered jat a meeting^ [and I;' Havje... y ij, levery reason to belief, that Ihe.'respltwill be«satisfaetory to all Ctaig, junr., held a'sale h'ere '' yesterday of,.stock! the pro*; ;w >■ perty'of Mr fi; Btyson, r who is about leav-. i,,, ingioir jthe L'and ;o'Cabfes. £owing to the ife'tii inclemency of J the'weather the attendance imik Var'niiich smaller than'it otherwise would'? '!.' hayeßeeh;and;the biddingwas by nomeans i.t.r Brisk.; ] The.'dairy,' fat, and store cattle, as» well ! as a few'hacks, realised fair prices; bat the fraught'stock, waggonsj drays,- .r ; house, allotments) &c';J were all arid r another, v sale will be held in a fort- ■ night's) time,.when the weather and othta circumstances may be more propitious. - COAL'MINING. : y At vtbe iTarrarifei ; Creek coal mine the ■ main adit level'is'now in a distance of 168 . feet, and a decided improvement'.in, thq " ! ; size .'and quality of the seam is apparent ii y/orkis.ad vanced upon. it...„ln I* sent.face there is about 4 f eetT of'clean ~ : 7 i cqalj itlie' seam being divided into two / ; !■ equaliparts of two feet in each of a band ; i: .of.Lsandstone six inches in I » believe] it is the' intention Prospecting 'Association to ,! continue 1 - this level *ih the/*1 direction of the No. 2 bore-hole, in which t- the~coal seam proved to 6 inohes ' : j: ; \ in thickness at a depth of 60 feet below > r the surfacp;-;, jfn<;£iv i ' j " I Kelly and party,'whoaro Jtntatu& in-. ' the Waitekauri company'srmine, will com- , \ plete aloruphingiofj-100/tons and ' from whict^.theyexpept : a-retijrn pf. '' 2ozs per ton. This orushing .was obtained' 3, fr6m ajreef Beven feet-thick in. the No. 2 i, 'section of »the>mine, ani there is. fltill s an 3 abundance of , the, same .class of\ s ßtuff sight.! ' • :'v' ; 3 The!hill track to Paoroa is in a very > condition, and_. unless some ; j-« steps b'e ; takenflhqrtly to;repair_the wpralj, i i places,] jifin^fact,' ?' -persons having any regard for the Seventh commandment prefer .travelling via o,w;h(irpa rather than, tackle,. tbe ( , road-.in a. question, though the latter is the shortest route by fully; six miles..-. It is to bo hoped , t I tti'at', ; ilie Council will avail' itself of the 1 I subsidy of £200 which the Minister of ;; Mines jpromised in aid of improvements t to tiiisj track, and that the work will be ', -• gono on with at once. P' • • " ■ r ""