OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5183, 2 June 1885, Page 3

OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD.

. [PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ~ , Paeroa, Monday* SiNOE tho 8,8, Kotuku started trading between beroy.and Auckland, the Thames river trado has fallen off to such an extent as io compel Capt.Dalton to give up running' the vp'.s.TeAroha, which paid us a. farewell visit on Saturday last, • -It has often struck me as being most astonishing that the people here have never attempted tomove in the direction of starting a boat of their own.'The trade of the district is good enough-to warrant the outlay necessary to procure a boat'suitable for the river, upon which the cost of freight is mueh cheaper than it would be by railway even, supposing the latter to be an.accomplished fact. Master Ernest Mooro, who has been acting hr the capacity of messenger at the local telegraph. office for the last three years, has been promoted to a cadetship in the Wellington! office of that department. He left here on Saturday for the Empire City, and takeß with him the best wishes of the community for his f |uture welfare. ■'•■'■ iV ' ■■ , IvANnoE.-The; low; advancing steadily tP war ought to be intersecied' the present week.' Sinking up6n !, tue%lg below tho intermediate level is still in progress, and the stone coming to hand from that point is all of first-class quality. At the battery 4, head of stampers are Tanning 16 hours per day upon stuff that is being'obtained from the surface workings, and the'crushing is shaping for a payable return, •■ . ■

.Sir; Walter' Scott—Tregoweth and party,'tributers, who are proßpoctingthe reef in the' low level, have broken out a small trial crushing, which will be sent to the battery for treatment as soon as tho stampers,are/available. Should this parcel prove to be remunerative there is an abundance of the Bame class ready for breaking out,. _.

Woodstock,—The stopes in this mino aro yielding handsomely, and the reef, which is.about 6 feet wide, is all being sent.to the battery, where 13 head of stampers are employed 16 .houra per day in its reduction, and it is shaping for an all round return of 2ozs.'por.ton. Upon Saturday last the managor had 310ozs of hard-squeezed amalgam on hand from the plates alone for 3 days'; ran, and he reckons that there is better stone lying in the hoppers awaiting treatment. A meeting of shareholders in this mine was held at Karangahako on Saturday for the pur. pose' of considering a proposal from an Auckland gohtlemon, who is prepared to find the needful to.build a furnace on the LaMonto principle in consideration of receiving a specified proportion of the mino as a bonus. After discussing the pros and cons of the cost, the shareholders, of whom there were a majority present, signified their willingnoss to accept tho offer on the term's stated, and a : communicatjq,n was at once forwarded to Mr LaMo.nte with a yiew. to sepuring a furnace which now lies at Sydney ready for shipment. The party negotiating with the shareholders of this mino for the erection of a smelting apparatus in connection therewith, aro acting upon advice received froqi % LjiMonto himself, ; Whep thaj gentleman visited Karangahako last week he made a caroful examination of stono brokon out from two distinct' repfs, averaging 4 feet in thickness, which run throughout 'tho. whole length of,the claim, and pronounced b<\\\] to bo exceedingly rich in argontifojQii? oro

which was admirably suited for smelting purposes. Golden Crown.—Pending negotiations for the establishment of suitable machinery for the treatment of quartz, the staff of hands hitherto employed in this mine have beenjeduced, and work is now confined to sinking the winse beneath the low level, where the reef is about 6 feet in width, carrying more or less gold throughout. The reefs in this mine are also riob in silver ore, and I believe the time iB not far distant when the whole of tho lodes in this district will be treated for silver instead of for gold, as is the caso.at present. ' SuTito.-The reof in this mine is now looking well, and the proprietor, Mr EM. Shepherd, has just completed tho erection of a small crushing plant at the Hauraki battery. It consists of a Baxter stone crusher, a Mackay amalgamating pan, and a settler, with which ho expects to be able to save at least 20 per cent, more gold and silver than is being saved with the ordinary battery prbecss. c | Hidden Treasure.—Tho reef in the low level is somewhat split up ut present, being divided into thrco distinct parts, the widest seam being one foot in thickness, and carrying a fair per con tage of the precious metal. The shareholders are now driving north upon the course of the reef, which they expect will make into a good-sized body of stone a few feet ahead of the present face.

Martha,-Sinking from the surface to meet the rise from the intermediate level is now in progress; The reef here measures 4 foot in thickness, and though there is not much gold showing in tho stone, the results obtainable from mortar prospects are simply astounding. The shareholders believe the. whole of the stone coming to hand from this point to be worth fully 4ozß per ton, and judging from the prospects that I have seen, I am of opinion that thoy do not over-estimato its intrinsic value.