MINING MATTERS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5184, 3 June 1885, Page 2

MINING MATTERS.

i Oambbia,—An excellent show of gold displayed to visitors' yesterday .in'the bottom and face of the underhand atope beneath the intermediate ; levoi.' As- was ■ the case when the drive was 1 extended;-the ■ - lode is of large; proportions in the neighbourhood where' the rich metal is found,; I and though strong -colours of gold observed in some of the hangin'gwall'' veins, the bulk of the wealth occurs in the,-heavily-mineralised footwall branoh^'.The' : . specimens obtained last';week—amounting, to ;4£cwt.—came 'from a.remarkably small : space! the run of gold 'having" penetrated , for only four feet from the point at Jwhibhit ;Waa first touched.■ It'wHl'beremem-'-bored that inthe drive it extended '; length 'of about ,> 12 or 15 " manager intended breaking down'a;fur-; ; ther portion of thereof during, last night. •; The 1 westward : intermediate drive'; is : ; followinga large and kindly.body of stone, ;i ; and a small break which was met with at" No. 2 level has just appeared in the face. ; The eastward drive at; No. 3 level mani- •'. fests a marked improvement.. The lode is. very large, but a > vein of favourable ':- mineral about two inches in thickness is ; running near its hangingwall, in which colours of gold have lately been numerous, ; It is expected that the lodo will turn towards the footwall before the rich shot of; gold will be met with, and the differentveins of -which it is composed now ovinco an inclination in that direction, There is nothing fresh to report in connection with the stopes above N0..-2. level, whiob still yield the mainsuppliesnf crushing stuff/' ; Thames Golden CBOWN.~Tbe manager lias finished the chambers on each side of the shaft at N0..2, level, and as the cages ; are now working '& both compartments,';, all arrangements for working' are nowin % full swing. In breaking down the lode at the westward side of the' shaft yesterday,;; about lOlbs; of specimens were secured.' 1 ; Driving has been started on 'the courses' of. ■ both lodes, irad the hianagb'r intends to r prospect them for a short distance before ; resuming operations in the bottom of the,'; shaft.' , ■' '.' ''.':, i WAIOTAHL—The regular mbnthly.olean- :,v ing-up took place yesterday at.the'coin- ; : pany's battery. The excellent return of :! :27ozs gold was obtained from 211 tons •• general dirt, broken in »U; parts of the I mine. ' "■'■'';'". .'.'••; '"'•:■.'■';''•.'•,';.. ■;'''■■■'■'' ; DART.-MoOollum and party, tributers, : banked 2ozs sdwts gold yesterday. U?;-:

WAIHI DISTRICT. . ; Martha Extended.-Mr _ Moore, mine manager, arrived in town yesterday, bearing with him 2400z8 lOdwts retorted the return from eight weeks' operations, The quartz has given an average yield of i or 5 dwts per load, which the; manager considers • payable. ' The -bulk :of the supply of crushing sturf lids been obtained from the stopes in the Dulcibel section, and from the drive and stopes at; the bottom level. There is now on abundant supply of water, and tho full force of the battery—thirty stampers-is kept in employment, .:

WAITEKAURI DISTRICT;;/.;;.;■-• WAITEKAURI.-Kiely and party, tribu-v >; ♦ tors in the No. 2 section of the mine, have v . just finished a crushing of 100 tons quartz- : ':;' for tho excellent return of 2750zs retorted;' : | gold. These tributers ore -working; V.;'yj blook on the southward continuation of ; the celebrated Butler's reef, which is about ; 8 feot wide, imd is considered likely to.-. furnish payable ornshings for some time;.,:.,, to come. ■ ':':■■':'::

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