MINING NEWS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8617, 22 December 1896, Page 3

MINING NEWS.

(By Our Special Reporter.) WAIHI G.M, CO. The return fr«m this mine for the four wei-hs ei'di'w jfs o 'lay is £13,060 <crih of bullion from 3030. tot s of ore treated. This b'in«' the t'tat yield for the present ycur'uu to £132,670, and fmin tho start, up to d-ite £487,363. CLUB. At the No 1 level tho leader referred to some time agi is beinu driven upon and although nothing of any consequence has been seen, tho lead itself looks pro* misim). Tho advancement of the No 1 c ossein is meeting with a much better o'oss of country.

M \Y QUEEN EXTENDED. Tho dovolopraenfc work in progress in this mine is at present confined to the Onehunga s ction, and the advancement of the crosscut has attained n distance of 118 feet. During the past week a few veitiß weie passed thronsli showing colors of told pretty freely, These the manager purposes openi>e out upon at a future time. 'I ho objeefc is now to push on ni'h the drive to intersect the Hupny-co-Lucky tecf. SHERIDAN. The advancement of the low level is the only work iu progress in this mine at present, and tho country being pone, fraud is wiihoiit any ehanue worthy of note. Iho works on tho No. 3 level, upon tho Shoridan lode, has been suspended. Since the syndicate commenced opci a ions ihey have trented 200 ions of umeral oro for the good yield of 198 ounrcs 17 dwta of gold valued at £616. I his cannot bo con« sidered otherwise tliau highly oncouraging.

GOLDEN POINT. Durinc the past week tho work of opening up the No. 1 reef at the intermediate level in a southerly direction has been steadily advanced, The reef has thickened out to 3ft, composed of rubbly quartz in ersparso'i with silicons mittor, but no gdd hos been seen in tho main body; still a few colors of told were uotice'ablo in a vein which camo in from tho hangiogwiill. The ba d looking coun« try which showed signs of coming in on the fooiwall has again died out, and a mcs'» kindly class of country now encasos the lode, Driving on thel ode now known as the No. 2 is also in progress ot the 200 ft level, but there is nothing to chronicle. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent,)

Auckland, December 21, HAURAKI NORTH. The result) of the orushing of tbo picked stone on hand by tho Hauraki North was 116 ounces of gold, north about £348. ALBION. Four tons of general dirt from tbo Albion Foreshore Claim, Coromandol, yielded 41 onnces of gold. COLE WINSOR. News was received by cable to-day from London that tbo abovo property, at Waitekauri had been taken up on that markot. This proporty consists of 43 acres, and adjoins the VVaite* kauri Reefs. 'J he torms aro, tho new company to have a capita' of £100.000, of which £20,700 is to be set asido as working capital, and the vendors are to receive £20,u00 in cash and shares, MANAGERS' REPORTS. GREAT BARRIER GOLD AND SILVER. The drive on No, 3 reef is now in 25ft. The only chance is that the rein of buck quartz carried at the mouth of the lavol has now changed to p»yabl j oie. With another 2oft of driving we should be underneath the place where a beautiful class of sandstone country is outcropping on the snrf'tco which should ranch improve the character of the rcaf. Tho ore is stacked in two grades, ond wo have now abont seven tons of st-class ore and about, four of second. ROYAIj SOVEREIGN, Tbcro is no change to report. Tho stone still looks favourable (or gold. ' YORK (Wiiangamata), I have opened No, 2 icef in one place and have now driven about 15 feet through it. It is all gojd-looking quartz, Tho drive on No. 1 roof is now in 21 feet and still carrying a sp'oudid wall.. ZONE (Whanoamata). The drive on No, 1 reef is now in a distance of 87(t, Water is coming in at the face, and I expect to cut tho reef in a few days time. I havealso driven 19ft on tho loader which is running with No. 4. reef, It now measures 12 inches firstclass stone, and all I have tried gives dish prospects. I hate got good dish prospects from tho loose rubble in the main lode itself. INOA (Whanoamata). Twenty feet has bean driven on tho crosscut to intersect the main lode, making a total o( 68 feet. On Friday I cut ' a reef 5 feet wide, the quartz being fi a i rubbly nature, and looks very pro wising for gold. I don't think it can be either of the reofs I am driving for, but I shall J keep the crosscut right thiough the hill 1 to try and cut all the lodes ranninji through* IRVING. f Tho drive on the two feet reef has attained a distance of 30 feot through good T country. Tho reef is split up in tho face, q but I havo no doubt that in ( a few 1 feot will come together again, and Juab gold at the potion,

PROGRESS CASTLE ROCK, No 3 lovel: In driving on tho lino of reef from tho main face at this level, buth branches hare now come to* gether, forming one solid body of ore four feet thick, with well defined walls and good country for gold. Tho crass, cut. going in from sarao lord has now been driven for a distanco nf 12 foot, and has tho No. 2 reef in hand, being a fino body of ore nine iochcs thresh, and looks well for pold—sirai ar to what it was overhoad. It will take anothor shift or two to get proporly through it, after which I intend to keep on ti'l tho No. 3 reef is reached, thoao roof« boin. much nearer to baud than I anticipated, CITY OP GISBOKNE (Coromandfl'. The drive on tho western wa'l of th • tig reef i< now driven 10 feet from tho orosaeut. Tho lodo has bwn very difficult to work during the past week, the face boinß a solid body of qnarlz. Slow pro rcsß has boon made with the drive, Th n is no further change to ropo:t in this section of the mine. Upper workings: Tho specimen leader bns t-cen cut at 104 feet from the Btorli'ig point. 4 8 the leader was cut at a lomr levl tlmn 'lie bottom of tho shaft, I put a riso up Bft to connoot with Ihe shaft. I havo also driven sft on the leader, and got fair dish prospeo'.s and colours of gold in tho stope. On tho western sido of tho cfosacnt it has junetioned with another leader, and is from two t# three inolies thick ; the stone looks very well for gold.