KURANUI.

Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10592, 10 September 1906, Page 2

KURANUI.

The imiaaager (Mr G- W- Horn) reports a® follows^ "I have the honor to report for the past two weieks as follows: Stopesvon. shaft reef : No- 3 sfope hasi been extended a 'further distance of 28ft/ anaking the total lengtih 65ft- No- 4 stop© has been driven ■ a-distance of 18ft, wihich makes the total distance stoped on the reef for the fortnight 40ft- The reef in No- 3 stop© is from. 2 to 3 feiet -widle, but in TSI'o- 4 stope it is getting rathei- am^ller 'andl will average about 12 imolies- It is ■still composed, of ibroavin quairtz, and oocasionally a little gold is seen in the stone when briealdng doiwim- The No- 5 stope on the 'No- 1 reef hap been eixtended a furthier" distance of Kft, making the total length-of this stope 50ftWe ihlaiv© now started on 'No'- 6 stope and a. dlistaaiice of lift' hais. been driven on it.at the soutli end- I think the neixt stope .over this will sea us thiroufiih to the sun-face at the south enidi- Thie relef is now ifiionx three to six inches in width in No- 6 stops and appeliTS to be getting smaller as we gat Mean" the uurfaicis- A little gold has been seieni in the atone during thie iwteek- T'eutO'nio Level: After drivingl a distance of 28ft on the saiwll leiadeiri (somth end) we cafime to. old working® whitehi iappeaHs to. bo old sto'pes- We can get a fair prospect of coarse gold with the dish.-from these old.Workings,' so we are diiving on fchemi .amd saving" the fine dirt •for treatment- 'Battery level: We have started to put in a crossout on the north side of the ■■main level, about 115 ft ifurtlhier in than Hiansemi's shaft■ We ihaive now got the amin! level cleainr ed out .and the railsl bid iB to the crosscut and a distance of 20ft driven in a, splendidi chamnel of dountay- We ha.ye met witli several small stringers, ibut so far ihave seen no gold in them-" ■