DEEP LEVEL DEVELOPMENT AT THAMES.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10441, 15 June 1908, Page 2

DEEP LEVEL DEVELOPMENT AT THAMES.

(To tie Editor)

Sir,: —The neiceeeifty of puabing tot-

. ward 1 tilie 'rapid development of our low levels is oWlduisi, bub all this pushing will (be worse than useless if it ]is not done iim the lilght direction. ■ Ultimate suooess 'cam only 'be arrived a:t aa the result of a proper stairt, and right here we would, be "wise to adapt • "Festina Lenta"—make, (hia-ste, «lo.wly : —as out nndbto. tMii* G. Horn® Bog-'. ' geslt's that ..the dfiredtore of vairiouA | companies should comiblime to form a ' sidheme. • Esbilmiaible gentlemen no dfcvubt •these directors, amen quite capable Cf passing; for paymentf the mine manager's salary and makine « i pemnv call; bulb it would! 'be am m*t i to leave the seittimg of tilie Manuka's j course from Auckland to Sydney to . the directors of the Union S.S.; Co. «r , to leave the, planning of <ei< deep level j scheme 'to the aaercihanib gentlemen j of Auckland, who mainly compote th« j Boairds of Dwsctors. In - taafe matter tbe:mine maniairers themselves aije -of" far more importance tham t-h«iv dli rectors ; and 1, flhoug'h I • will b« , dtabbedl a fool to .say m, of the greateislt. ihnpwtancie are the geologists. I i aim fuilly aware that nowhere in earth. : iisi a geologist withl lesg honowr tihan i on the Thames. I am fully aware of the f.title thlat "•eollogiy !ha» don* for . th.c sfieild in the past, but going rtraad thalt. stauntehi old "wher* c Tj«, ( tlhere e^ be" itlheery, in *.- deep lerel defrelopinjan/t techieone ttear'a are 'bwader, i maltlters "'to determine' than the location of a pafrtibular pa,lfcoih i of gold. |We know.new <tihat tih'e field Si <xm\- , posied! of ■threei main strata®—'proved by tii© despised 1 'bore hblee—andthia* batiween two:! aurifetroua beil!t» liep * i barren zone below <wihich we hare not ■y^ wonted 1. We .know, too, tlh«* the ! dlip of the atralta iis Iromi north to stomltih, et mn ■undeterminied angla In diiVing from the 1000 ft level I in the Queen of Beauty, ft; is quilte , posailbteth'at ithe diriiv© for thiousandii , of feet migfet be carried thiyyusfhi the , barren acme, wfeilpt a allilfjit alteratioo itoiitfejestiairitjiing that I thJe aaitrl'.fepofuii bel* would foie pera«^ tnart'ed' for tli'e whole diatairice. Thait gieoJogical reseandh will determine the posii/bion of the errata there sig little doubt. The Gbrerniment- geolbg'lßtts are ati present at work in tne Thames and I tnnd'eirstia'nd fhlait 'an exceedingly thorough! examttflialtiOTi. is beiing made. Would 'ift not be wise to wa:t t!he ifr BuJt of these i:nvesti!gatnbnis ioeforede- ' tetrtniinin^ on any deflnl-te scheme 1— I am, «tfe, PROGRESS. Thames, June 15th'. TAERiUAi—THIAMES B,a\D'.

(To 111© Editor.)

Sir, —I read in the columns, of your paper the report ot Mr McLaren to- fthie Thames County Gbunc.il re the proposed Thames-Taiiirua' road, and I find he pronounces against. the Kauiteranga. route. Now, I would venture. to state that I am "better qualified to pass an opinion on Itlhe mieirite of, this route, as I h'&ve Ibeen travelling hacß' wards and forwards in the wa.y of business too* imany yeara pact. "Whereas the Pur»lri road! has been surveyed no money has Bean, spent an determining the grades of the Kauia»ranga route, and I feel certain .that if a qiuaiii'fi'ed surveyor were to be apptodmtied to inspect the route ha would give am; opinion in fa.ror of the Kauaeran|ga. Presuimlinisr this it dannofc be d©n'.ed':ithait 'tQie tiifme . it. wouil'd t tiake by coiadh'" to •oonii.ple'te the journe™- Wfttween Thames and Taihnia would, be less thaln half via- the Kauiaeramga than ithati via Puriri, whiiich anybody can see by looking at thie miap. Apart from the pros amdi cons from a praetiieail ipoiint of vle:w, T would lJike to point out the advantages of this Ka'Uaerangia iroufo ifrom the tou'riist' sltiandpoint. I haive Bpoken with thos« who hlaive seen, the reeogniibe'd beauty spots of New Zealand from the niorth to the stou-tHi of th!e country, and they have no ihesife-tion in saying that the sfcienery aiomg tlie Kauaeranga route is second to none in ragged grandeur, and' I feel sure Ithati if a regular ieoaich' sertr*i'ce ware installed it wouild dpemi up a new toua'ifit route arad emable business men -to reach, Thtaraieis or Tairuia, iin the qun'ofceisit possible ■time. I mli^rht ai&io state tha,t the profiosed route passee through 1 auriferous and other roifQieiral' lands, that, the KauiaeTanigfl) riTer is stocked Jwiiitih fcromit, and finally that I' could devote many coluirans of tb'.s paper to prove that the Kamierangra, route would be iinifJmiteliy more adiVantageous than that vita. Puriri.—T am., etc.,

TEFE iMIAIN 1 IN THE STREET Thames, June lath', 1908.