MINING NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 29 December 1911, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

•'' '• ■■ . ■ . ' THE LATEST REPORTS. ■ WATCifIMIAiN. ' „'. MANAGER BILL'S RETORT. Dun-ing i&& palst weak the drive on the Parallel reef has been advanced 110 ft, making -.a total of 51ft to date. In the early part of the wetk the foot and hiangin.gwa.il*':portions . had conv3 together, * niafking a solid face of quiartz sft wide, which Iras baan saiVed for treatment. The pre»- ---' sent face is divided with about 20in off sandstone interlaced with string- ! ;<ers = heavily charged with mineral of 'a good class, the hacgingwall portion being about 2ft 6in wide and to all appearances .is bearing more to the right hand vail. Gold can be easily seen in the stomo when broken. No. 1 rise on the Dunedin reef has b?en risen -Hit aibove the timbers. This ore ia being saved. Tho shoot* hftvo been put in and everything is in good order for straight forward work*-'. Sunbeam section: Tha crosscut to intersefct tlie footwall of the .Sunbeam reel has been advanced 32ft -through quartz of a firm description. At thiß point what appears to be thfSfootwaHhials been met with, and.-6ft of country intermixed with quartz stringers, making a total of 18ft: from/the sidd of the main di-ive. The last sample taken across oft «ar>a the result of. £2 Is per ton. Two 1 men luuve been engaged, cutting irito <he har.gingwall. This ouartz looks well and occasionally shows colours of fre3 gold. '■'■. MAiY QUEjEStf.. ; • At No. 10 level, 1000 ft,, there w very little change in the country in the Bright Smile crosscut; which - ; is tstill of a light nature. On the E: *t i.hange re.ef a start has been made to rise cm* the quairtz, with a view to maiking a connection with No. 9 level. Tha mianager. predfets that, judging by the value of tlie quartz won in the level when driving on it, good returns of goW will be oibitaiiv cd. At NV>. 6 ltwel th© quarta coming to hand from the haugin^vall a«d footwall bninohes of Noi. 4 lode conj tinuus to showl gold, and occasionally yields & little piefoed stone. KURANUI. Tli« rise on >\k. 2 leader at the i battery level has beeto pnjt up a fur- ' tlier 9Ffc and the leader has bcem ■taken dowji. Okviaig to the poor class ! of country coming in from the hanjjI ingwall. the leader is of small dl- ; meusinns. Tho riso on the Oddfellows' leader at the iurfaco level has been put up a further 17 ft-. The country is still an excellent clat-a of brown' a>ndesite, and the leader has been t*kea duvra to the back of the rise, aod stifl continue ta >3jovf Btrfcrg^rolcrs Qs! sold. " :