TE AROHA MINING NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1804, 29 January 1884, Page 3

TE AROHA MINING NEWS.

Tin: follow injj l-s taken fiom .Saturdays Xi >'. J''iM) — The oncowai;ing lOsiilt of t'ic (>]) u.otMii , ni the Aii'oni tunni'l, lias done a iil'i to ni^puc cmiideace in the minds of those who li.ul pietuied to tiionivUo-. .in ci.i of ;,ie it depiessi'ui a^ tlio outcimi'* of the stoppage of the bittoiy. The locf has now beoi' cut thioiijh fiom wall to w .ill. It is is o\ei ii\o feet in thickness, .mil shows stone as good, if not better than an\ c\ei bjfoio t ikun fiom the mine. A stait Ji.i , b - 'u ni id" di i\ iir^ noithuaui on the lodi , iiid \\ 'n ii tlu> dine has pioeeeded s -me little distinct* a soutbw.ud diivc will be coninioi'ced. Tli" c mtiacUus diivmgon Xo, J ii*i v f .lie in living J i i ~-fc late headway thiou'Ji good woikim; eountiy. Tin.- wages in n .u e engaged m the stop 's on thi-> leef. WiiuiiiKC).— We aie glad to be in a position to state tli.it opeiations in tins niuie will 1)0 le-iUined on Monday ne\t. The lv'inamdei of the block between Aos. 1 an(l '3 le\ek will bu stoped out. The iikuj i^ n estimates that theie is still between 000 and 100 tons m this block. J'hi mu it. -l'\un wa^es men ha\c staited woik in tliiM niiiie They hti\ebeen engaged m timh j) ni^ up the woikings and quait/. will not bo Inokcn foi some days. uokom om \i. — Tendei-i woio iecei\ed on Thi'i sd iy 1 ist foi sinking a win/e (»0f L on tin 1 u c|- inte. ->'f trd m the cio^s-ciit in the Yu ;ini,i s(>etion. This cio-.s-eut is m 70i"t, and th'» loil> i (!Tl m tlneLncss >-ho\\ni 1 ; a good dt.al oi f;old. The lowest tender \' is ti'.it of William Joy a"d p.ut}', 2J^ bd p *i fo >t. !\iiii\r> i > The* niaiiagrr i- in daily expectation of cut i' g th" icef m the low li'ul. J ins w oik h.ii u iw ].Kigie-sed 180 tout tin 'i";li an O\U'lL'iiJ; d.i -. ot cmnti , — si.ft tufacous scuulstone. La-it ■\\eek a sin. ill amih'i nil se.ini of f[u.ut/ v.^s inti*i^'jct"d, whicli .uiguis well foi theitef. Pikj m\ -The innction li.is not jet been iiMchuI, but tlie leadeis di'ncn on <iiii ]>iodi.Ling excellent stone. The quait/ wlncli ItIii'.IiIv nimeialisul and shows fie([uent blotches of line gold, \ ei v, much lesemhhng that fioai the A T ew Puncj Imp^nal, Thames. Hi no. — M~i TT. T. Howe lepoit-, undo date the ]*ith instant, tlir.t hehas eonnnenced to sink in the lode from the upper woikuig-, and has shot down a ton of \ov good, 1 tone, so uns of ime gold being often met with. .\))(\ m some of the solid blocks small putJic > of gold aie seen. He feels ([into <atisfi< d the stone will be payable, although the io i f is a monstei in sue, and anything like an ounce to the ton lie thinks will be \eiy good. Au'ii vr.ET. — The dining contiact in the Mo,i >fo, 2 has been let for 30s pei foot to Wills and paity. Di uion'I) (rirr-M.— A contiacfc will bo lot in this uiine to-day for duving (>0 feet more oi le-s to inteisect tho Ncnv find No. 2 reef.

Messrs \V. J. Hunter .mtl Co. lia\c rcceivrd u.->ttiu tions fifim Mr iicnjfc, who is le.umg the distnct, to tell .it liib ic-k1( nf e, afljoinuifr tlic fe 'Yuanuitu school house, the whole of his furni(.uie, txc , on Jhursd.i), J.muan dlst Jiu.is Vkknk, the Fiench stoiy-teller, who^o " Kuahan le Tetu " is now in full swing in Pans, is about 50 yeais old. I lib hair and bend aie turning white ami his o'ice supple and elegant finger is Juu.s Simon, at the age of Gi), has just biought out a no\el of life m Bnttany called " L'Affahc Nayl." It is a striking story, full of dramatic movements. Mb Ti<x*iysox has written for the Youqh's. Companion of Boston what is said to be a beautiful lyric — the best piece of work which he has done for some time. The following is a curious definition of a dentist,— a dentist love, makes teeth ol bone f :»■ those whom fate has left without. And fiuclb piovision for his own By pulling other people's out." Tiik early volumes of Mr Leslie Stephen's "Dictionary of Biography" are being vigorously pushed on, and publication will probably begin some time in the course of this year, although no date has, yet been fixed. Most of the aiticles will be signed with the initials of their contributors, and will have a list of the authorities consulted appended. That on Addison is by the editor himself, MiLeslie Stephen. By the death of Mr Duttoii Cook, the dramatic cr t ; c, a Valued and frequent contributor was lost. Mr, Joseph Knight has consented to take up his dramatic work for the dictionary, '