OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD. [FROM OUR OWN" CORRWAPONDENT.] Paeroa, Thursday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2132, 9 March 1886, Page 3

OHINEMURI GOLDFIELD. [FROM OUR OWN" CORRWAPONDENT.] Paeroa, Thursday.

Thk next few weeks aic cigerly looked forward ti> by tho-e who .ire inteiested in the welfare of K.u.mgahake, as the La Monte furnace erected for the Woodstock mine will probably be lit up within the month. An assay of the quartz already down from the mine was made yrsteiday, and if it is an average a«siay, which it professes to be, it means a big thing for the Woodstock. The test gave a return of 3oz of gold and 2300z. of silver to the ton, and is valued at very nearly i-'UO pei ton. The mine-owners and shareholder) me to be congratulated upon this, and then* is no doubt that their pluck and hard work haverendered them deserving of all the good fortune that is in t>tore for them. Another itn|iortant discovery has to be chronicled in the find at the Tui Creek of carbonate of lead. This chemical will be found of very great use as an accessory to the furnace. Litharge has also been found, combined with the carbonate in the lode, and this also is valuable for assaying purposes.

Karangahake. Rose. — A very good grade ore is coming to band from this mine. It is bcinc classified into two classes. No. 1 will be sent to tho smelter, No. 2 being destined for the battery. £25 to £35 should be obtained per ton for the No. 1 stuff by the look of it, and the class to be crushed should pan out at about 2 or 30z., although the quality of the gold is not very good. Ivanhoe.— i2Do/. ldwt. melted gold has bpen banked from a crushing of 120 tons. Diamond. — The new lode, which is very probably a continuation of the Rose reef, is turning out very well. Waihi.— The patch of gold struck in the Silverton has been attracting a share of attention. The gold was found, and is still being found at the bottom of the winze which has bee in course of being sunk on the hanging wall "-idc of the lode; for some time past aoinc magnificent stone has been coining to hand ; m fact some 40 or 50 pounds quartz picked by the manager are bona tide specimens A wimple of this stuff was subjected to assay and gave a return equal to about 1000 <>z. bullion to the ton, the bullion being estimated at £2 15s per oz., this being chiefly gold. Roskmont. -The manager, Mr P. C. H.msen reports good proere»s. Very fine diit is coming fiom the winze in the intermediate le\ el. Ukitki). — Seseral teams will be engaged by the time this is published in getting quartz down to Paeroa en route for the Thames furnace. This mine is looked upon as being the best in the Waihi district and undoubtedly has the best show at presnt. Mr Pond of Auckland has paid us a flying visit and he is much struck with the at>peot of the place. If the several mines on the Waihi plains produce results half equal to their prospects, we shall probably see a furnace, either one of La Monte's or some other system shortly. It is capital, however, that is the one thing needful. An Auckland visitor likened us to the would-be alchemist in "Satanelln," who, pondering on the vicissitude of fortune, resolved on trying his hand at gold making. The tome used by his ancestors, who had followed alchemy, was produced, and on turning up the instructions for manufacturing the precious metal, the receipt began, "Firct take a quantity of silver." He pondered again and asked himself, "Whence the silver ?"' Turning up the instructions for the making of silver he read, "First take n quantity of gold." This is a, very apposite simile. To extract either of the precious metals we require to take first a quantity of the other. To paraphrase Demosthenes the three things necessary to our industrial success are capital, capital, capital.

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