WAIHI MINES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue II, 11 July 1896, Page 49

WAIHI MINES.

SILVERTON AND GLADSTONE. Our illustration this week gives an admirable idea of two properties at Waihi now owned and worked by English Companies. We refer to the Waihi-Silverton and the Waihi-Gladstone, which adjoin each other. The hill on the left hand side, and buildings on the flat belong to the Waihi-Silverton Company, which holds an area of 200 acres. The site of the shaft is shown by the poppet heads Adjoining them is the engine-house, while nearer the front is situated the office of the Company. Near where the teams are shown may be seen the stacks of timber all ready for use, and beyond are the change-house, smithy, and kilns. This view gives a capital idea of the systematic and substantial way in which English Companies go to work when they have taken over a mining property. Already the Waihi-Silverton mine is giving payable returns, and when the amount of low grade surface ore in hand has been treated the yields should be still larger, as better grade ore is now being won from the stopes on the reef deeper down. The Waihi-Gladstone mine is situated at the right hand of the picture, and includes the hill in which the month of the drive is shown. An amount of work has already been done on this property by the syndicate which recently sold part of its interest to English capitalists, who are now about to commence operations on an extensive scale, ample working capital having been provided by the Company recently floated in London. The Waihi-Gladstone has one level over 700 feet in which four large reefs have been cut, all of which are encased in good country. The trench or cutting on the top of the hill shows where the last work was done. In this cutting a good sized reef has been opened out, stone from which averages from /4 to /To per ton. Lower down may be seen the entrance to the drive that was put in to test the reef deeper down. A low level has now been commenced near the bottom of the gully, so that the mine may be worked systematically. Now that ample working capital is available for the erection of suitable crushing plant, and the development of the property, this mine should in due course take its place amongst the bullion-producers of the Waihi district. On the opposite page appears another view also from the Waihi district. Near the front on the left hand side may be seen the top of the poppet heads and battery buildings belonging to the Waihi-Silverton Company. The hill immediately behind the buildings is the Waihi-Gladstone property already referred to above. The conical hill on the right hand side is the property of the Waihi Union Company, which is practically an offshoot from the original Waihi Company. Formerly this was part of that Company’s property, but a vear ago the Union section of 250 acres was cut off and floated separately in a company with a capital of £200,000. The English Company is now pushing forward development works vigorously. On the side of the hill may be seen the mouths of two of the drives, and at the foot are the offices of the Company and some of the workmen’s cottages. A scheme is now afoot for the erection of a still larger crushing plant for the Waihi some miles away at Owharoa, and when this is completed it is understood that the Waihi Union Company will take over the present Waihi battery. In the distance is shown the Black Hill, on which is situated a number of other mines, which are now being systematically prospected by local companies. COROMANDEL PENINSULA. The Chamber of Mines has just issued the second edition of the complete map of the Coromandel Peninsula. This one has been added so as to show all the claims granted up to date.

SHARE LIST. LONDON COMPANIES. CAPITAL. COMPANIES. SHARKS ISSUED. MARKET RATE. £ 100,000 Achilles, 2s 6d shares 80,000 £ s D. 62,500 Blagrove's Freehold, 2s 6d ... 500,000 130,000 Blue Spur, £1 . 130,000 100,000 Clown, 20s 100,000 2 12 0 100,000 Consolidated Goldfields, £1 50,000 225,000 Glenrock, 10s ... 450,000 40,000 Hauraki, 2s 6d, 320,000 250,000 Kapanga, £1 ... 250,000 75,000 Kathleen, 2s 6d 600,000 75,000 Kathleen Crown, 2s 6d 600,000 75,000 Komata Queen, 2s 6d 600,000 50,000 Komata Reefs, 5s 200,000 100,000 London and New Zealand Exploration, £1 100,000 200,000 Moanataiari, 20s 150,000 0 15 0 100,000 New Hauraki, 5s 400,000 100,000 New Zealand Jubilee, £1 ... 100,000 60,000 Ohinemuri Syndicate, 20s ... 60,000 200.000 Phoenix, 10s ... 400,000 100,000 Preece’s Point Pty., 5s 400,000 100,000 Royal Oak, 5s... 400,000 100,000 Scotty’s Hauraki, 5s 400,000 50,000 Success, 2s 6d . 400,000 75,000 Southern Star, 2s 6d... 600,000 175,000 Taitapu Estates, £1 175,000 95,000 Tarar'u Creek, 10s 190,000 300,000 Thames Hauraki, £1 300,000 150,000 Tokatea of Hauraki, 5s 6<UI,000 100,000 Triumph Hauraki, 5s 400,000 200,000 Union Waihi, £1 200,000 170,000 Victor Waihou, 10s 340,000 0 5 6 160,000 Waihi, £1 160,000 6 10 0 200,W Waihi Consolidated, £1 200,000 60,000 Waihi Silverton, £1 60,000 3 5 0 150,000 Waitekauri, £1 150,000 5 5 0 150,000 Woodstock, £1 150,000 2 2 0 260,000 Waitekauri Extended, 10s... 130,000 AUCKLAND MINES. 25,000 Alburnia, Ltd., 10s shares 60,000 u 8 3 8,250 Alburnia East, N.L., 3s 55,000 0 0 8 20,000 Adelaide, N.L., 5s 50,693 0 0 11 7,500 Alpha, N.L., 3s 50,010 0 10 0 9,000 Asteroid, N.I,, 2s 100,000 0 0 6 13,500 Ajax, n.l., 3s 90,000 0 0 6 11,250 A1, N.L., 3s 75,000 0 0 6 6,000 Aorere, N.L., 2s 60 000 0 1 10 6,000 Aurora, N.L., 2s 60,000 0 0 6 7,000 Alert, N.L., 2s... 70,000 0 0 3 12,000 Albert, N.L., 3s 70,000 0 1 4 3,500 Beacon Hill, N.L., Is 70.000 15,000 Belmont, N.L., 2s 6d 120,000 8,000 Britannia, N.L., 2s 800,000 0 1 1 20,000 Byron Bav Extended, 5s 80,000 15,000 Bunker’s Rill, Ltd., 5s 60,000 0 9 6 10,000 Buffalo, N.L., 2s 6d ... 80,000 0 0 6 8,250 Broken Hill, Ltd., 3s 55,000 0 1 4 20,000 Bell Rock, n.l., 5s ... 80,000 0 0 6 12,000 Balfour, N.L., 3s 70,000 0 0 10 9,000 British Empire, N.L., 3s 60,000 0 0 6 17,500 Byron Bay, N.L., 5s 60,000 0 1 5 10,000 Boss, N.L., 2s, 100,000 3,000 Crown Royal, N. I.., Is 60,000 3,000 Champion, N.L., Is ... 60,000 9,000 Carnage, N.L., 3s 60,000 0 0 6 7,000 Curasster, n.l., 2s 60,000 0 0 10 60,000 Cambria, Ltd., 20s 44,700 0 2 1 15,000 Cardigan, Ltd., 3s 100,000 0 2 0 25,000 City of Dunedin, Ltd., 10s ... 50,000 0 2 3 9,000 Comstock, Ltd., 3s ... 100,000 0 0 11 7,500 Clunes, N.L., 3s 50,(MM) 0 0 9 13,500 Conservative, N.L., 3s 55.000 0 0 6 8,000 Conquering Hero, N. L., 2s ... 57,(HM) 0 0 6 18,750 Coromandel Pty., n.l.. 2s 150,(MH) 0 1 4 14,000 Central, N.L., 4s 70,000 0 1 10 6,875 Chelt, N. L., 2s 6d 55,(HH) 0 0 6 15,000 Crescent, N.L., 3s 140,000 0 0 5 9,000 Carnage, N.L., 3s 60,000 0 0 4i 4,IM)O Duke of Argyle, n.l., 2s 40,000 12,000 Day Dawn, N.L., 4s 60.0(H) 0 1 1 12,000 Diadem, N.L., 3s 75,000 0 0 9 9,000 Excelsior, N.L., 3s 49,125 0 0 6 7,000 Empire, N.L., 2s 70,<HH) 0 5 4,250 Empress, N.L., Is 60,000 o 0 9 7,500 Eureka, N.L., 3s 50,000 7,500 Fortuna No. 2, N.L., 2s 75,000 12,000 Freedom. N.L., 3s 80,0oo o (J 6 6,000 Four-in-Hand, N.L., 2s 60,000 o 2 0 7,000 Fabulous, N.L , 2s, .. 6o,000 6,000 Golden Opportunity, n.l., 2s 42,625 0 0 5 7,000 Golden Horn, N.L., 2s 70,000 0 1 0 6,000 Germanic, N.L., 2s ... 60,000 100,000 Golden Point, N.L , 20s 100.0(H) 0 3 6 10,500 Golden Crown, N.L., 3s 70,000 0 0 9 7,500 Golden Hill, N.L., 3s... 50,(HH) 0 0 4 15,000 Golden Hill Extd , N.L., 3s . 100,000 0 0 6 7,000 Golden Lead, n.l., 2s 70,<HH> 0 1 0 7,000 Golden Tokatea, N.L., 2s ... 7o,0(H) 0 0 9 10,000 Golden Link, N.L., 2s 6d 8o,(Hh> 0 1 4 6,000 Golden Anchor, N.L., 3s 60,000 0 1 5 10,500 Golden Lion, N. L., 3s 55. IM HI 0 0 4 10,500 Golden Fleece, N. L., 3s 60,(MH) 0 0 10 12,000 Golden Spur, N.L., 3s 65,(MH) 0 0 8 30,000 Grace Darling, Ltd., 10s 60,000 0 2 11 7,000 Great United. N.L., 2s 65,(MM) 0 0 6i 10,500 Gladys. N.L., 3s 70,(HH) 0 0 3 12.000 Great Kapanga, N.L., 3s 8O,(HH> 0 8 15,700 Hauraki No. 2, N.L., 3s 80,01 HI 0 2 4 100,000 Hauraki North, Ltd., 20s ... 1)M),(MH> 0 5 0 15,000 Hauraki South, N.L., 4s 60.(MM) 0 3 6 8,000 Harbour View, n.l., 2s . . 80,<MM) 0 0 8 ;io,5«o Hazelbank, Ltd., 5s ... 42,(NM) o 5 0 12,500 Heitman's Freeh’Id, N. L., 2s 6d 8O.(MM) 0 0 6 9,000 Hercules, N.L., 3s 80.IHHI 0 2 0 15,000 Hit or Miss, N.L., 5s ... 60,(MH) 0 0 8 8,000 Herald, N.L., 2s 80.000 9,000 Huanui, 3s 50,000 0 1 9 11,000 Imperial, N.L., 3s 100, (MM) 0 2 4

CAPITAL COMPANIES. SHARKS laacKn. MARKET KATK. £ 12,000 Ivanhoe, N.L, 2s 12O.IMH) £ '» A. 1 D. b 7,5oo Invicta, N.L, 2s 75,’M«' 0 0 4 6,5oo Invicta North, n.l, 2s 65,<mm> 0 3 10,000 Jnpiter, Ltd., 5s 4<>,imm> 0 7 0 6,000 Jewel, Ltd., 2s 6<i,'mm) o B 11,250 J uno, N. l. , 2s 6d Komata Triumph, X.I.., 3* King Solomon, N.L, 2s 9o,imm> o 0 10 18,000 5,000 9o,(hh> 50.000 0 1 2 2o,ooo Kapai-Vermont, n.l., 5s !()(.), 000 11 10 6 6.000 Kuaotunu, N.L, 2s 6(1 <MM) (1 2 2 100,000 Katie, Ltd., 20s 1(H), (MH I 0 8 14,000 Karangahake, N.L, 4s 6OJMM) 0 0 10 37,500 Kinsella Freehold, N.L., 5s ... 100,000 0 10 12,500 King of Waihi, X.L., 2s 6<I . 8<),(M M ) 0 0 7 15,(MH) Kaiser, x. L, 3s 94,(MM) 0 0 3 15,000 25,000 go.ooo Kurunui, N.L., 5s Lone Hand, Ltd., 10s Martha Extended, N.).., 20s 60,(MM) 5<>,(MM) 80,000 0 1 10 7,500 Moanataiari North, N.L, 3s 50,000 0 6 7,500 Moanataiari Extd.,X.L.,2s 6d 60,<MM) 0 0 8 15,000 Monowai, Ltd., 5s May Queen, Ltd., 10s 60,000 o 5 9 39,500 79,imm) 0 11 6 15,000 May Queen Extd., N.L, 3s ... 100,000 0 0 7 10,000 Magazine, N.L, 2s ... 70,000 0 , t 9 10,500 Mariner, N.L, 3s 70,000 0 0 6 8,750 Mari tana, N.L., 2s 6d 64, (Mm) 1 0 12,000 Mount Waihi, N.L., 4s 60,(MM) 0 0 6 90,000 Maori Dream, X.L., 3s 60,000 0 1 10 12,000 Maoriland, N.L., 3s ... 80,(MM) 0 2 1 10,500 Midas, N.L., 3s 60. (MX) 0 2 1 8,000 Monarch of All, N.L., 2s 10,(MM) 0 5 8,000 Mount Aurum, 2s 8o,<MM> 0 0 4J 8,000 Mountain Flower, N.L, 2s ... 8o,(mm) 0 0 3 6,000 Matawai, N.L., 2s 60,000 0 0 5 15,000 15,000 Mataura, N.L., 3s My Sweetheart, N. L., 2s 6d 90,000 1(H),(MK) 0 5 6,000 Nestor, N.L., Is 6<1 54,750 0 0 6 25,000 Norfolk, Ltd., 10s 50,(MM) 0 4 10 7,500 New Whau, N.L., 3s ... 100,(MX) 0 1 0 10,000 North Star, N.L., 4s ... 50,(KM I 0 o 6 11,250 New Zealander, N.L., 3s 75,(MM) 0 0 9 8,000 North, N.L, 2s 70, (KM) 0 0 8 12,000 Napier, N.L., 3s New Golconda, N.L., 2s 8o,(MM> 0 1 7,5(M) 75,ihmi 0 2 8,000 New Tokatea, N.L., 2s 8o.(Mmi 0 1 2 8,000 10,000 15,000 Nil Desperandum, N.L., 2s ... Ohinemuri, N.L., 2s ... Oliui, N.L., 3s ... 80, (MH) 80,000 1(X>,(MX) 6 37,50<l 7,500 Owharoa, Ltd., 10s Ophir, N.L., 2s 75,ihh> 75,(MM) 0 4 0 10,000 Orlando, Ltd., 5s 40,(MM) 0 11 9 6,000 Occidental, N.L., ls6d 80,(MH) 0 0 10 10,000 Oceania, N.L., 2s 6d 6O,( MH) 0 1 6 6,000 Pride of Tokatea, N.L., Is 6<1 80.000 11 1 10 15,000 Princess May, N.L., 3< 1(H),(HH) o 5 9,750 Progress-Castle Hock, N. L., 3s 65,(MH) 0 2 1 13,500 Pigmy, N.L., 3s Puru Consolidated, N.L., 2s... 70,000 o 0 8 8,000 62, (KM I 0 6 0 12,500 Portsea, Ltd., 5s 45.IMH) 0 1 10 5,500 Puriri, Ltd., 2s 55, (HK) 0 0 6 9,000 Phoenix, N.L., 3s 60,(MH) 0 0 6 12,000 12,000 8 000 8,tMM) 10,000 Prospect, N.L., 3s Premier, N.L., 3s Plunger, N.L., 2s Prince of Wales, N.L., 2s ... Pandora, N. L., 2s 80,(MM) 54,(MH) 70,(KK) 80,000 1(H),(H Ml 0 0 8 25,000 8 000 Queen of Waihi, N.L., 5s Rosebery, N. L., 2s 80,(MH) 80,(KM) 0 2 0 12,500 Royal. Ltd., 5s 50, IM MJ 0 1 2 10,000 Rangitira, N.L,, 3s 60,(KM) 0 11 6 7,500 12,500 4,000 8,000 Rothschild, N.L., 2s 6d Rising Sun, N.L., 2s ... Royal Sovereign, N. L., 1 s ... Sybil, N.L., 2s 60,000 8o, (MX) 8o,o0o 80,000 0 0 6 70,000 Star of Wynyardton, N. L., 20s 64.000 0 2 0 7,5<M) Sheridan, N.L., 3s 50, (MH) 11 1 9 12.000 Scandinavian, N.l.., 3s 85,(MH) (I 1 2 14,(MIO South British, N.L., 4s 83,285 (I 0 9 6,000 Sterling, N.L., 2s 60,(MH) 0 1 6,000 Stanley, N.L., 2s 85. (MH I 0 1 7 15,000 Sovereign, N.L., 3s 11M),(H M) 0 1 6 12,0<Ml Sir Julius, n.l. , 4s ... 60,(MH) 0 n 6 10,000 St. Patrick, n.l., 2s 80,(MM) 0 0 9 7.500 24,000 3.500 Star of Waihi, N.L., Is 6d ... Tairua Proprietary, N.L., 5s Tararu Extended, N.L., Is ... 80,(HH> 91,200 70,000 0 () 6 11,500 Try Fluke, Ltd., 5 s 61.000 0 13 4 25,<IOO Talisman, Ltd., 5s 8*),(H H > (1 18 11 22 5(M> Talisman Extended, Ltd,, 3s 129,1 mm ) 0 3 0 12,750 Teutonic, N.L., 3s 68 (MH) 0 0 6 4,5(H) Tapn Fluke, Ltd., 2s 37,ihh> 8 9,750 Tandem, N.L., 3s 65,("Mi o 1 3 30,000 Victoria, N.L., 5s I2O.IHH) 0 3 8 15,(XX) 3,700 11,000 9,000 5,000 Victor, N.L., 2s Waipuru, N.L., Is 6<1 Waihi Pinnacle, N.l.., Is Waihi Reefs, 4s Waihi Welcome, N.L.,ls 15o,(Mh) 50,000 220,000 45,000 100.000 5 6 18,000 Waiotahi. Ltd., 60s ... 6.'MM) 1 15 11 17,500 Welcome Find, Ltd., 5s 7o.(HHi 0 5 3 15,(MM) Waitaia, Ltd., 5s 60,(MH) 0 4 6 6,5(M) Waverley, N.L., 2s 65,(MM) 0 2 6 14, (Mm) Wealth of Nations, N.L., 4s 60,(MM) 0 1 3 5,'MM) Woodstock North, Ltd., 2s 5o,imm) o (1 8 17.5(H) Wynardton, N.L., 5s ... 7o,)hhi 0 1 3 10.IMM) Ward Proprietary, N.L., 2s . 11M),( H H 1 11 0 6 12,750 Waitekauri No. 2, N.l.., 3s ... 82 7(m> (1 0 10 12,(MM) Waitekauri No. 4, n.l., 4s ... 6O.IHHI 0 5 10 14,(MM) Waitekauri South, N.L., 4s 55,'Mmi n 1 0 8,250 Waitekauri Queen, n.l., 3s.. 55, (Mh> 0 0 4 7,5(M> Waitekauri King, N.L., 2s 75,(MM) 0 (I 10 22,5(M) Waihi South, Ltd., 3s 15O.IMH) 11 1 4 20.IMM) Waihi Monument, N.l.., 5s 1<H),IHH> 0 0 8 17,500 Waihi Consols, N.L., 2s 15i ),000 0 1 1 8,<MM) Waihi Mint, N.L., 2s 80,(MM) 0 0 6 5,(MM) Waihi Dredging, N.L., Is .. 1(N),(MM) 0 (I 5 150,imm) 12,4(M) Waihi Extended, Ltd., 2os Wonder, N.L.. 3s 1 (M),« H H1 7<>,( M H) 0 1 2 11,250 Young New Zealand, N.l.., 3s 65,(MH) 0 1 10 12, (MM) Zion, N.L., 3s ... 65. (MH) 0 0 11 20,(MM) Zealandia, N.L., 2s ... TIK8I1AV, 12 NOON— JM 150.IMM) ■ 7. 0 1 8