MINING NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1357, 4 February 1884, Page 2

MINING NEWS.

1" - 'fifTP*&*YrFebruary 2. The following wh ihebattery retutns fot'thl past Week :— WttooMß •■: 398o» of: amalsjam for "the week. • „,,..,. -. .... GfcoßB — 120 >« »C iiualgam" for 4J days crushing. ' :'a' ; . . Th« north' dri ve Iwiving reftcfiiod Well . . under |ba iorvey line of the reef. Tlue ! manager intends shortly to start a rise to connect, with t^e winze." The distance remaining to lwAConn«cte^i by t'lis means is BOft/ mM\ all goihg well, 'the hancUj should hole— bh rough in a iV^hth, and this doud'crasbingScan V>e i < ,auiiedi2,te]y'sQt{Unenoed.- . Tbe. r««f in . the winze, looks reniarka ly well, and fuora the Biiow w'gold rfow presented it will not take loug to bring the Company ;ijptd' tiie-^iyidelid. l^t> • ; HOMEWAEt) BOUND. Duriiig ti.^'Weft'k iAxe ditvetors «ntwred hi to the required hondd to proaecote ihpiv appaal tvom the recently giv«njn tlw^'aitrtf t. Conrt in yhe caSo of .Visli'rso'n-Wi^'Enretti' Cbm* paoy. In the- riifaiijtof no- work is going tOiCia fefc*^'; uce^Jand no deterini nation in th is direct ion will *>c arrived at until -the half-yearly meeting of shareholders \l n*h has be^n couvened. BTJREKA KXTENDBD. ..The contaa-t^r3 are prewinsjon with the incline-but -the country continues pretty stiff, bringing their progress short of what they expect tQ make, as soon . . a s • a ch s,n g« of formationGc<jurs. , KoUiiug further hag heen done b^vthc directors in the,: way 'of secnri»u.3B survey of the reef on the Welcome Xn. 7 level, and it is jikely ; that tijp-fsufA't'y will fee dispensed*- with for the.proaon-.tj, . Thg reason ..why- -ho survey wfts applied for was this.. The Eiuvka incline is beiwg carried. -.in with a dip of eleven and a half inches in three feet, that being the angle required according to the bearings of the lode in all the hi her levels of. the Welcome, to intersect the reef itr t}*t> Enreka ground. f If, therefore, the reef in the Welcome N#: 7 maintains the same strike and bearings as it did in the levels overhead the Eureka tonnel will cat it at the survey distance. ShottW " hd^.e>eiV tlje course of thi reef htv* altered a<| all since the litte of thft tonnel wasgivwi, tljen the lode will be cut ejthw * litti. under or a little beyond that (hVanco, or the grade of thn adit cordd be altered to meet the circumstances of the ease. It is geuei-ally nntfei^tbofl, fcttwever, that tjhfß bearings of the reef in die Weleow© jRp, 7.are titp same t& ov&^tm4 f s6 iliat the necessity lor the tmtiflfe not urgent, Theitttance driven last week was 23 feet SPECIMEN 9ILL. ? othing is yet known m to the probable result of the cro&hiTig £lthf©ilfch sufficient time has elapied tfr enable an approximate estimate^toibft'fbrmedi The general impression is wp; believe not m favor of a high return from the .first crushing. Tlig^tam^ers, from some canse hrcve not yet been got to .run up to fit^ftj?* 4^ df H?ats : , bnt this di-awback will no doubt bp goit ove r as the crushtfr^ progresses. '...'; ; J .■■INK^SJ^N.. ■.-..'■'.' >r.,:\: ""^ The «fMw fine^afffel^efieribed lately have enabled the different coutractbrg. to make good headway. The frame work of the,, battery „. house is nowpretty well np, and/atio : ther weeks fine weather will see the building well advanced 1 . The contractors for the cottRtrttction of tramway*, -Ac., have got fairjy underway and having a strong staff on tire ground will soon put a good face the work. • •"•• •'- • 1 \Vrlc6me. The return of amalgam for ihe past week, "although showing » slight, im.gpp yenrtsa^ upjp»,tH prff<#j.!?gj«etiw?« T

*"""" j , .. • , *; is still far short of previous averages of the mine, - • The cviihiltug is" prooee'diug satisfactorily, tivo ..quality.- .of the »tdue going through; -being- a equal.* 10 the. last patcei tfe^t-d.' Mr. Wtiiby is conducting th« crusui /*. j" f-.Ctluj Company. GOLPEK ;PLE-K0 - EXTENDED. Prospecting" w.^rlc' hi." n>Vv\lK?t-n resumed in the vicinity of the old jax block from whirh sue 1 '. ><f re arns were obtained in t'«> :;: dines. A very well defined n^i" v;h-<?; this .portion of the uaiue, hu!, it ;.>i "■■■-■■} °"t Siiddenly'at th. i:ne -Jt /'J as tliere Avas then other sroinr t : >j p . .?■'■<» upon, the quest of. the last. ;rn 4 vus left for . s a /ujturje time. . Ti;i : sear.' is .Hiow jjoijj^ ?n saiid5 aiid sliould '}> Hsy .. ; i'"fuJL tliis uiine^ill «6ibe i'lin frn.iii -i' - tTlie lie.3ult which, adjoi. ' :<; : ; ! jjmve had:" I Sfl2fii^dpl««iHli.l: -st.-.::o f oc: *time to ■Aiiae,«a»tfL this. • 1 a k o- > ■ r ■ connection with the^fact that i-li« Lj'iv w--^:---highly payable up to the point v;h"v«, !:it suddenly nipped ,08. i.ithoAjux. I .ground wo#d <l nfiK' ! ' ?.-.« -hscovtry oi ! tUe lost-rm-ta.^..^;;; of tiie highg^t ... ' • '• *>.?•/• " ■"* •■•• ■■■•'* '• NIL DESFEK^ND^M. • ;.?•; I The contractors ?ov;the exteosiori of I the low level are" pus'img ahead, and I icing a jpa,ysy. of j; ;o;>4 ' woVkera will ! knb^k out lairwagysi- ' ' v ; INANGAH U A ' LOW LE VE £ ' TUN--NKL. ...-,. „ ,V'9Phe driving cp.tinuos very tough, •«nd during t£c last week or ten days 'the. formation has goie quite flat. This alteration in the strata is, how- : ever, regarded as favourable, as the next cha.-ifj*; will bring" a" more i likely country. ['■ : '•'. '■"'.. walhallla. • ■ Trife rise is iiovr up feet on the track of thtf western reef. A little .quartz has shown and thfe prospects are considered very encouraging. IMPEEIAk^. : " . Four men are • ngag«djSl«n' tne mine manager in driving 66ntH' from the raai»T« low level. !]Phe distance now in is 1 06 ft. The ooatltry wts rather hard until lately, the *"ouree i»a« «Hered a littli* more'^thF 6ast wfeen tlit^riving ■ became easier. .Nothia'giiii.heenmet wftb of"imp6rtan«e. ." f JUST-IN-TIME. The diivin^;of the low level north from the main level is being continued and the d!stane*vnoW hi-ia 07ffc 'The (jountry is promising, and driving easy.