MINING INTELLIGENCE

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 406, 29 April 1871, Page 2

MINING INTELLIGENCE

[fbom this morning's " advebtiseb."] The Golden Anchob Claim, Hafe Cbeex. —Within the last few days the shareholders of this claim have uncovered a fine leader in their lower workings from which some very good specimens have been taken. The leader is believed to be the same which the Flagship shareholders worked on up to the boundary. The Golden Anchor men have been' driving for it, and doubtless the load now :n hand is the same. The City of DhnedinExtendej'. — The crushing for this claim at the Flora Macdonald machine turned out, very poor. There were about 40 tons crushed, and the yield only amounted to sozs. sdwts. The St. JKilda (late Red Ros.e) olaiiiu, Te' Papa Gully, has had another trial crushing at Greenway's battery, Hape Creek, but this; time there was only two tons put through.' The yield obtained was 2ozs. gold. Late crushings have given a similar average, so that there can how be no doubt as to the payable quality of the claim. Dixon's No. I.—Another crushing of stone from the surface workings of this mine is now going on at Goodall's battery, with every prospect of a good payable average of from li ozs. to 2 ozs. to the ton. There are 12 head of stampers employed on this stuff, and there are about 60 toi^s to be put through. The Gbeat Beitain and Beunswick.— We learn that the Great Britain and Brunswick claim, Moanataiari Creek, is to be taken on tribute by the proprietor of one of the crushing machines ou the flat. The averages' from the reef have varied from twelve pennyweights to an ounce to the ton, and no douW with a powerful battery to crush the stuff as it is taken out such an average can be made to pay handsomely. i The Cube.—There can be no doubt whatever as to the genuine character of the prospects of the Cure mine, judging from the splendid stone, which is broken out Jin J its immediate vicinity, both in the Golden Crown and Caledonian mines. 'A" sort of hitch occurred on Wednesday siight, which temporarily stopped the drive along the new lode Of the Golden Crown, from which the specimens previously noticpd were taken. It appears that a narrow strip of ground, about six-feet in width, * which" belongs to the Caledonian Company, runs between the Golden Crown and Cure boundaries. Through this the Golden Crown Company, had, permission to carry their drive,! but ,owing to instructions received from Auckland, the drive was stopped1 on Wednesday iught. Yesterday morning arrangements were made, and the drive is now being extended towards the Cure boundary again, with increasingly rich prospects. Another splendid batch of specimens was'taken out yesterday. In the Caledonian workings gold is being followed up under the^TVinze thatis.no w being sunk from the Cure to meetthe Caledonian. This is on the No. 1 lode,v and last evening the Cale-

donian turned out splendid stone in \W proximity to the boundary. There « » mams about sixty feet of the winze tSt sunk, and as soon as this is completed t J° manager will at, once be in a position to £' out on^the reef in his own ground 5 take out stuff for crushing throulh the „«n* levels of the Caledonian nfine. EJiSfiL drive along the new reef will have e_S£| to the,boundary, and no doubt permission will. be obtained to work from this- level XT The winze which has been now carried d2n a distance of 35 feet on- the reef from tK Cure paam, level has frofe time to time £n£ traces of gold and last night a more prom™ ing prospect than usual was met with jU splendid stone was taken out from a rise <« the Caledonian, directly underneath £ winze, it is very naturally supposed that wha? was found m the Cure is the first of a run nf gold m this claim. The quantity of rich stZ broken out last nighf was not verr W Goldhas been seen, and that is all that can £ said of it yet. '°°.