CARRICK RANGE QUARTZ REEFS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 128, 23 April 1872, Page 5

CARRICK RANGE QUARTZ REEFS.

Royal Standard.—Twenty-one tons of i quartz from the Company's old claim wascru iked last week, the product being 33 ozs. 12 dwts. 4 grs. TheWeicime.—The shaft is down about 100 feet, the ground gradually becoming softer, and the prospects more encouraging. Star ov Tim East. —Smcesi continues to attend the development of this claim, and very favourable reports are daily received concerning the prospects met with. A crushing is now being put through, and the cleaning up is to take place on Friday. Robert Burns.—The shaft in this claim is down nearly fifty feet. In the course of sinking, the stone was missed, and was supplemented by a kind of clay between the walls ; but the reef was afterwards recovered. There is at present nothing definite to record concerning this claim. John Bull and Nil Tliese companies are still grassing stone, and will have a large quantity on hand by the time the Pipeclay battery is erected. Colleen Bawn. —The leader found in this claim has been cut through, and found to be only six or eight inches in thickness ; but the stone yields a first-rate prospect. It appears as though only the cap of the leader or reef has been touched, and it gives fair indications of widening at a greater depth. The whole of tliis spur seems to be permeated by reefs I or leaders, which run in every direction, and i probably form a large and compact body of i stone at a depth not yet reached. Being I west of the Elizabeth boundary, the Colleen | Bawn would appear to be an entirely distinct line of reef. Possibly, however, it may be a continuation of the leader found'in the Duke of Cumberland. Rob Roy.—Material for a second crushing is being got in readiness, and will be conveyed to the Royal Standard battery in the course of a few days.