MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3284, 29 August 1873, Page 3

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Cauuick Range.— The weather lately has been very fine, and consequently several of the quartz mining companies have resumed operations on a more energetic scale than can be done during the severity of the winter season.—The John Bull Company have 120 tons of stone at grass, and expect shortly to be in a position to begin crushing.-The Young Australian Company have again started operations, and we are informed with fair prospects. —The Star of the East Company are reported to have struck good gold iu the shaft sunk from their present main level, at the depth of fifty feet. —The Heart of Oak Company arc busy prospecting in one portion of their workings. They are also bringing out part of the old reef in the meantime, and will soon have a crushing.—The Elizabeth Company are still pushing forward their workings. They havegdso let a contract to open a second vein of uuartz which has not yet been developed. At the meeting of this company, held last week, it was stated that over LI,(100 had been expended by the company during the year 1872, and that for the past five months iu 1873 the amount expended had reached the sum of LI,TOO. Bendigo.—The Aurora Company are still working on the opposite side of the gully from the original workings ; and the reports concerning the prospects obtained are very encouraging. —The Lucknow Company have driven their tunnel about 2'Joft. from the entrance. The working manager is of opinion that the reef must be met with within the next fifty feet.— The Cromwell Company had a cleaning-up yesterday from a crushing of about 100 tons. The result was expected to bo pretty good, but it turned out even better tha.ii expected, being 353 ounces. This result gives a rough average of 35 ounces to the ton. The company have plenty of the same kind of stone to crush. The only drawback they have to suffer is the intermittent nature of the water supply. If, us was 1 reported last week, it turns out to be correct

that an extensive deposit of coal exists in the Hindis Valley, this drawback will not be long endured.— Ar,gus. Tuapeka. —We (Times) are informed, on good authority, that 350z, of gold, have been taken out of a”small paddock in Scrubby Flat, situated on Ardmore station. _ The land is private property, otherwise, our informant states, it would have been rushed.