QUEENSLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 638, 19 February 1870, Page 4

QUEENSLAND.

GIMPIB. [gIMEIE TIMES,, FEB. 19.] New Monpkl^d |lgef : .Prqsppct claim, Stupart and party. —Sincp ■ the holidays the party have been buai]y engaged making' injproyenients and repairs on thei^claim. They have greeted a whim lor the purpqse qf rajsing the. buckets ; the shaft, which has, been sunk tq a depth qf JOOft, is. at presgnt unde^gqin.g repairs. There aue aboi\'t Xfl tqns, of &<>T\e qn grass. Nq. 1 north, Bunn and party, h,ave be.en sinking fop some time past ; theip shaft is now s,unk to the same depth as the prospqqtops: the party havp commenced driyjng, anqt' getting up good stqne : there are about eight tons qf s,tqne in the paddqpk j it looks well. Nos. 2 ar?d 3 nqrth, (amalgamated^, Samupls and party, are at present sinking a hew shaft, about 20Qft to the westward of th£ old one ; they expect they will 'havfTtq sink to a de^th, of abqut 150 to 2Qoft before they, strike the reef. No. . 4 north , M and party, ares gngage.d. jinking % new shaft, about 50ft to, the eastward qf their old one, fqr thfi purpose of getting at some stone th. at had baen lef t, the party thinking, it easier to sink a new shaft than tq put in a drive tern the old one. They expect to, strike the reef at 30ft. N;o. § north, Little and party, are blqcking gut from a 90ft level; the reef. is : two feet in wiqUh, and looks exceedingly we.lV There are about 30 tons of stqnp on glass, w^ich they anticipate will yield equal to last crushing, . which gave 10|oz to the ton. Nq. 6 north,' Heit^eringtqn and pftvty, have cqmmenced blocking out frqm then; 96ft level, refef beiiig two feet in width at this depth.. They a,re getting up very good stone. There are 11Q tons of st(>ne up, which is at present undergoing the process of burning before being sent to the machine. Qiir reporter, was shown some very rich siiecim^ns of gqld in crystallised quartz, obtained at their lowest level. No. 8 and 9 north (amalgamated, eight men's ground), Malle, Harris and party, have a shaft :sunk to a depth of 42ft ; the party struck the reef at 3,3 f t; it varies in width, from 18 to 20in : gold was got in this claim directly after the holidays, and they have been getting up good stqDe siope that time. Our reporter was also shown some nice specimens obtained, at .the 42ft leve.l. This claim is kept working day. and. nigfyt. The party have abevut 10 tons of stone in their pad? dock. No. 3b, north, Pollock and party, are blocking out at a depth qf 120 ft. The party use what is termed a ."whip" for the purpose of raisingtheir stone. There are about 80 tons in the paddock. No. la, north. — The : holders' of- this claim are getting. very good stqne from their old shaft. The party ace. at present putting in a drive from a paddock for the purpose of getting good air. to their shaft. Our reporter was shown some specimens obtained from this claim. Nbs. 1, 2, and 3 south on. this .line are being worked by contract. In No. 1, Murphy and party are down 140 f t; they are blocking, out from this level; the reef at the depth mentioned is 3ft in width. There are 100 tons of stone up, which the party intend crushing next. week. No:. 2, south, Whitby and party, are driving both north and south at 120 ft level ; they are getting first-rate stone in each . of . their drives; the reef varies from two 'o three feet in width. There are about 30 tons of stone in tfyeir paddock; it looks well. No. 3 south, Con way and parfcv, are pushing ahead vigorously on their claim : there are three shafts in work, two of them on the reef ; a new one is being sunk about 160ft- to the eastward; the party, are., getting good sold from their old shaft, which is down 160 ft, the reef being three feet thipk, the party raise their stone by means of a "whip." No. 4 south, Wroibflrn 8p& par^y, have a very substantial whini erected ;on their claim which works to the satisfaction of. the shareholders; the shaft has been sunk toadrfpthof a 140 f t; the reef varies in thickness from 18ih to 3ft ; the party intend to sink their shaft another 100 ft ;before blockiog out. No. 5 south, Hollyman and party, ha^e alsq a whim erected qn their claim ; they are raising stqne: from/ their 115 f t.level. There are about 4$Q tons, of estone on grasSj which will probabjy be crushed next 'week: No. 1 6 ; south/ Pollock and party, are blocking out-; there are- a,bout • 30 tons of stone in the paddock. Nos. 7 : and 8 south Rowan and partyj are sinking a new ;shaft ; 150 ft to the west, of. their old -one- ; -the : new shaft down 85ft; the .party, expect: to sink: very de^p befqxe striking the reef ; this shaft is kept going day and night, three shifts of men being:: employer^ .. . : . New Zealand Reef, Nos^; 3 and 4 north' (amalgamated) : We are glad to find that M'Mah.and party, after two., yeara labor,; have at last come upon, gold ; they have numerous .shafts on: their ground, one of which .reached- to a depth of 90ft ; the shaft In which the party are at present getting gold is about 20ft to the eastward of their old wdrkings^the reef wa? got in this shaft a fe w.feet. from the, surface,; the parJ;y a.n^n.ow down,2Sft, at which depth they are blocking out.! Our reporter was shown-some very pretty specimens ; .there, are about 40 tons of stone up, which looks very': rich. In No. 6 north, Louisa, a small, patch was struck oji Saturday week. The present holders only took possession of the olaim utter the holidays ; , they are engaged in sinking on the reef, the stone, looking very well. None of the other claims are at work on this line. | No. 1 south,, i Perseverance} . Spencer and party, are at present getting good gold from surface waslimg : the dirt is 3£ft in thickneßSj and yields ; abqut;half,a.n ounce to. the load.: .The. party -obtained about;: 20o« of gold.f or their last week's work. About 20cwt of ore from the Mount Perry mine has arrived in town for shipment to Sydney, where it will be assayed. Mr F. Connolly, who is proceeding to Sydnoy, also takes some very fine speci-

mens with him { and we understand that it is his intention to form a company to work the mine. Mr D.ingle has lpffc specir mens of the various ores at our office, which bear out tiur previous descriptions of the discovery. — Maryborough Chronicle. Very promising copper ore hag been found near Glenbar, and a selection pf land i under the mineral regulations has been I made on the line of lode by Messrs Pgilyie f Stoward and Qladwell, who, in order to fully test the stone, had about tw«> tons, of it brought dqwii' tq Maryborough to be forwarded to Sydney for aaajay. It is clear that there is no lack of enterprise . in the district,. ; Every few we&ks, >vp have to chronicle efforts of tliis kind tq develope pur mineral resourpps. — Ibid. ■ ' . : ■ '