RICHMOND HILL SILVER MINE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 228, 26 September 1877, Page 2

RICHMOND HILL SILVER MINE.

It will be recollected that Mr S. 11. Cox, Assistant Government Geologist, .visited the mine in an official capacity, and gave the Directors the benefit of his couusel as to the best mode of developing the property. He recommended a cross drive to be made after the upper-level drive had been carried further in a northerly direction; advice which is being followed. In the meanwhile Mr Cox submitted nina specimens from as many different localities in the mine to Mr Skey for assay, and one from a parallel lode cropping out east of the main one. We have much pleasure in stating that silver was found in every case, but in very various proportions, as will be seen from the following summary of the results, ia which the subnumber of each specimen is first given; then its nature; its position in the mine; and lastly its assay value calculated per ton: — No 1— Schist, end of drive 56ffc level, under ; No 2— Tetrahedrite, underhand stope 56ft . level, 4120z 7dwts 20grs Troy; No s -%alena with much gangue, end of galena band 106ft level, 610z3 sdwts 19grs ; No 7— lode stuff, junction of lodes 6£t level, 22oza 12dwts 15grs ; No s— tetrahedrite, new shaft Iflft deep, 600028 Ddwt9 22grs ; No 10—tetrahedrite, new shaft 1 5ft deep, 2890zs 3dwts 13grs; No 11 — galena with much gangue, new shaffclß ft deep, 21ozs 2dwts llgrs; No 12— fine grained galena, new shaft 19ft deep, 1630zs 9dwts; No 13 — tetrahedrite, new shaft 20ftdeep,l792ozs 17dwts 16grs; No 16— galena and zinc blende with much gangue, outcrop east of main lode, 230z 2dwts 16grs. We have frequently had to chronicle the analysis of productive silver ore from Richmond Hill, but nothing approaching in richness to No. 13 had hitherto been met with; the silver in it is about equal iu value to one hundred ounces of gold to the ton. The following gratifying letter from Df Hector accompanied this return: — " To the Secretary Richmond Hill Mining Company.— Sir— l beg to furnish you with a return of the assays of a series of samples from the Richmond Hill Company's property, furnished by Mr Washbourn, and to Jwhom I have also forwarded a copy of the results. The examinatfon of samples from such a variety of positions in the lodea with such a good return is very satisfactory, arid I have much pleasure iu congratulating the company on their prospects. — I am, &c , James Huctor.— Wellington, Sept. 7, 1877."