MINING.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 171, 26 April 1872, Page 3

MINING.

George Stevenson. The crushing of eighty tons of stone for this company lias given a return of seven* c ”'" 1 ounces twelve pennyweights of muiu.. M, or very nearly’ an ounce to the ton. Work has been resumed in the mine, and stone will soon be brought out again for another crushing. Red Queen. —More specimens were obtained yesterday from the leader, which holds out well, and the crushing at the battery is shaping as well as it did at tlie first—that is, for an excellent payable return.

Eureka. —The manager has commenced vo work on the lode from the twentyfathom level of tiie Kuranui Goldmining Company’s ground. He was unable to find the lode in the workings in his own ground, though he drove far past where he expected that it would ho. It lias, in all probability, been cut off by a slide, or become very much disarranged up there. However, they 7 have the lode now in hand, and can follow it into their own ground. There are sixty feet of backs above the twenty-fathom level to their own workings, so that a good block of ground is at hand to work out. The crushing at the Shotover Battery is not looking very rich, as far as the plate show is concerned, hut the same thing happened last time, when nearly all the gold was taken from tlie boxes, the yield being two ounces the ton, and this stone looks to be of about the same value, as far as can be seen as it is broken down. Messenger’s Company. —The tributers of this company have completed a crushing of five tons of stone at the Little and Good test battery, Pollen-street. The stone has been taken from the upper levels of the mine, and lias yielded well, there being one hundred and twenty-nine ounces of good hard-squeezed amalgam on hand, so that the return will he a very rich one, probably about eight or nine ounces to the ton. At Soutcr’s Battery, the Red, White, and Blue Company are crushing with live head of stampers, the remaining ten being still occupied by the Sons of Freedom, the stone from which is shaping well for another pay’able return. Moanataiari. —The operations on the No. 1 lode now consist of stoping and raising between the one hundred and thirty feet and battery levels. 4wo winzes arc being put down on it to connect the upper and lower levels, and so join communication with the Kuranui Tunnel, which will enable the manager to send the upper-level stone down thatwwar,y r , as well as the quartz from the lower levels. Some very rich stone has been taken out, and more comes to hand during each shift. There is now nearly, if not quite, half a ton of picked stone on hand to he crushed for this week’s return. The winzes spoken of above will break through into the old stopes worked on by Mr Cribble, for a height of 40ft. only, so that there is still a very line block of ground here to be worked out. Ihc No. 2 lode is also being followed from the battery level and from the 180 ft. level as well, hut nothing of any consequence has as yet been found in it. The new pass to the Kuranui tunnel is being timbered, and will he ready 7 for use as soon as the company have made arrangements as to which battery on the beach they will crush at. The cros-cut towards the Castle and Galatea ground is being pushed ahead from the 180 ft. level, hut it has not yet reached the lode sought for, which is the No. 4 Morning Star reef. Two or three small veins have been cut through, which show gold, and also bear very good indications. The yield for this week may 7 he expected to he a heavy one, and wc notice that the directors have declared another dividend, payable on Tuesday next. CURE. —The weight of melted gold obtained from the last crushing is 158 oz. 1G dwt. 18gr. The manager has got the mine fully manned again, he having managed to get some blasting-powder; hut if a supply does not reach the place before next Monday 7 he will he obliged to cease work altogether for want of it.

Bright Smile. The manager has knocked off work in tlie disputed ground in this mine owing to the arrangement made at the Supreme. Court on Wednesday. As will he seen by our telegraphic columns the case was again brought up yesterday at the Supreme Court, hut the decision arrived at has not been furnished to us.