THE GREEN HARP.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 245, 22 July 1872, Page 3

THE GREEN HARP.

The Coromandel Mail of But uni ay says : —" uur mining reporter Inis fisuud out Irom some unexpected source a few particulars ot Hit; recent survey of tne lowei level ot tlie Green Harp mine, winch we nave every reason to believe are substantially correct. Wnetiior lie really euutrived to get down tlie slialt Oeiore it lilted with water again, or whether he oaiied the water out in tlie dean oi the uigni, is not ter us to disclose, and does uol lessen tlie value of the' information. But one tiling is certain, that tne silly reports circulated about the finding ot amalgam and specimens at the bottom ot tne shaft arc totally devoid ot foundation. Tne driving at the bottom of the suaft, our reporter slates, is not what it Was rep.eseuted to be by tne funini directors and mine manager. l'ue gold appears to have been carried down, and at the bottom of the shuit a drive Imd been put in under tne lull mr some distance, and the reef taken out. Bat tlie limuci'iug lias been so badly done ibat tne drive is unsafe. Tlie l'eet snows in tills drive auout nine or ten inches iu size, and apparently of the same character as tliat previously taken out. towards tne beach tne drive is only iu a few leet. lint there does not appear to be a reel ot any size iu the lace, ir one at at ail. Tins is pronably one reason why the late huluers were so anxious to ‘‘clear out” tueir interests. Uur reporter thinks ‘.lie reel—which was running strung —lias only disappeared thiotigh a slight slip of the country here, and, if they had driveu ou a tew feet further aud put iu a

cross-cut, they would most certainly have picked it up again. It will he remembered that various reports were circulated to the effect that this drive towards the beach was in about 30 or 40 feet. The survey of the upper workings is still going on.