MINING MASTERS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1832, 5 June 1874, Page 2

MINING MASTERS.

: smairparceHf 10 tons, of stonejas; the Mornings,, Star,- Company, iwhich/.y ielded llozs 2dwts gold, another iparcel.of;nine tonscrushed.ifor the- tributes produced ■15ozs lOdwts.

... < Old VVhau. -The find ■ of; gold in the new level .'of. the pldf Whiu mine, to which we alluded infyesterday's issue, is,evidently the outer edge of.the main run bf of that, mine,' although' it'was mot with rather' sooner than was, anticipated. The junction of the'itwareefs has not yet been reached, and it is,at this point that the shot, of gold makes. However,, itho junction is now to ; hand,-and it was only, a matter of; a .foot or two of ,difference ~afc. the jmos,t.j Thejgold first showed in the centre' of the course iof !the>hangin'g-wallr:reef, which within the last few days has borne a very promising' appearance, ,and ,it soon ( extended down to'tlie, bottom of the'drive, i there was .not,much,,wprk done.on the face yesterday," uor was'thord any gold showing -'Mn ■[ Ihe- : afterrtboni' ■' btifc from the compact; ;appearance ,of the reef and the. general, indications, it. is quite evident that the " run of gold is very close to hand, if indeed it harnot already been touche I in the gold struok on Wednesday night. Crown.. Pjjinok. — The manager is making : vory good progress with the main shaft, which i* now down 50 feet in'good country'. ' It is intended to continue the sinking until a depth of 75.feetis reached, and then the level will bo'opened up at 70 feet below the present main level. The winzes are now down a long way- towards the ■ next level/ and' •by ■ the time the engine is 'erected everything will be ready for opening up the mine for permanent works. 1

BuioHr Smile^—Th'e : sinking of tho Bright Smile sliaft was resume I yester*. day, will nov be cbhtiriiied'without further interruption, so.as to keep well in-advance: of present level, and b'o always in a position to open up now ones when-they ; are required.'> r ; ?ihere is not much news respecting the reefs except - that'the three large lodes .in hand, show gold;'and are now producing largo' quan* tities oforualiing. stuff,: whioli js : yielding well'at both bktteries I .' "' v . Bibd-in-H was" agaia a very liice of. gold .id ;i tho,Beaward (m <*C;

lode, although-in" splendid country, has rup,rather small, but is now opening out iand is about 10 inches wide in the face. The sinking of the shaft has been again resumed, and is now down 9 feet below the level. When it reaches 10 feet ' the windlass»will : be erected, and a contract let for continuing the sinking. Black Anoel..—• Ibe .manager has commenced to open up a block of the reef which romained above the lib-feet level, "_J vesterday met with a very nice show & —of gold in This reef is dkinct fwm the brown,reef upon: which work has recently been carried on. . • . Golbbh Ceown. -The lias for some time past been: engaged _ driving at the intermediate level along ■ the footwall portion of the No. 2 reef southward, but has not 'yet'broken down, any of the quartz. It is probable that payable stone will be found above this, level, and the manfoer !is about to give the .block a (air ' testing.. He,', will commence to break down stone at the end of this'week, and will crush it next We§k. At present the milliisat w.ork;as usual upM quartz, from