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MINING MATTERS.

Inverness Tbibute.—A> crushing of 25 tons of stone has been completed at the Prince Alfred battery for Catrsn and party, tributers of No. 2 section of the Inverness mine. The stuff was a trial, and did not look by any means rich, but it nevertheless yielded 27ozs ldwt melted gold, so that the result is highly satisfactory. There is, it appears, a con-i'lerable quantity of similar stuff readily available, and now that it has been proved payable no time will be lost in getting another crushing started

Junction Tribute.small parcel of 6 tons has been crushed for Catran and party, tributers of the Junction mine. It was cleaned up on 1 aturday, and turned out a good payable yield of 8 ounces gold. Bright Smile —It had been arranged that cleaning up and retorting for the Bright Smile Company should take place on Saturday at the Imperial Crown battery as well as at the company's own mill, but in consequence of a flight mishap— the breaking of a belt, we understand, the stoppage took place before the treatment of the stuff was finished at the Imperial Crown battery, and retorting there has been postponed till to-day. Ono deposit of 180ozs was made on Saturday fro-u the company's own mill. It is expected that the yield for the fortnight will amount to about 3500z5, and as the crushing has only been going on with a reduced force, this would give a very handsome average. Cube.—Retorting for the Cure Company has also been unavoidably postponed until to-day, from the same cause which occasioned the delay to the Bright Smile retorting. The yield will, however, bo much larger than was anticipated, and instead of lOOozs as the result of the 15 tons crushed, the yield will be fully 160ozs, or an average of over lOozs to the ton. As regards the mine itself, there is nothing new to report. A little more stone was broken down in the winze on Saturday through which gold showed, but there is no change of any importance during the last few feet of sinking. Golden Calf,—Although neither of the main reefs of this mine are yet to band in the 350 feet level, the new lode which has been discovered there has been opened tosome extent, and is likelyto prove of very considerable importance. It has shown gold from the first, and has now been opened for a length of about 45 feet. It averages 9 inches in width. A rise has also been started on it for the purpose of opening a block for stoping, aud in this rise on Saturday, as well as in the face of the main drive, there was good rich gold showing. About 251bs of specimens, some of which were rich, came to hand in the course of the afternoon, and there was also a considerable show of loose free gold amongst the rubble and mullock which surrounds or rather forms part of the reef.

Nonpaeril.—The reef in the block above the adit-level, upon which the manager is now working, is not a solid formation of quartz. It may rather be described as a branch of stringers and leaders, and it is evident that its proximity to the slide in these workings has had the effect of disturbing the formation to a considerable extent. However, although not well defined, it contains good gold, and there are now to hand 601bs of specimens, although the total quantity of general cruahinsf stuff out of which these were selected is only about 8 tons. The quality of the quartz is, therefore, rich, and no douut the manager will soon be able to start another crushing, which will pay well. Moesisg Stab—A small parcel of 15 tons has been crushed for Brown and party, tributers of the Morning Star mine, but the yield obtained was a moderate one, only amounting to 6ozs ldwt 12grs melted gold.

Tookby Tbibute - Long's, — There have been 40 tons of stone crushed at the Prince Alfred battery for Long and party, tributers of a section of the Tookey mine, but the yield only amounted to 18 jzs I2dwts, and was not payable. .> The country being very hard increases the cost of breaking out quartz, so that no average less than an ounce to the ton will pay wages, but the manager expects that, in 8 feet more driving he will be out of the hard bar into better country, from which better stone and better returns may naturally be looked for.

Imperial City.—'The remainder of the quartz stripped in the rise in the reef was broken down on Saturday, and, as before, it showed a good proportion of gold. There are no rich specimens to hand, but this quartz, from the regularity with which gold has been visible through it, ought to yield a handsome average when crushed. Stoping will be commenced to-day, so also will crushing for the company at the Waiotahi battery with a force of 10 head of stampers. The result will no doubt be watched with great interest, not only by the shareholders, but by othors, for should the result be as successful as is anticipated, another good gold-producing mine will be added to the list of permanent crushing companies, and will soon take a position on the dividend list. The cost of working will not be very great; transit will cost nothing, as the stuff is run directly from the brace of the Waiotahi shaft into the quartz paddock of the machine, and from the general quality of the stone and the quantity of gold which has been visible, there is ample reason for expecting not only a profitable but a very remunerative average The lode, we may remark, is from three to four feet in width, so that there is a large body upon which to work. Alburnia.—Crushing for this oompany will be commenced to-day at the Herald battery. It is probable tint the commencement of the crushing, which' will include a lot of stuff taken out of the adit level, will be poor; but when crushing is fairly started upon the stuff which is now being stoped out midway between Dixon's level and the Old Whau, there is more likelihood of rich returns, at all events, good payable ones. The manager has broken through to the Old Whau workings in the drive for the Old Whau right-hand branch lode. It has been found, but at this point it is small, although in the deeper level it is said to be fully 6 feet thick iu the face where, in the Old Whau workings, it has been followed up to the Alburnia boundary, # Golden Oeown.—The operations carried on at the J7O-feet level of the Golden Crown miue consist of driving on the course of the slide, but no improvement has occurred, nor does there appear to be any prospect of payable quartz being now discovered in this section of the mine. It is probable that the future operations of the company will be carried on at the higher level in prospering for parallel lodes.

Manuiuu,—Betorting for the Manukan Company will take place to-morrow or Wednesday, and although the crushing during the month his b on a very broken and irregular numerous stoppages liiinni: occurred, i lie yield will bo a very ImhuUuiu.' oii<\ ' he general crushing stuff has shown up throughout with

greater regularity, and on the whole for a very much better average. None of the stuff put through has been worth less than an ounce to the ton, and some of it averaged as much as 2 ounces, but the total crushing for the month has been only about 16 days' run. Exchange. — Crushing for the Ex« change Company will be commenced today with six head of stampers at the Tramway battery.

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Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1884, 2 November 1874, Page 3

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MINING MATTERS. Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1884, 2 November 1874, Page 3

MINING MATTERS. Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1884, 2 November 1874, Page 3

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