QUEEN OF THE MAY.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2600, 8 May 1877, Page 2

QUEEN OF THE MAY.

I paid a visit to this mine this morning . in company with the mine manager. We•"' first, went to the No. 4 level, and found that the men working on the lode were meeting with pretty fair prospects. In some places the stopes from the bottom level are right up to the door of the drive, but there is yet over 250 feet to be stored out, and in some parts a leading stope is carried, so it will be seen that the 'evel is by no means worked out.

Going through the level I stopped at ' several places to have a look at the stripped portions of the footwall lode, which is really- looking very we 11... la -. some parts the quartz is very white) almost resembling, porcelain, while'in

others the quartz is highly crystallised. In several places going down the stopes I broke quartz, and hardly ever failed to see gold in the stone, while a number of nice pieces of picked stone were selected, and on returning the manager had a bag containing, about 50lbs weight eft gelden stone. The driv t on the hanging-wall section are yielding a considerable quantity of good crushing dirt, though, of course, the bulk of the gold is obtained - from the crushing of stuff from the foot* wall leader. The cross-cut: is now-in a considerable distance, and already it has uncovered two nice looking little leaden, - in one of which some colors of gold were seen. The couLtry ia hard, and at the ~: present, face of the crosscut a change has taken place which might be taken as promising. The next fortnightly cleaning up , takes place on Saturday next, and there will be as good a return as that of last

fortnight, and perhaps better.