OUR MINES.
CALEDONIAiN".
The mine managers weekly report is ' as follows :•—" The amalgam to hand on Saturday, 21st inst.,.was:i*etorted. There ,!ig"a return of 1290zs Bdwts : melted gold, '.About lip'loads were put'through, and; i the , picked, stone on hand, $7, tons of .i (quartz have beerj hauled^xlurjnKtllo we^-r There are nearly;,9o tons aw^itings the, battery, -iThere is ;no, change to note in, the stopes, imalldaba of clay occasionally showing, but, little-iworth, picking jout. The'iplates are showing about th& same. No; 3 level :' The lode has been drivenon about 12 feet 6 inches. The foot-wall leader has very nearly formed a junction with the lode ;.and the body of the.lode, • .which is.about 4| feet in thjckness,.has a mo9t likely appearance, showing silvery minerals, but no gold up to the preBent. The leader keeps the same rich mineral', appearance, and tests well for gold. The water is within two feet of ■ the iSTo: 3 chamber. '. Tributes: Paltridge and party have had'a crushing of 15 tons : for 22ozs 6dvvts melted gold. Brownlee and party have had a crushing 'of 16 jtons for27oz3l4dwts melted gold. I; \ ; ';
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3230, 26 June 1879, Page 2
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181OUR MINES. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3230, 26 June 1879, Page 2
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