NEW GOLDEN CROWN.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3554, 18 May 1880, Page 2

NEW GOLDEN CROWN.

At the time I visile 1 this mine tc-day preparations were being made to start the winding-engine. Owing to the length of time the machinery has b en idle a difficulty was experienced in getting the furnace to draw. This is espect: dto be remedied to-morrow, when the ro^es will be fix' 1 on the' poppets, and a start made. Battery Level: During the past fortnight the cross-cut near !he No. 1 lode to prospect on the fc it-wall has been pushed ahead 34 fret through favorable cornh/. A vein 4 inches thick has been intersect d showing gold frrely and good mineral in'diculions. I was shewn a few pieces of the s* ne which had been thrown over the mullock tip. They were fine sp" ciniens of wiry gold, and some portions of the sfono were quite rotten, the minute auriferous thr: .ds alone holding the particles together. The manager anticipated cutting two leaders in this crosscut but the vein referred f > is quitr new. The first of the two leaders should be cut in j:nother 30 f. at or so. The crosscut will prospect the virgin ground lying near the Manukau boundary ,' id considering the proximity of this portion of the mine to so many rich patches there is a good chance of something remunerative being discovered. No. 1 level (100 f"jt): The drive has been cleaned out and connection established with the winze from the intermediate level. The mullock is lying in the chamber and will be removed as coon as the engine SLarts.