OLD GOLDEN CALF.

Thames Star, Issue 3807, 11 March 1881, Page 2

OLD GOLDEN CALF.

My attention has been called to a statement in the columns of a morning conteiujjuiaij t« tlio- cfibuc that ilia 3STo. X lode is intact to the surface for a height of over 160 feet. This is: so utterlyincorrect that it might have a prejudical effect on the shares, consequently a contradiction is necessary. From where the lode is being worked to the level of the Calf brace, there is over 300 feet of vertical backs, while the great underlie of the lode gives 500 feet of real backs. Taking the level of the Caledonian shaft there is over 300 feet. The lode is looking better than ever, and maintains its size with a regularity only to be met with, in"' setflfid' country. Nothing like a defined run of gold has yet been come on, but there is a good general show of gold from wall to wall, every shot bringing down a few pounds of picked stone. Speaking generally of the prospects of the mine, I may state I consider that the mine is on the eve of a discovery of importance. It is well known that the Caledonian No. 1 ran to nothing out towards the Tookey, whereas a slide cut it off towards the Calf. Many theories have been entertained concerning the lost patch, th re being a strong belief that a portion of it yet lies in matrix. Large sums of money were expended in searching for it on the western side of the Caledonian, and expensive operations on the eastern side were also carried out. These latter were futile, by mean 3of a mistake, demonstrated in a previous article—viz., the No. 3 lode being; erroneously taken for the No. 1. This mistake was occasioned by the alteration, of the relative positions ol the two reefs. There is as yet no appearance of the slide, and if there is not a. good patch of gold between the broken ground and the slide, I am very much mistaken.