ALBURNIA.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3818, 24 March 1881, Page 2

ALBURNIA.

The following is the mine manager's report:—Hanging wall leader, 70 feet level: Driving has been carried on there, aud within the last few days we have secwed about 301bs of picked stone, showing good colours of gold. The winze that was being sunk from this level has now holed to the intermediate level, and the men'have-'been started to sink another from same level at a point where I mentioned some time ago there was a junction with another leader and where we found some good minerals, showing good colors of gold. There is^. however, so little work done on it as yefc, that I can say but very little about it, more than that we see colors of, gold at every shot. . /• Whau level crosscut: Contractors are making good progress here, 40 feet having been already driven. Tne drive is in a fine sandstone country, and should we strike the reef in similar ground, I would expect it to be gold producing. Battery level.—We are still driving over Christie's tribute,- and always see a little gold when breaking down the leader, but nothing very rich. Battery: For so far this month, the battery has been working a few days, and only about 50 trucks of quartz have been crushed. We are now standing, and have been idle since yesterday morning, and it is most probable very little more quartz will be crushed till there is a downfall of rain. During the past few days the new motor has greatly improved, and will now drive the full force of the battery as well as could be wished, but there is still a defect in the air chamber, which renders it necessary to stop very often. Messrs Price, however, are now. castingfa new one on a larger scale, and on a different principle, which they expect will overcome this difficulty. The way by which the water was intended to have returned to feed the battery and berdans, does not work satisfactorily, and they are now erecting a jet similar to that in use at the Golden Crown battery, in Jieu of the original plan. My opinion is that as far as the motor is concerned it will be made to work the battery very well, but as to the quantity of water that it will save stiH remains to be proved, but I am in great hopes there will be a considerable reduction.—l am, &c, Thos. Radfobd.