OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3913, 14 July 1881, Page 2

OUR MINES.

SOUTHERN GROSS

Sloping on Hamilton's leader is being carried on by four 'men, and though the leader is small, it shows gold at nearly every breaking down. Owing to the smallness of the leader, which „is 3or 4 inches thick, the maaager is not able to> get a large quantity, of stuff from here. The drive on the cross leader near the air shaft has been; carried through to old workings, where the leader has been blocked out,, but as there is a fair amount of good-"looking 'quartz in the hangingwall some stuff from here will be sent to the battery.... Stoping-. is going on another cross leader* on the battery level, and though no gold" has as yet been seen, the stuff looks promising. There are now 9 loads of stuff onJhaud, but no . picked stone.

OLD CALEDONIAN.

The quartz;/ia both drives at No. 1 level is improving slightly, and this morning a few colours of gold were Been by the manager in breaking down. At JNo. 2 level a chamber is being cut out preparatory to sinking a single winze. Some excellent colors of gold have been seen here, and the manager hopes to carry this run of gold down iv the winze.

OLD GOLDEIf CALF,

The stuff' from ; the stopes is looking much better as they rise from the No. 2 level, and as there is from 400 to 500 feet of backs on these leaders, an immense quantity of quart? is obtainable. Up to the present crushing, the quartz from this mine has not averaged more than Bdwts to the load, but the stuff now going through the mill is shaping for fully an ounce, which will pay well.

CURE

This miue is now well opened up and ventilated. The manager considers he has got through all the dead work, and all the men are now working on quartz. He has come upon two small leaders running crosswise to the one worked by Clark and party, and they are looking well for gold. He has not yet opened up the hanging-wall leader, but will do so as soon as he has the men well to work on the cross leaders.

NEW GOLDEN CROWN.

The manager reports as follows:— There is no change in the mine of any importance. No. I battery level reef at 100 feet level: The leading stope is being carried along eastward of rise to crosscut, timbered up, passes fixed, &c. This work will be pompleted in a few days, when a start will be made to drive westward again. The work in the stopes on the No. 2 reef at ICO-feet level, and ou the branch leader at intermediate level is progressing favourably. The battery Las been working full time during the week.

Amalgam on hand 2120zs and 20lbs sgecimens since first of the month. I expect the battery will be stopped a day or two during the coming week, as the county intend fixing an air chamber on the main water-pipes. —T. A. Dtjnlop.

GOLDEN STAR.

The following is the manager's repprt: — There.is a change in the leader in the floor of the drive. It is 18 inches wide, but in the roof a clay seam has split it. Still we see strong colours of gold in the stone, and when once the lode is settled we may hope to get something better. I expect to get the quarts down to the battery next week if the weather keeps fine.—Henby Cowe.

GOLD RETURNS

Mape Cbeek Mine. —Hearn and party cleaned up today for 44ozs gold, giving as thfl result of nine days (with last week's return), 93ozs 6dwts. Cleaning up; the battery, and other repairs, thus necessitated an early retorting this week. Radical (Owharoa). —A crushing of 36 tons of stuff has yielded 50ozs of melted gold.

WAIHI.

The contractor for driving in the Young Colonial, Waihi, have cut the reef, and have driven some nine feet into it. The opinion of the contractor is that the whole of the reef through which they have gone up to the present will pay well. The drive is about 120 feet lower than that of the Prospectors.

OWHAEOA

1 he' tributers of the Smile of Fortune have just had a survey of their workings made by Mr JBayldon. This has been done owing to their not being able to hole through in their winze and rise. It now seem there are 36 feet between the workings, and a crosscut has been started to connect the rise and winze. They expect to finish this work by the end of the week.