OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3918, 20 July 1881, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CURE. Very slow progress is being made in the drive on the cross-leader running at right augles to the one worked by Clark and party, owing to the hardness of the country. At present there are only two men working on the stopes, and the sluff from them is very heavily mineralised and looks well for gold, though as yet but little of the precious metal has been seen. The manager will not touch the hangingwall leader just yet, as he wants to get out some gold bearing stone before doing any more prospecting. OLD GOLDEN CALF. Work is suspended ia this mine, owing to there being no water for the winding engine. There is no change in the workings to report. Crushing will be resumed as soon as the battery is able to NEW GOLDEN CROWN. The mine manager's report is as follows; —" At the 100 feet level, No. X reef, the leading stope has been carried along a distance of 60 feet to the northwest of the main winze from the battery level, and is still being carried along. I intend to withdraw the men from the intermediate level, and start them on this reef at the same level. This reef is much split up at present, into three or four veins. The footwall branch, main vein, shows gold freely. Stoping is also progressing on the southeast of winze, with payable results. Footwall leader, at battery level; The drive has been extended northwest, to the Manukau boundary, where stoping is now being carried on. This stope is very hot, and a winze is being sunk ou the lead to hole into a crosscut at the old intermediate level, with the view of securing more Tentilatiou. The winse is

now down a distance of 16 feet. Since my hst I nave started a surfacb drive* ■'" carrying the No 1 main reef with it, the., object bein^ to cut off the surface tfater : that makes through this reef to the yArioua levels, During the week, the battery has been idle three days, owing to the county doing some repairs to the water-race. I took advantage of this stoppage to do some necessary repairs to the battery, engine, and other machinery.—*T. A. Dunlop. GOLD EETUBNS. — -"** Moanataiei. — Robertson and party hare banked 4ozs 15dwts gold. , -„ New Golden Cbow/n.—;The Jnanager to day baaked 1540za retorted gofd. This is part of the yield of, an interim retortiug- •' ' -\ . ■•■■■-■'"