OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3919, 21 July 1881, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW WHAU. The cross-cut at 160 feet level ia in 120 feet, and 20 feet more will bring it to the hanging-wall leader, and 15 feet after thutwill meet the winze sunk on the main reef. The rise in the drive from the 160----feet level to the top of this winze is 20 feet, aud this rise will therefore give SO

feet of backs from the crosscut to the winze 70 feet from Alburnia eastern boundary. The stone from it shows good colours of gold. The winze on the hanging wall leader is down 55 feet, but as only two men are working on it, progress is slow. As yet no gold has been seen in the leader, which is rather split up. The reef in the Sons of Freedom tunnel is a fiae body of solid quartz, from eighteen inches to two feet thick. The place.where the specimen stone lately on view at the company's office was got is 75 feet from the Alburnia western boundary, and since then the manager informs me stone showing slight colours of gold have been taken from the reef. BENDIGO UNITED. [ The manager has driven on the reef in Carpenter's level up to the Bendigo boundary, and as it tends too much away from the company's ground, he has stopped work on it, and called for tenders to drive a crosscut to intersect another leader. COLUMBIA. Good progress is being made on the rise .put up for ventilation on a small leader in the roof of the drive. The leader has not improved since the rise was started. The manager informs me that there are some splendid looking leaders further in, but the air is so bad that it is impossible to get at them. ALBUENIA. The manager reports on the 15th inst # as follows :—" According to instructions! I advertised for tributes, but up to this date there have been very few enquiries after them. I have as yet made no alterations in the positions of the mine now being worked, as I wished to see what tenders I might receive from tributers. I purpose, however, doing so on Monday next, when I will start afresh in the new low level. Sons of Freedom tunnel: The contractors are making good headway in a promising class of country. 160 feet level: Since completion of chamber, &c, the winze has been sunk a depth of 10 feet on hanging wall of reef. Up to this but | little of the reef has been broken down, as it was necessary to leave a block in bot torn of level, but I now purpose taking the reef as we go. This, no doubt, will render sinking slow, but we will be able to prove the reef as we sink. Hangingwail leader: Good progress has been made in driving here. Up to the present the leader has been very small and not very promising in appearance. 70 feet level : Since my last report the reef in winze being sunk on hanging-wall leader has greatly improved in appearance, showing a little gold. I therefore consider it advisable to continue sinking until communication is made with 160 feet level. Stoping has been carried on here and on battery level on hanging-wall leader, but the results are not very satisfactory.—Thos. Eadfoed." GOLD EETUENS. Moanataibi.—McLellan and party have banked 3ozs 6dwts gold, the yield of a crushing of one load of dirt and 121bs picked stone. —Gordon and party's crushing produced 2Oozs sdwts gold. Albuenia.—A crushing for Gordon and party yielded 14ozs Bdwts gold. New Golden Cbown.—The manager to day banked 6ozs 14dwts gold, making a total for ten days' work of 1590zs lOdwts melted gold.