OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3958, 5 September 1881, Page 2

OUR MINES.

i MOANATAIAEI. V The manager reports on the 2nd mat. as follows:—" 132 feet level, No. 3 stopes : There has(^ been a considerable falling off here in both the quantity and quality of quartz; and should there be no improvement in a day or two, I intend removing some of the men to the 80 feet level, in order to get out some-trial parcels from different '"points/ there. f Tunnel level,' N0.,3 stopes: The-ha'nging: wall leader, is iV inches tlhick'.and pretty well defined. It shows gold occasionally. | The footwall leader is poor. I would recommend letting, ground like this' on tribute. No. 3 footwall leader: In driving west on this at tunnel level, progress is slow, owing to the country being tight. The Wader shows iittproTemeutj, and a few

colors of gold hare been seen this week. 80 feet level: In driving north-east of crosscut and east of shaft the leader is not more than an inch thick, but is goldbearing, and several pounds of nice picked stone have been obtained since my last. In driving southeast of above named crosscut, and at same level, the leader -referred to in last week's report as having been cut off by a crosscourse, has been picked up again on it. The leader is small (from one to two inches thick), and will not yield much .general stuff, but I am. pleased to,«»y«-we-have obtained about 50!bs fair picked stone since again meeting with it. The same leader made good gold under the cross-course from the 150 feet lerel l to"" about 20 feet above-80 feetleveh- This is another proof that, leaders will make gold on both sides of a slide or cross course. All Nations leader, 80 feet Wei, west of shaft.: We are stoping the leader at pre. sent, and the country is-favorable for'^ gold. Morning Star section: We are driving on two likely-looking leaders one of: which yielded a few pounds of picked stone this week. AH the various parcels of quartz now 'being "< crushed show gold, but we.shall not be able to arrive at their full value until the cleaning up takes place. „There.is( n othing fresh to report in tributes!~J. •G. Vivian." .OLD GOLDEN CALJ. r * Thelesder in'the stopes* is improving M quality, and gold shows freely in the quartz sent'to the battery. The shcvw'oF f amalgam on the plates warrants the belief *■ that the return this month will be [considerably better than that for the month, just past. GOLD RETURNS. St George.—A crushing of 1(? Joads from this claim has yielded 18ozs 12dwts gold. Mqi.stATArKi.--rA crashing of r on* laid;S of general stuff, and a little picked stone ' for Hawkins and party gave 4ozs 15dwts melted gold.' ■ •' ' *"■(.''? Star of Te Papa.—Adams and party have banked 3ozs 2d,wts gold. < '?,.,-;£ ißobin Hood.—A, crushing .for Lowe and party, the proprietors of this claim, gave 7ozs 18dwts gold. „.,.._. „ „,,