OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3967, 15 September 1881, Page 2

OUR MINES.

ALBUKNIA

The drive on the Sons of Freedom reef has ; jrow been carried through the Whau ground, and is being extended into the Alburnia ground ; the reef is small here. At the 160 ft.lerel the country in the wirise is getting easier to work. The leader which has come in from the hanging wall has now junctioned with the main reef, in which a slight improvement is noticeable. The winze from the 70 ft level, going down on the hanging-wall leader, has been sunk 106 feet, and the manager has started to open out an intermediate level from it. In sinking, gold was seen in the lender for 80 feet down, so there ts very little doubt about the payableness of this block. At tlie Whau level, ;two drives are being put in on the Successi reefi and four men are also stoping on it. The-reef here is, aboutlß inches thick, and in one, of the drives every breakib^ dawn lately has" givbu.' aomo picked stone. ; , The, manager has now about SOlbs on hand. We have been favoured with a view of this stone, and'it is very fair* some of; the pieces; especially those last obtained from the.reef, carrying the gold right through them. A trial parcel of general dirt from this reef, was sent to the battery today, where its real worth will beproved. A large block of unworked ground was left by "Christie and party, and the manager has started a. party of men to put a drive right through it They have been driving on a leader, which at one time ran out, but it is now making again. NEW NORTH PEVON. At the intermediate level the reef in the stopes from east drive 1 is from two to three tett thick, and continues to show, good colors of gold. The crushing at the battery is, so far at'can be ascertained as yet, shaping piyably. GOiUMBIA.

Last night the-men at work in the rise on the hanging wall leader tapped a large stream of water. On looking for the cause this mprning they found they had drained a large shaft, which had evidently been sank many years ago. The shaft is well timbered, and if communication is established between it and the ripe, a

current of air will be established which will enable the men at once to carry on operation? iv the main tunnel, where work was stopped owing to bad ventila* tion. TLiis morning the men were engaged in erecting a windlass over the shaft, to enable them, if possible, to communicate with the rise. BENDIGO UNITED. Work has been suspended on the leader it being found to bear away too much towards the Alburuia ground, and the manager has started to drive straight across codotry to intersect the main reef."" Should this reef not underlie away from where he is now working.'about 50 feet of driving will intersect it, and-should, it underlie towards him, less than that distance will do so. GOLD RETURNS. "" " Curb. — McKenzie and party have crushed a parcel ot 15 ions at BullY battery for the return of-13ozs 9dwts ! gold- „ Hape Cheek.—Wells and Ross, tribut* ing in the above mine, have finished.fa crushing of 2 loads of general dirt for the handsome return of 13ozs sdwfa melted i gold. - > .- Ai/bubnia. —Downie and party's crush* , ing gave lozs 12dwts gold.. „ ; Kuranui Hill.—Bennet sod party have crushed a parcel quartz for the return of llozs 7dwts gold. ' - ■■■.*•