Latest Coromandel Mining.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3993, 15 October 1881, Page 2

Latest Coromandel Mining.

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Toka.tea.-~There is no change in the country in the low level. We are still going through light ground, with the leader pinched and not looking so well as at date of last report. Since the hard belt came in, the driving has been unusually dry, and nothing has been seen in the quartz broken out. The con* > tractors have driven 20 feet for the week. The rise is up 43 feet. The country is much the same as that we are going through in the main level, the leader in the roof has slightly improved, but is still broken and mixed up * with the clay in the dig. The winze is down 72 feet, leaving about 75 feet vto break through. As the sinking now getting rather troublesome, owing to the strong underlie, and a little water " making in the country, all work in this direction will be stopped to-morrow. Its present depth is as far as we intended to go, leaving the rise to finish the balance,' which, I expect, will be completed in about three weeks. Stoping will be commenced in the main level on Saturday ■ with some of the men taken from the winze. Tributers: Knox and McNeil's parties are getting a little gold. Boswell's are not getting much. The other parties are prospecting.--John P. Hall. Colonial.—Since my last report the upper level has been driven's feet, making the distance 37 feet in all. The low level has not been kept on the whole time—the distance driven being 3 feet. It carries a strong leader, and looks well. The ground is hard in each level, and progress is slow; total length, 55 feet. The stope has been carried ou 16 feet, and about 45ibs of specimens obtained therefrom.— Geouge Stevens.

JMess-3ide.-—I commenced work on Monday in the 40 feet level* getting specimens and rich crushing dirt at every breaking down. Two men were started to; work on No. 2 lead ahead to get under a good shot of gold worked above. It is expected that about 90 feet pi dmin# will out the can

of gold, giving about 30 or 40 feet of backs. I banked 491bs of specimens on Monday, making a total of 791bs now in the bank. —Angus McNeili,, 12th October.