OUR MINES.
CALEDONIAN.
Driving operations in the east drive at No 1 level have boon temporarily suspended, and a start was made & few days ago to stope out the No. 1 reef at the point where some good picked stone was obtained a short time ago. In breaking down the reef yesterday morning a haul of sOlbs of picked stone was obtained, and another parcel was secured last night. The show of minerals in the stone previous to obtaining the gold was exceedingly good, and almost the .same as that obtained a short while ago from No. 2 reef. At the time of my visit this morning, the men were engaged in taking down a portion of the break, to get room to work the stope to advantage. This work and the timbering of the drive will occupy two or three days, so it is probable.no more.quartz will be broken for that, time, f 'the gold was found at a point about 5" feet from where the break in the reef occurred, and is still showing plainly.in the luce of the hangingwall and footwall of the reef, which is about 2^ feet wide here. The mineral in the face is. of an excellent character, consisting chiefly of bright, silffirjjnuudie and copper,' with a little iron pyrites. The gold is seen chiefly around the crab holes, of which there are a' great number, and isdistributed well throughout the stone. The discovery caused some excitement at the Corner, and shares rapidly rose in price, the latest quotations on the Thames last night being at about ,16b 6d, while in Auckland sales were offered as high as 17s. To make assurance doubly surs^he manager yesterday sent to the directors one of the stones broken out, weighing 32 lbs. Several gentlemen experienced in mining matters vibited tha mine this morning, and expressed themselves well satisfied with its prospects, and. as the reef has hardly been worked at all in this locality, there is every probability of its taming out good. The reef in the face o( the drive beyond the break, is forming nicely, and there is now about two feet.i>£ quartz in the face. It continues to carry good mineral indications, and promises to turn out well. The rise on the hanging wall of No. 2 reef has been cleaned out up to the Crown level, and. there is now excellent ventilation. Two men are at present employed enlarging it anid making it more available for use. The hopper is now full of quartz from the No. 1 reef, and this it sure to turn out well when crushed. r EADICAL (OWHAEOiI)
We learn that the tributers in the above mine obtained 39lbs of specimens last night. .. j
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4022, 18 November 1881, Page 2
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455OUR MINES. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4022, 18 November 1881, Page 2
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