OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4242, 5 August 1882, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CALEDONIAN

The old drive from tbe Ofcago flat winze lias been cleaned out, and the manager will start breaking down the reef" on Monday. A shot or two has been fired in it, and the stoae tarown out was fouad to be very heavily mineralised. There is no change worthy of note in the winze on the hangingwall leader. The drive opened out from the prospecting winze is now on the footwall of the reef lately formed. Several small leaders are in the face, and these show gold whenever broken down. Good colors of gold are seen in the drive | on No. 1 reef at the top of Capt. Richards' I rise where the store is taken out. ' THAMES DEEP LEVEL TRIBUTE. i The crosscut at the 500 ft level is being pushed ahead, and the manager estimates that he will cut the main reef in about a week's time. The country ia of a good class for gold. '. . THAMES GOLDEN CROWN. Retorting for the month will take place on Monday, and the return is ex* pected to be a payable one. No change of importance has taken place in the mine lately. A good deal of quartz .is ,still coming from the Cure section, and the balance from the 100 ft and 170 ft levels. The leader cut in the crosscut at the latter level, and which has lately been opened out upon, shows gold occasionally. The manager is unable at present to push on the battery level, as was decided on some time ago, on account of the scarcity of mining timber. GOLD RETURNS. v Albubnia.—"McDonald and party have crushed 28 loads of general dirt for the yielJ of 34ozs lOdwts melted gold. ,* KTJBANuiHin.-T-Mills and party have banked 25ozs 6dwts Roid.—James and .party have treated 14§- tons for the good yield of 34ozs Bdwts gold. r