OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4283, 22 September 1882, Page 2

OUR MINES.

QUEEN OF BEACTY. The manager expects to have No. 9 dry enough for work to be resumed some time to-night. As the supply of mullock accumulated from ; No. 8 . lerel is not nearly eDOUgh to fill in the stopes, several men are now engaged picking down the hill at the back of the manager's office, and where the magazine now is. Rails hare been laid from the Bhaft to here, end everything is in readiness for lowei-ing the mullock, to No. 8 level, where it is tipped down the winze and distributed over the stopes. A new magazine is being excavated on the opposite side of the road. The battery is crushing away,, and though all the quartz from No. 9 is now cleared out of the hoppers, a considerable quantity yet remains at the mill. It is shaping for a satisfactory, return. Cleaning up takes place at the end of, the month. THAMES DEEP LEVEL TRIBUTE. The water wa? down 51 feet below No. 5 level yesterday, but a short stoppage was made to-day to change the bucket, so it will probably rise slightly. There is no; change in the mine. The manager is haying the' boilers alongside the engine house put in repair. These will probably be used t©

work the winding engine, as the pump'- r requires nearly all the steam made by:the other three boilers at the present increased speed. The repairs will be finished in about a week. . \ v KARAKA CREEK. The principal claims at work in this creek at present are the Adelaide and i City of Manchester. The former comprises 11 men's ground, and the latter three, and both are working on the same reef—the City of Manchester lode. The Adelaide are now stoping from a low level rin which the reef was "cut ? about three or four months ago, and which gives them 105 feet of backs. They have driven north on thereef to the City Of Manchester boundary,' and connected with a drive on the reef in that claim by a rise. This creates a splendid - current of air. Southward the drive, has been extended about 100 feet, the total distance driven being 150 ieet. Thereef, which averaged about 18 inches, showed gold the whole distance, and a fine show was left in the floor. In the Face it is about eight .inches thick, arid looks well. The stopes are not more than about eight ; feet above the top of the level on an afer«O? age, and the lead- varies in size from six inches to two feet. The country, though tight, is of a splendid class for gold, the precious metal being often ' seen in! breaking down,, and some .good hauls of picked stone come to hand occasionally. ..* About 301bs were bagged^^ yesterday from the southern stopes/^ This reef runs through the whole length of the claim—about UCO'feet—and on the level above- was payable vforroyer/ 500 ft, so the present shareholders have a i good thing in hand. When the. block now being opened up is exhausted, they can obtain another 60 or 70ft ;of backs by continuing a drive at the;level of'theroad. 0 Crushing takes place next week, about 20 loads being already; in the hopper. The City of Manchester have fust completed a crashing at Bull's mill, which gave about 15dwts pcr v]oad> Scott and party,'who own,this,claim, have opened up a block fully 200 ft in'length upon' their, leader,' and stoping is now in progress. The leader is about the same as in the Adelaide, though not so rich. It is, however, payable. From tberpresent level 55 ftVof backs are available, and by driving .from /y the road level another 80ft can be ob-: tamed. This party have also the Moa reef in. hand. In some places it is fully sft thick, and is worth from 8 to lOdwts per load. Four or five parlies are prospecting higher up the creek, and all are getting a little gold» The road is in a very bad state, -and if batteries were not erected higher up the creek tban.Bull's it would be impossible for these small claims , to get their dirt treated. „.'. i; ; " '■"''■ GOLD RETURNS. " • Hape CaEEK—MoKurdy aud party have treated 2 loads of general dirt at the Alburnia mill for the return of 4ozs 6dwts melted gold. ■$■■■ ••-' -'rr] '.•?-• '•■•: > . ;;'; Ktibanui Hill.—Le Manquais and party have treated six loads at the Herald mill for the gord yield of 31ozs ; 15dwts B°ld- *> ' " ■-■•'■•■■••'■ ■i.