OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4291, 2 October 1882, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NE WPBINCE t IMPERIAL. . The manager telegraphed at noon to ' jay . —" Obtained 401bs of specimens from seaward drive. Continuation of "same patch sot in sinking; winze. —GI 8. CtABKi" Another haul :of 201bsgood picked stone was subsequently bagged, and gold is still showing in the face. ..,.,,'..:;■! UOANA.TAJ.EI.yy _^ATI : ilie manager reports -for;last ..week :-~| " Tunnel level: 2 reef has improved, since, my last, producing a little pickedstone. The reef in face of drive Cwhich is being driven westerly froni Np,..2cro.is~ cut) will average 3 feet in -thickness,^ feet of it being quartz, the rest mullock and base mineral., The reef in the stopes underneath main slide, at tunnel level, is about '2: feetin width. ItirTery'edmpiret and thickly interspersed . with good minerals for gold. Theyieid iafdrive south west of No. 1 cross-cut'has j gold during the week, and a small parcel of picked stone has been obtained from stopea below the above-named driveand . on same lead. Kedan section: No. 9 : footwall lead, below 80 feet level, retain! its, ustial characteristics for gold. ; , Its; aferage; width (for^6o feet in lengthy is' about 15 inches, moat of whichis payable. All Nations stopes are payable. Central Italy -section: A prospecting rite is being put up just in the centre of a very large block of ground, and abov«|the formftt proprietors' workings. decision al colors have been found here. Nonpareil septioß, ( 215 ft level: The leader we hare had in hand has produced some good generaUstuff this week, as .well as a little picked "stone. 155 tons of general stuff and lcwt of picked stone have been treated' for the yield of 156%6zs retorted gold. The picked stone from No. 9 brfngingwall lead having fallen 1 off '*ecy' materially, accounts for our not having a better crushing, but I am hoping that the loss will be more than met as we open- up' in' the, Nonpareil ground, and we shall at the same time be advancing towards the Waitemata and Crown claims, where, according to reports, iomething good should be met with. JGruihing will be continued fbriili^eiipjoitdljni iv order to get' tbrough with the tributers' parcels. Until then we cannot forniih you with the balance-sheet. *'?';;.A^u| H^(pilii^of-.rpickfed| stone have just come to hand from Non<i pareil 215 feet level; some of them ijfe very good. We shall receive a few mojij ounces of gold before the battery stops.— J. G. Tivian."; . :■;: ■>; ■ %;■■ \ KUBANUIJIIiiL! The battery started work this morning with the full force of stamps—3o head being employed on company's dirt, and 10 on a parcel for Jamejs end party, trib«. ters..«. v - ■„ ,:,. f J ,. " ."I-,- x' ""' ,| ?"a*i^'UiALBDBNtA. - " : Since getting the gold-bearing atone in PixoiTi^wef |ia the iiseSifomihe Wfcat level the face has not been advanced, the then baring been employed mak|ng prepara • tioos ifori Opening out two intermediate - levels on the reef. Should there ,be air enough the manager will'ettend one of these at the same time as the rise is being carried up.. The . reef is towards the T)evon groundl-'^rhere" was formerly some doubt as to whether this ,was or wes clot Dixon's reef, but its identity^ is, now fully settled; as sinoeit was cut. the. level above has, drained. Risin« will '■ be 1 continued 1' In opening out the top intermediate'level a little quartz was brokfni andf this waj found to show colors of gold. iOUe battery is now working 24 hours per day with tke full force, and this will probpbljr: be -kept up for a long time, as the Prince Imperial will shortly •'■ jreqfnire -12} l»et^,s; whii^'the 3 other 10 will no doubt -hie kept^feoinp on either company's or triboters' dirt. Now that the Queen of is required by the company lereral parties have to seek a fresh place for treating their quartz, .and the ,Alburnia mill is generally chosen. However, when the company have opened ■ Up- on Dixon f»; reef* and McLean's leader; above the Whau level they should be able to keep the 10 head employed thenMelves.wbieh we hop* to see them doing shortly. s n? in f l^e u^nal')aiibntuly; crushing for ■ *tliti; claim was completed on Saturday at Bull's mill. The amount of quartz treated was 37 loads, and the yield of gold 2O7dzs when. melted. This is the best Crushing yet ' ohmtained from the low level. The dirt came, from, the whole length of the stopes, which continue to look well, as also rdoes the drive southward on the lode.. -i^ "/.'-';; ... -^■v.::- BOGKYr-P6lN:T^S^fc;"d^ This claim adjoins the Adelaidei ancl

camprises 60 men's ground. It was pegged out by Mr Mcllbaney, and has been taken up chiefly by Auckland capitalists. The City of Manchester and Moa reefs run through it. The Burrey was made by Mr Bayldon to»day. , " GOLD EETUBNS. Shambock. —Landers and party, proprietors of this claim, ha*e treated 6 loads at the Alburnia mill for the return of lOozs 7dwts retorted gold. ' x Moanataibi—O'Keefe and party hare - banked I7ozs lOdwts gold. West Coast.—-Smith and party_ hare crushed a parcel of quarta.for the yield of :202s melted?g6ldr"'' "■""•""" '."" """"•': '^". '' "rc- w*;