NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4316, 31 October 1882, Page 2

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

No picked stone or specimens were obtained from'the mine to-rtay, no breaking down taking place in the localities: where most of the" good stone has com4 from lately. Cleaning up toolc place this afternoon at the Alburni* mill, but the: retorf, was not off the fire in .time for the publication of the return. Tfie yield will probably be about 1400 ouoces. .The amount of amalgam was 4200^dunces,"

SOUTHERN CLiOSS. .The winate is now. down fully 60.feet, and . the reef maintains its size and appearance. -In down, good colors of gold are freely seen, and a few stone come to fraud occasionally. Crush* ing, will probably be started this week.

THAMES DEEP LEVEL TEIBUTE.

The men bare cleaned out the air box- a for a length of bearly 500 feet, aud the drive is now well ventilated for that distance. A portioo of the drive has given way here, but it will no doubt be cleared out of 1 tbe way 'before long; When operations were formerly in swing at this level some of tbe air boxes were removed from the south crosscut, and placed in a drive towards the Crown ground. It is at this point the drive has collapsed, and the manager has therefore to clear away a lot of the debris in order to get out the boxes. When the drive'jjs repaired to the face,,h'e! wUl Tprobably, drive'a few feet before calling for tenders, so as to see what the country is like. >:1 i: i; > MOANATAIEI. '■-</. The manager reported on Saturday :— '"All Natfon«; 80ft level .-'The branch leaders, which we are stoping, are of a

very pforni=ing natanv; scarcely a breaking down takes place without' gold-being ipon. in, thef's tone. Bed an section, 80ft level: IXlie^O' 9 footwall lead showed a; marked improvement when broken down this w&k both in drive;and stopes; The lead ||i| from" 12 to 15 inches mi widt|p|mdj»i3- payable, notwithstanding it is Mjiensive to work, the country being T^t^^^nne%»el, No. 3 reef, $. W. of ;l^^^cut:|A^litlle gold-bearing stone is occasionally found in slopes both abore anid below; jtuotiej level. No. 2 reef,

tunnel lotel.i|^^-jtii^iuS^ffiMj^nfiM^]^ crosscut intersected the reef, and near where a parcel of picked stone came from a short time since,^JQ^tb < JJi^qtt»#4« *nd country look very favorable for gold. !My intention' is to sink to the , main slide if possible. Heldt's section, 132 ft level: The stopes on No. 9 reef andbranch leaders have produced about 3Olbs of picked stone during the week, and the ; prospects at present are very encouraging at this poinf. Nonpareil section, 215 ft level and east of shaft: The lead we are driving on is of a very promising character, frequently yielding small parcels of picked btone. Nonpareil low level, or 260 ft below surface : A strong healthy looking leader, about 8 inches wide, was discovered on Thursday laat in a cross-cut which has been driven north east and north of Nonpareil shaft. -Before driving on its course, the cross-cut will be extended some little distance, as I think we are in proximity with another leader ■and which may prove to be of more value than the one referred to above. We shall not'retoft .before the latter part of next week, as it will take till that time to get the tributers parcels through.—J. G. Vivian."

QUEEN OF BEAUTY. .At No. 9 level the contractors for driving: seaward on the main reef are ' making good progress in a favorable class country. The reef is about 3 feet thick aud carries kiudly mineral. The drive on the course of the lode, east of the cross-reef, iralso beinjnsusbdd ahead. The country is giving out a large quantity of water, but is of a good class, containing a large number of black mineral reins. A vein of soli4lquartzjias.:comftin on the left side of thWdrire, darryibg a capital class of mineral. The Queen of the May lodi i*" »Uo being driven on here by a jl*jfcp:f contractors It is about a foot jßjtJ^inches thick, of solid quartz, which good mineral, and shoves gold S^flrltt^htpkeia^dlwn.f In the sto|es this 'BMB^e,aniJiL -io -;iiipr6ve as ib is worked It maintains its size, and is near the winze than at my la»£ visit. Gold;« «een in; breaking? and the • mineral. seeifas of i more farori^ble. class for'.''gpJd/^At jC?!p. BJpv.el no^ork is in progress!*e!Jctfept tiy tnbiw.e&/'but>«t 'No. 7 the contractors are driving on the reef seaward. The quartz ooming to iband from here -seemi to be fQf;-»**goocl 'nature for gold. Some old workings on the lode can be seen a few feet ahead ,of the face, so the portion of the lode inter> :reni ng will be left standing t6"m*lt% the drire more secure. THAMES GOLDEN 1 CROWN. Eetorting took place today and the jield when melted weighed 4650zs lOdwts gold. This,is an excellent return for a month's work, and so far as can be seen '.there- is erery resson to suppose nexj: month's yield will be as good. The amount; of general dirt crushed was 350 tons. -: ,