OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4354, 14 December 1882, Page 3

OUR MINES.

SOUTHERN CROSS.

About 251bs of picked stone • were bagged yesterday from the leading stopo west of the winze. The reef was broken down in the drive to-day and colors of gold were freely seen. The leaders on the footwall appear to be running into the main body of quartz. , .DABT. The water was reduced to tbe flatsheet at the bottom level by Tuesday morning I bat the drainage is still so heavy thnt baling is continued as usual. Th» bottom level would probably have been dry. by Saturday afternoon, but early that morning the centre of one of the spiders broke, allowing the tank, which was full of water, to descend rapidly to the bottom. Fortunately very little damage was done < beyond the bursting of the (auk. Baling was resumed on Sunday afternoon, an old centre on the ground being used in place of the broken one. The manager intends to dam back the water issuing from No. 2 reef, and for tfiat purpose has men employed making hitches in the crosscut. This work will be completed by the end of the week, and Mr Stone estimates that it will do *way with two-thirds of the baling when a start is made to sink the main shaft. The contractors for sinking the pump shaft are making good progress having sunk 31 feet. WAITEKAI3BI No. 3. Mr P. Kelly, manager, has opened out on the tributers' reef in the wnize sunk from the top level by Mr Hansen, but which he was unable to continue on account of the influx of water. So far operations have been chiefly confined to stripping, bat fair prospects have been met ,with, gold being seen freely in some of the stone when washed. -

GOLD BETUKNS. Albubnia.—Brown : and party hare banked lOozs gold, the yield from 6 loads of quartz. Xubanui Hiil.—Grubb and party's crushing of 10 loads gave the good yield of 48ozs 4dwts gold.—Aih and party hare banked 2ous 16dwts gold.

MoiLNATAißi.~Gutb.rie and party have crashed a parcel of quartz at the company's mill for 7£ozs gold.