OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4385, 23 January 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL

■ The contractors For the shaft sire now

down 70 feet below No. 4 level, leaving 10 feet to sink to complete the distance to U)pen%p'No. 5. The country is very hard •at present, so progress will be slow. The |winze > is down 40 feet, and the reef in the bottom is a fine body of quartz, well mineralised, and nine inches or a foot wide. Good dabs of'gold have been seen iin it lately, and some was visible this [morning. On the footwall a small stringer I about half en inch wide is showing. This ■ has shown gold freely, and yielded a few gocd pieces of stona. Another small j leader, branching off from the reef on the left hand side, and turning sharp into it again about the middle of thd winze, [yielded a few pounds of rich stone last night. The country continues all that could be desired. The crosscut on : the break is in about 15 feet, and will be pushed forward in order to connect with the workings on the new reef acd improve the ventilation of the cifosscut. In this 1 the manager hrs stopped work in the face, where the country was so tight, and started about 15 feet back, on the lefthand side. At this point a small break was inteisec sd, and this is being followed. The,new face is in about 90 feet from No. 2 reef, and the country is ac excellent class of sandstone. The maca* ! ger had a survey made of the reef lately cut in vie Deep Level Crocs, aud fincls that it is striking more to the_ northward than he at first supposed. The new crosscut '.a therefore going direct for it, and should ako escape the hard bar referred to. The s opes ape in full swing. No. 4 west of the b^eak is.now above where a good show was visible in the reef at the time shares rose so rapidly. The reef is small here, but of good quality, good store being bagged c..eh breaking, lewfr. of picked cone and-specimens w^ere obtained lest week. A good show of gold wes visible in the fece this more'eg.- A stope has juct been si tied from the Cross win^e, fid one going west JFrom -the Imperal seaward winze is' cow within a fen feet of the break. The #eef looks exceedingly well for go!d hire. Two meu are a"so s oping east of the winze. On the h'U"»i.4e of the sb ft, in the stope which is to Jjr«ak 'hrotrgh to the drive on the lead from the vr ~k stopes, the quarlz is sirall at present.. A start has been made to carry another stope back towards the shaft from the big winze, on the footwafl' leader.-- A fine * body of qbUt3,"ft%4tf)fbofc wid*. is showing here. Work i«i3feflfl progress at the level on the tame *«0f; it is s»all at present. KUBANUI HILL. The manager reported yetLerday as follows :— c There bas been no particular alteration in /any portion of tb.3 mine during the week. The various roi'ks before mentioned f.re making good progress. The reef in the/ Poverty winze is raiher disturbed at present, and has been so for the last 15ft; the depibrii now tfbout 64 ft. Albion: The futthertha drive advances the nature of .. the country improves. Another leader, which was intersected in the crosscut, should be cat about the latter end of the wesk if it co'j'dnues it* course, and I trust to be able to forward a good account of it shortly. The drive' is now in 166 feet from crosscut, 136 feet having beeu driven in five weeks. Battery : Crashing commenced on Thursday last, 30 head for Prince Imperial Co., the remaining 10 on company's dirt. I Ctt»uot form ao estimate of tae v^lue

of the quartz going through at | present, but will let you know when next ! I write. The Prince Imperil have engaged 30 L^ad until the end of the month and perhaps longer, should no rainfall come before then. Crashing 12 hours began to»day, and will continue for the remainder of month. Battery working well, and all appliances in good order.— T. H. Chawfoed." - ADELAIDE. The proprietors of this claim retorted at „ Bull's battery, yesterday, after putting througo 75 loads of quartz, for the yield of 121oz8 lOdwts gold, which return was increased-to 1330zs by a second retorting this morning. This party have 25 load* stacked at. the ..mill, and will T keep the battery going as soon as Scott and party, of the City of Manchester claim, hare finished. Ihe dirt was obtained from the stopes and drive on the City of Manchester reef. This has been, driven on for a length of 360 feet, all of which is payable. Only 180 feet in length is at present being stoped. In order to improve the ventilation, a start has been made to rise'on the northern boundary to the level aboTSHp. ._