ALBURNIA.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4401, 10 February 1883, Page 2

ALBURNIA.

The manager reported yesterday,:—-.. '• Driving intermediate level on Dixon s/~; has been continued. The reef is now" 3 feet wide of solid quartz, and last night for the first time a few colors of gold were seen in the drive The face of this drive now stands at from 90 to 100 feet from the North Devon boundary. It is now in advance of that on the battery level, as that drive has never been extended to the boundary. There will, therefore; be agreat height of solid and unprospected . ground to work should we meet with toy. thing good. The reef still looks well, and is well defined, and should we meet with with any junction of other reefs or leaders in this class of country, I feel confident we would find a good patch of gold. Having proved the reef to be gold bearing, though but little has been seen, I have forwarded to the bat« fcery and crushed 53 loads of quartz from the leading stopes over the drive, which yielded 34ozs 7dwts gold. I purpose taking out another crushing from here as quickly as possible, as even this return •■ would almost pay the expenses of the men working on quartz, and with the expecta* tion of getting a few specimens to help the general dirt (which we have not had hitherto) I think the reef would then be more than payable.—Thos. Radfobd. GOLD RETURNS.

Moanataiei.—Rowe and party yesterday banked 39ozs 15dwta gold, the result of a crushing of 4 loads of quartz at the company's mill. . . ; V i