OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4408, 19 February 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

DEEP LEVEL CROSS.

A parcel of 30 lbs of good, picked stone was bagged during Saturday from the stojpis above No. 4 level of thfflmptrial. HAND OF. FRIENDSHIP? xThe contractors, Gribble and party, are now in 93 feet, and the contract nastieen extended another 100 feet: The quarts is being saved for crushing, about teirfnlSties wide. The leader looks well^sHqws fjfdld occasionally, and the country'iidf an ex. cell en t class. ' ' ■ NEW MANUKAtT.-^'*: The winze from the Waiotibf bottom level was started on a branch leader of; fite No. 5 reef, and is now down 10 feet. The leader is from 2 to 4 inches wide, and -is lying in a good channel of country, but no gold has yet been seen in it. Tie .winze is at present in the Waiotahi company's ground, but will dtp out: some time this week. It was originally intended to sink the winze on the No. 5 reef, and at a point where it would meet this crosscut being driven from the Caledonian No. 3 level, but this was not found to be practicable on accouotoftbediffiopliyofge.ttJlogsaiSoieQt air. The air. for, the' winze noir being sank is obtained, by means, of'a pass, straight from No. 2 le ( vel, *■• ~\ t ' -^ MOANATAIRL j The manager reported/or-last week aB follows:—"'Redan.-. section : . A leading stope is in hand above 80 feet level, and on No. 9 footwall lead.' It is 12 inches in width, and of a promising nature. In breaking down lead this week strong blotches of gold, were discovered. New crosscut to No. 2 reef, 80 feet level,'has been advanced Vl\ feet during the past fortnight through a congenial class of country for gold. We are stripping All Nations' lead above 80 feet level: - Homeward Bound section: A drive is being put in westerly at tunnel level and, about 60 feet from Don Pedro boundary, between two small likely-looking "leaders. It is difficult to say for certain whether they belong to No. 3 reef or not. They are in a good sandstone formation.,- Nonpareil, 215 feet level: The reef has Improved in appearance lately, but showing no gold. About 451bs of picked stone have come to hand since my last; most of them w.eie obtained from Heldt's section above 132 feet'level. 6mall parcels are sometimes met with in Morning Star section, at aud above intermediate, level. The .-intermediate level referred to-is between the 50 feet and the 115 feet levels. Moyle's parcel of 4| tons, which ,ff*s taken from surface portion of Eureka, .has produced 9ozs 16dwts melted gold.— J. G. Vivian." NEW EUREKA (OTtfNUI). The manager reported^ <m , Saturday *■ that he had during the 4" past fortnight timbered up the west drive on the main reef, to the face. A start was made" on Monday last to rise on the foot watt, leader, and a distance of tea feet has beVn risen. About 121bs of good specimen stone was bagged from here, and gold was left both at the top and sides. A few stone*wire also obtained from the same leader where intersected in the crosscut, and driving will be started on it this week. ■'

The other day, a young man came sud* denly face to face with a dear,' kind,' old, fatherly-looking; gentleman, with white hair, of highly-respectable appearance. They both 1 stood transfixed. The same idea flashed aoross both of them: ' Your face is famliar to me—very* familiar ; bat I can't remember v where we hare met bo often.' However, the friendly impulse was carried out; they shook bands warmly, partook of a friendly glass, and departed, still ignorant ofeaou other's name and occupation. Bat" the young man was determined to bolto the problem, and he seized on the waiter, and said to him : ' Tell me, waiter, who is that distinguished looking stranger* with the white hair ?' And the waiter whig. pered:' Why, sir, that's Mr. .'* V >t the pawnbroker. _. ..-..,'. :. Archimedeß invented the slang phrase "Give us a reit," when he offered to more the world with his lerer,