OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4410, 21 February 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PRINOfi IMPERIAL,

In the wiDZ3 the leader has not been taken down for the last five feet. Tbe country continues of a good clr.ss, being a fine white sandstone. An abundant supply of air is supplied by means of tbe partition, and the door across the drive at No. 4. The fii'th stope is now olose up to, where gold was left showing, and the sixth is about 15 feet in the rear. Gold is showing in the roof, and good dabs are seen in breaking the quartz. The manager reported to the directors yesterday as follows :—•" Very gotd progress has been made with cutting out tbe chamber at No, 5 level, .ilthough the ground is, very bard. I think this. week»will complete the chamber, when the drive to connect.wifch winae will be pushed on with all possible speed. About 35 feet of driving should cut the lead. Winze is now down 85 feet, aod this week shou-ld see it deep enough. The lead still continues to look well showing .gold freely every breaking down, although nothing that.might,be classed as picked stone has been, obtained in the h>st two breakings-down. Stopiag has been carried on as usual. No. 5 stope is now nearly forward to where the gold was left showing in the back of No. 4 stope. I am in hopes of getting some more good stone from here during the week. I have suspended work for the present on the new lead; no gold having been seen since resuming work upon it. "Now lhaf' the weather is , broken I think the au 1 will be eufficie.itly good to enable me to resume woik in iae two eastern drives on the No. 2 and frotwaU leads. Crushing is still proceeding

with 12 head of stamps, but has not been shapuiu; very grand duriug "the past week — G. S. Clabk." " ' ' DEEP LEVRL CROSS. Work has been resumed on the leader on the hangingwall of the No. 2, and the drive towards the Imperial boundary is in 10 or 12 feet. Tbe lead is dipping very flat towards the westward, and varies from 6 inches to a foot in widtb. It is composed ,of well mineralised quartz, and shows gold when broken. A start has also been made to work this lead in the slopes, and it was from.here that the haul of 30ibs picked stone was obtained on Saturday. The main reef in the stopes varies in size ■considerably, being in places 4 or 5 leet : wide. Colors of gold are seen pretty freely, and occasionally a few picked stone come to hand. Crushing is proceeding at the Moanatairi battery, and is shaping satisfactorily. CALEDONIAN. The manager telegraphed this morning to the effect that he had obtained lolbs of good picked stone from the EedJJueen section. The stone was bagged fteinihe eastward drive on the crosslodo\ red some of the pieces are very rich, being nearly solid gold. The reef is well mineralised, copper and ruby silver being freely distributed though it. The parcel of dirt crushed from the specimen leader above. No. 2 level has shaped payably. but that from the stopes above No. 1 level was not so good as last crushing. The dirt from the X 1 Queen reef has not yet been treated. ■'- SMILE OF FORTUNE (OWHAEOA). The mine manager, under date Feb. 19, reports as follows :—" I am still driving on Campbell's leader through.a nice class of country. Thee is about a foot thick of crushing dirt of very fair quality. I have put up a rise about thirty feet aid started stoping on the main r< ef about forty feet north, or uphill side of the surface crosscut from the Waterfall creek. There is about four feet of ci ashing, stuff here showing gold ne..rly every shift, and from which T got a few nice specimens, The run is very riarrowf but may make as we get into the hill.—J. 8.. MoOBE." GOLD EETUENS. : Aibttrnia.—W hi taker and party have treated 10 loads of general dirt at the company's mill for the fine yield of 63oza 14dwts gold.