OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4411, 22 February 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

THAMES GOLDEN CROWN

Since the battery level luanel broke through to the top of the rise on No. 2 Xr ef in the Cure section, men have been employed cutting through '■ke reef. They i are now iato it about 8 feet, but owii>,^ to its lying so flat will have drive ant iber I 5 or 6 feefc before coming to the footwall. It is a nice looking: reef in the face, canyiag a good class of minerals; the qrarfz is being sent to the mill. As soon as this work is complete d, renders will be call d to continue the crosscut to inter ecfc the Cure Nos. 3, 4, and 5 reefs, which kioa'.d all be to hand in 150 feet. They will then be opeu?d out upon, and as they have yielded well, at a lower lerel, the maaager thinks he will be able to get a large supply of remunerative dirt from ! them. A start has again been made in 1 the stopes on No. 2 reef between 4lie ! battery and 109 fret levels. The reef is i of very large siza, being 10 or 12 feet from wall to wall, the whole of wh;ch is shot out aud sent to the mill. The stone is well mineralised, especially the footwall portion, aad shows a little gold. It yields, p^yably wiien crushed. A slattt was also made to-day to drive on the Cure No. 4 lode at tbe 100 feet level." It is somewhatdisturbedinthefaceat present. Sloping on No. 3 reef in the Crown section above this level has been discon-. tinued, owing to the quartz being poor ; driving eas'ward upon it is in progress, but here also the lend is poor. A cross-, cut was put in some time ago from the intermediate level and intersected this load, but it was pinched very small, so work was not started upon it. The stopes on No. 1 main reef above the 100 ft level | are being carried ou, but the dirt from here is not very rich. Some men are working on the leader in the foot wall of No. 1 reef, aad others are prospecting

some small leaders an! stringers close to No. 3 reef. At the tf Oft level. four men are stoping on Clark's and other leaders, but, though payable, they are very small, and consequently do not produce much crushing dirt. The return this month is not likely to be a large one, but the manager thinks it will be better next month, as he will then be able to get more dirt from the No. 2 reef. DART. The shaft is now down 44 feet below No. 2 level, leaving only 36 feet to sink before No. 3 can he, opened out. The country continues of the same' favorable i class. Since Monday last the shaft has been timbered for 39 feet. The plans and specifications for the pnmpt; Ac, will be ready in a day or two, and, tenders will then be called for placing them in the shaft.