OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4420, 5 March 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

WAIOTAHI

. The manager cleaned up and retorted this morning, after a month's run at the battery, for the return of 2540zs gold, which was reduced on mellihg to 2506z5. The quantity of quartz treated was 195 tons,' giving an average yield of nearly 2ozs ppr load.

SMILE OF FORTUNE (0 WHAEOA)

The. manager reports that he has broken down what was left stripped of No. 1 or -Campbell's leader (about 6ft) ', and got over 4 tons of quartz, which he considers will go over t lfozs. The lode.is two feet wida, and looks better than erer it did either in the Smile of Fortune or Radical. He the pipes, about fire od the battery side of the river are broken. He has bad no couuj*u»ica.tion with.the other side yet, but thih%yi)iput 12 new ones will THAMES GtiLDEN CBO WN.r The manager cleaned up to-day, for the yield of 970553 Mdwts tnelted gold. This is the :resulfc-of the past month's crushing, the dirt,; obtained chiefly from.. No. 1 main reef, having been of low grade. KEUBEN PARE. >'A- parcel of 11 loads of general dirt, obtained from the workings oh the crosslode, has been treated at the, Herald mill, and gave the return of 13o?9 sdwts retorted gold. The manager is also working on one branch of the largereef which junctioned with the'crossreef:; it is well-mineralised,, and the stone looks promising, but shows no gold. . f moanataiel :; ;

The manager reports, for last week as follows :—Eedan*section':' No. 9 footwall lead in stopes above 80ft level continues to look very promising. Colours of the precious metal were seen in if; when last broken. All Nations stopes, above 80ft level: There are several branch, leaders and stringers in our iown workings here, the best of which show colours occasionally. < The new crosscut at 80 ft level'has been 1 extended 19 feet 6 inches* through very good country^ during the past fort-' ' night. Homeward Bound section, tunnel level: The leader on which we artr driving westerly has improvM "since my producing a little gold bearing stone. The! leader will average,three inches in thick* ness. Nonpjiiil, |lsft-level : The face of the drive, fPabout 110 ,feet northeast from the shaft; the reef at this point is 6 inches in width. A little- picked stone occasionally comes to - hand from here and a small leader we afe stbping .near the shaft. 1 The leaders in 'the Morning Star section, as well as those in Heldt's section, are producing payable Btuff.--J.G. Vivian, . . ,:. ■.-:. -^^-V.'- ;-:, ; v.