OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4430, 16 March 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL. Driving hais been started south on the?" > new reef in the crosscut. About 6ft. of it was broken down yesterday, and yielded a couple of pounds of specimens; colors of gold were also freely observed In * the general dirt. The manager telegraphed this afternoon :—"8Olbs. specimens- from stopes, No 2 section West- Large reef- in r » crosscut, No. 4 level, looking well;—G. S. CLABK." -■ • *' ' 'V DEEP LEVEL CROSS; n A few pounds of, stone were obtained from the stopes yesterday afternoon. The , crushing at the battery is still Kfiaping well, and the manager will shortly start crushing 24 hours per day with,-< be-15 he id how employed. Should this number not be sufficient to reduce the output of quartz the full fore of the Herald mill, 20 head, will be employed. • FT'""" KURANUI HILL. No. 2,,.«,. ;T . This is the name given to Mr W. BowaV new claim at the back of the Moanatairi ground. A start was made to survey it yesterday, and Mr Bayldon finished the work this afternoon, but Mr Kbwe has not jec decided where he wi'l commence operations. ■- ,- - - CALEDONIAN. A new reef was cut ye iterdav in the northern crosscut at tbe 60ft level, at m-. ■ distance of about 60ft from the chamber. It is abont 2it wide, and is lying ml a '-. good class of saidstoDe ■ for. gold--' Its - strike is east and weit, and it. is; dipping to tbe north were 1. The quartz carries a good propovl'on of favorable uiineca^andthouoh no gold has yet been sreo', it may be met with at any time. From, is appear.ir.ee it shoo Id crush p&yab'iy:. -'Mr Hicks will continue; be crosscut p:st it, but will probably, si irt driving on it^gb.a^ly>T-r; It is very likely identical'w'th a-reef ' worked by Mr Kowe from a.firaU shaft t~> the westward, of .the company ,mam< siiaft. It was here -20 inches wide, end yield.d 12dwts per ton. If it yields as--much where cut at tbe GO.t level,.it .will be remunerative, as the country is .easily worked. The c st drive 01 the-Bed Queen eros' leader is in abont 50 fret. Ihe reef is 18in. wide, and whep broken - . down yiterday showed colors *of' gold r , .reely, and produced a few ppands bf * picked stone, The wrst drive is-also in about 50 feet. BRIGHT SMILE. A report from the manager s«y'i:— - " Since ray last report I haveb^endiiving east, or towards Jamaica, on ref, with two shifts. Toe ground is of a t'ght clr,3s of country. The le der keeps tbe usual size, and is good payable quartz, but not getting specimens, I have put 'he men to bring up a leading slope, as I want to get *~ more quart z to head. I bave had one • shi"t driving west of mm winze on - leader. The *etdei> is a good size, showing a little gold in breaking down, aod is - good payable quarts. IYm engaged ten -- head samps at the Albinra battery, which will commence crosbiof on Smile quartz to day. I have forwarded quariz to the hattery the 'rst two days, and I have both hoppers full, with Voine broken in the mine. I bave lodged 36lbs of specimens in the bank. 'I'got a few more; pounds to day, and I emect to get some specimens ard picked s'one from leading stopeasd o her p-rls of tbe mire before clearing up. I will keep the tea! be ingoing as long as possib'p. I am* driving towards the Cmile iv ha Kxtend^d Company's ground on as: ong le der.; .It got , pinched up wben it r.» up against the hard b r of couory west, bat'since I commenced to diire e^st, or towards Bright Smile, every foot of the grouid and leader is improving." •'■ .* - SEYMOUR. The manager says iv his last report :— " The adit level is now iv a dist.ice of 224 feet. I have about 103feetiurther to drive to connect with the shaft.. Mr Me-I-.ren, the District Engineer, has been speaking lo me about the advisability of making the third compartment iv the sh&.°t from the sunace for a foot way; butj explained to him fiat I intended loHba&e three compartments from the edit down, and I thought the adit drive was good enough for a foot, way in c^se of accident." GOLD RETURNS. : - ; Cur of Maxcheswe. — Scott and party have put through a paroel of general dirt at Bull's mill for the return of 12ozs 3dwts gold. '( l ■'•-*." i