NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4442, 31 March 1883, Page 2

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

The manager telegraphed this morning to the effect that the retort was on the fire with 17500z5. of amalgam. This was ob tamed from the treatment of 300 loads of general dirt and 2 cwt of picked stone and specimens, and yielded the good return of 6890z5. gold. The general stuff shaped well, and it is a promising feature of the mine that a large, proportion of it came from the eastern drives, which are opening up good backs every foot they are advanced. The drives on the Mariner's reef are now about 20ft apart, and it will not be long therefore be/ore they break through. The reef in the drive south from the crosscut yielded a few pounds of stona when last b.rokendown, and the No. 2 reef at No. 5 level also showed strong colors and dabs of the precious metal. The melted weight of the return was 681 ozs lOdwts. DEEP LEVEL CROSS. The specimens and picked stone accumulated during the past month, amount' ing to about 450)bs, were treated at the Herald mill yesterday, and shaped satis- i factorily. Retorting took place eariy this morning for the good yield of 890ozs of gold, which was reduced on melting to 8690zs 8d wt. The total quantity of general dirt treated since last cleaning up, four weeks ago, is 273 loads, and the average yield is therefore over three ounces per load. The whole of this dirt was obtained from the drives and stopea on the ' erossreef at the No. 4 level of the Imperial shaft, and the slopes on the No. 2 reef above the same level. These stopes continue to look about the same as usual. Crushing will be continued with 15 head of stampers-

DART. The shaft was finished on Thursday, and the same evening the men started to out out the No. 3 chamber. A s soon as this is done, driving will be started for No. 1 reef, which should be met with in a few feet, as at No. 2 it is only about 40 feet from the shaft, and is underlaying towards it. ihe contractor for the removal of the pumps, &c, from the Albion shaft to the company's, will finish in a few days. QUEEN OF BEAUTY. Retorting took place this morning at the company's mill for the return of 411ozs gold, which was reduced to 4Olozs on being melted. This was obtained chiefly, from the picked stone and specimens broken out a few days ago. THAMES GOLDEN CROWN. Ketorting for the month took place at Company's battery this morning, and the return, after melting, weighed 114fozs. This is the yield from four weeks operations, during which time 250 tons of general dirt, obtained chiefly from the stopes on the No. 2 reef in the Cure section, have been treated. PINAFORE. The manager to-day banked sozssdwt9 retorted'gold, tbe yield from a crushing of general dirt from the small surface leader. Work is also in progress at the Gladstone tunnel on the. hangingwall of the large reef. MOANATAIRI. An interim cleaning up took place today for the return of 1290zs 6dwts melted gold, for which about 70 tons of general dirt and the picked stone accumulated since last crushing have been treated. GOLD RETURNS. Albuenia..—McLean and party hare crushed 14 loads of general dirt at thecompany's mill for the return of ISozs lOdwts gold. Moanataiei. —Sarieh and party's crushing gave 6ozs ldwt gold. ' .