OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4443, 2 April 1883, Page 3

OUR MINES.

MOANATAIKI.

Tlie manager's report for last week is as follows :—'• No. 2, 80ft level: The reef in drive west of crosscut is about 2ft in thickness ; the hangingwall portion, which is about half the width of reef, is of a most promising nature, and so is the country on it. The quartz showed gold yesterday when broken down, but not quite so freely as before. Only two men have been employed here hitherto; shall put on two more next week, and drive east and west. Homeward Bound sec tion, tunnel level: A rise has been put up about 18t't on a sra»»ll gold-bearinc leader during the week. As I have said in a former report,' the lead is in the. footwall of No. 3, and there are about 180 ft. of backs anri a very considerable length of it to work on, should it prove payable. A few pounds of picked stone have been obtained from All Nations lead, abovi\Boft. level, since my last. Also a few pounds from Nonpareil and stopes in Heldt's section. 70 tons of general stuff and 1501 bs. of picked stone have been treated during the week for the yield of 1290z5. 6dwts. melted gold.—J. G. Vivian.*' NEW MANUKAU. The winze from the Waiotahi bottom 'evel was sufficiently deep to connect with tho crosscut on Saturday, so the men have started to-day to timber it up. The leader is 9 inches wide in the bottom, and looks well for gold, though none bas been seen in it for tlie last few feet. A little of the precious metal is still showing in the rise at the point where a few stones were bagged last week, The country is of a good class for gold. The crosscut is in somewhat tighter ground, so progress is not so rapid. There yet remains about 50ft. to drive before the No. 5 reef may be expected. The men can be heard distinctly when they are working in the winze.'