OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4453, 13 April 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

DEEP liEYfiL CROSS. ; , At the 640 ft. level, the country in the; south,crosscut is still rather tight,.though of a good class. A small leader has: been, followed in the drive for the past few, feet. It is from half an inch to an inch wide,; and is composed of white quartz, carrying: a little mineral where a seam -runs into>-it. A number of black mineral veins traverse the country in the face.: j EUR ANUI HILL. Crushing was started this morning with forty head of stampers, thirty being Employed on the. company's dirt and the remaining ten on tributers' parcels. Thei company's quartz will be {all through by the ejd of next week. ■<■•'[ SEYMOUR. I

The adit level holed through into the' i shaft in the latter part of last week, and; since then the men hare been engaged; cutting out a chamber. This will be 7|; feet in the clear, about 10 feet,broad, and the same length. About two-thirds of it is cut out, and a few days will see it ready for, timbering. The dirt is?, being' lifted to}' the surface, in trucks, but as; soon as the chamber is finished the cages will be taken off and buckets substituted.^ The country is picking ground, being a; clayey sort of sandstone with here and there solid lumps ia it. Ifc is probable, however, that this will die out as the shaft descends, and give place to a more solid class of ground. The new rope ordered from Auckland has arrived, and will, after Leing treated to a coating of tar, be placed on the spider to-morrow; The -winding machinery will then be ready ta start sinking with. \ :>: >:-.,>)■;<■■ DABT. ' ". ■ •; ■■/■; \ , The chamber at No. 3 level is a fine roomy one» and as the country is good standing ground, it will not require timbering heavily. .The.,, specimen leader strikes right across it, and is from 6 to 8 inches wide, but has shown no gold. The crosscut for the No. 1 reef was started from the south-western corner of the chamber, rid- is in about 12 feet. There is as yet. no sign o' the reef, A: flinty vein an'inch wide has been followed in the drive, and, from - its present strike should intersect the reef at right angles. The country is, somewhat mottled, but Itots better than'it did in the shaft. At

No 2 ]p vel the winze on the specimen -leader isv down; 19 feat. The leader is rather spiit up at present, but looks v-ell, :showing gold when broken. The manager expected that the junction with No. 1 reef would hare been met with before this, but that body is evidently standing almost perpendicular. A couple of shots bare been fired in the side of the winze nearest to it. A little water is now soaking through so the reef is probably not far off. Men are now placing ladders in the pump shaft. They will finish this' work early next week, and the manager will then commence to lower the pip.s and fix them in position. -The whole of the pumping gear is now on the ground. BRIGHT SMILE. A late report from the manager says :— lam getting out another crushing. lam stoping east and west of main winze on payable quartz. -On breaking dowa the reef yesterday I obtained 7Olbs of spcimens and picked stone from third stope.jand a few pounds to-day, and from the splendid class of mineral showing I would expect to get a good patch or haul of specimens.''- I have in hoppers about 12 loads of -quartz, and 851p8 specimens and: picked atone; in the bank. I.broke down the reef to-day on the leading stope on the 90 feet lerel. I did hot get any Bpeoimens,'but the leader looks well with gold and mineral distributed through the quartz. I hope to get specimens from this; stope next break: down. The Extended Gold Mining Conopany is pushing the drit;e;on a good strong leader towards the Smile, boundary. I would expect to get gold any breaking down,..' MAUINER AND LONDON. In his report the manager says :T-The wiDze is down 75 feet from No. 2 level, and the No. 3 level is in about 150 feet. I have a good road being laid right into the London, as the principal work, will be there forsome^ time, pntil the^reef is opened' at N*o. 4 level.