OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4514, 23 June 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

The maaag^teießrmpbeaibiaaiorQiag: —'• 30lbe tpecimens froqi itimßoi l reef, No. 4 level -G. 8/Cfcia*.^ This pat^l of 'stone, and also tha£>ame<l ywterdaf, came from the footwall poftooo of the roef, at a point about fOh^fr<m. where the winze being sank bjslow 3 level will come down. The otherWockings in hand are also looking well. QUEEN bF BEAUTY. Since the heave in the .reef at Wo. 9 lev. 1 was mbt with, the manager haicutiii 3 on ib»> eastward side 5 feet, and has picked op the reef again. It is fully two feet thick, aud a shot fired iv thai digFtore oat s portion of the quarts, from wftioh9Of6 lbi of stone showing good dabs of gold were picked out. . Xhe preciona metalpif a'«o HUowiußiti several pUces in the faisiv i^be tuey «i«?c started; stTipping^ ajnd the malinger does not intend to break down till Tuesday or Wednesday nexu Aa -oot) as tW^ijravbJii been advanced a few feet farther, ja rise will be put ap where the reef jprasfirtt opened bat upon. and a start made scope the b)ock in the usual wsvy. About 12ft in length. W.. 'ilie reef in'the drive north at No. ,|0 level lias been taken down, and though no gold was leeu the minerals were very ftroraale. A. strong lode is showing in the face,'slid stripping has been resumed, The qaafts from here is Rping with .the, rest of tne general dirt, but as «ooa as.'"the' jlianager eels a hopper clear, be will -aave.a trial .parcel,io u^el^wu it i»-worth. Thriving i will be stitrted^u theQueenlof the May rest with six men on Mouday. The reef in the drive towards (he Piako has opened out to a width of three feat, &ad is looking as well ss ia the skipaaoo the other side 'of the shaft.- ■■; ■■■' ■;■ ■: Y> . =■'„■ kf £Jl . . ', ' ; X()NjD(qik,./-''": '-..."':" The trialcrusbiug of 23 loads frrjfo the eastern drive^ on JSTq...JI reef at :N& 9 level has been all pat through the. stampers, and the grinding of the blanketfnga will bf finished to-night. From the Tf ay the 9tM shaped on the plates and ia'the berdans, a return of abjut 15d»ts per load is expected. ; Thia would meet expenaes if the: block was opened up ready: for stqping. The »eneral dirt has shaped pwtty weß, aud^the bright mineral evidently contains a percentage of gold. '■"•■'■' GOLD EETtTENS. ALBUBNiAi-^Mcliean and party have treated about 15 loads for 15oaa 14d#ti melted golq,' - ,' ';/ „ '.-."tw!-. r \,...