OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4529, 11 July 1883, Page 2

OU R MINES.

NEW PRINCE IMPERUL. , At No. 5 level the leading stopy«B the foot if all branch is home to the btfaadary. The. leader. has opened out,^%nd>yieldß folly 18 inches of good' crushing dirt. The leading stope on the hangingwall branch will not be advanced til the, Cross boundary, so as to leave the ground near the proposed winieto the 640fttorel, solid. The second stope is up to where the show of gold was left Jast week." The precious metal is visible in the roof, and good gold was also showing in a portion of the> lead which had not beenJtaken down at the time of my visit. The fifth stope is just through the break. The No. 2 reef here takes the same?position as if did" - ■t No. 4 level, being heaved 8 or 10 jfeet into the footwall. It is looking well id the back of the fourth stype, t&a^jbljng visible in several pl»c»a?>At No. 4 lefel the drive east on" the footwall portion of * No. 1 reef is within about 30 feet of the winze being sunk from Nti.,3 lerel by the eon tractors. The reef is of very large size, yieldinc; fully 9 foot of crushing ditt.The footwall portion looks best, colors and dabs of gold being freely! seen. „* C DEEP LEVEL ,CEOBB. The orossreef at No. 5 level has not ye* been cut through to the - hangingwall, so its size cannot be determined. > The footwall portion is composed of nice lobi&jjV quartz, carrying good minerals. The mei^ are strippiug it southward, and the dig is in about six feet. The leading stope op ' ; the hangingwall branch is Marly up to: ' the face, but the drive has bot yet ■ been' timbered. The footwall blaaet o f the No 2 reef v fully 18 inofil.VJde, and where showing m the faotp&oking well, carrying excellent miners, At No. 4 7&% ?"!""■"??" **»**» down abofct 70 feet, and the 'ode in the bottom is 4 feet wide. Thy fafcM portion" W ° haogingwall, an/ tn * c qnuts if looking welb This %fin M has not been fallr manned 1« #Ay, some of the men being removed to' Ko> 5 lerel bat three Am are agam at work in it, so a* to get down as quickly as possible. A few pounds of ■jpscimens were baggw* (hi. afternoon v^f^ W? down the «W»w^ I«dt» at No. 51erel. , . „ , /^. v "