OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4576, 4 September 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PEINCE IMPERIAL.

The eighth stope west above No. 5 level has now been carried up to the. break. The reof has greatly improved here lately, } and during yesterday afternoon and last night 901bs of good spepimens were taken , , from it., In the seventh stope also the reef is looking well, producing specimens each breaking down. Sixty pounds have been bagged here since Saturday, making - a total of 1501 bs on band.

DEEP LEVEL CROSS. Some time ago the manager, in pursuance of instructions received from the directors, cut out a chamber at the point where the boundary line crosses the hangingwall branch of No* 2 reef at 80, .5. level, in readiness.for sinking a winae, to'cbiK',, nect with the 64£) ft. level, but owing : to the large amount of mullock then^ being broken from the drives in progress, sinking was never started. - \Now, however, that this difficulty has been removed, work is to be pushed on without delay by three shifts of men, who will begin sinking tomorrow morning. There are two biauoheß of the reef showing here, each about . a foot wide, and as they are only about two feet apart, both will be sunk on. The distance between the two levels is 210 ft., but it will be morn than this on the under* lie of the reef. A few pounds of stone

continue to come to hand occasionally from the stopes on the footwall branch of No. 2 reef. * WAIOTAHI. Cleaning up and retorting for the month of August took place to-day for the- good payable return of 2910zs retorted (2840zs 14dwts melted) gold. For this yield 198 tons of general dirt from all parts of the mine have been crushed. GOLD RETURNS. Moanatairi. —Williams and party, who are tributing on the hangingwall branch of No. 9 reef, have crushed 9 loads for the good yield of 31ozs 15dwts gold.—Carter and party's crushing of 7 tons gave 7ozs. 12dwts. gold. x . . Adelaide.—Jury and party have crushed 15 tons for the yield of lOoza 14dws gold.