OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4585, 14 September 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PBINCE IMPERIAL. In breaking down the No. 2 reef in the eighth stope west above No. 5 level at a point 20ft. past the break, one hundredweight of specimens was bagged last night, making the quantity to hand since last cleaning'up fully lOcwt. LONDON. The winze at No. 3 level, which is being sunk on the hangingwall of No. 1 reef, is now down between 40 and 50 feet. A shot fired in the dig this afternoon tore out a piece of the reef, and strong dabs of gold tfere seen in the quartz. «[^jß encouraging to find gold at this depwfbs it proves that the run of payable ground is widening out downwards. DART. The reef cut in the crosscut a 6 No. 3 level now turns out to be only 18 inches wide in the thickest place, the quartz showing behind the horse of mullock at the time of my visit yesterday morning proving to be only a small vein. This inclines the manager to believe that the reef is not theNo. 2, but a smaller leader which was met with on the hangingwall of that lode in the crosscut at No. 2 level. It, however, junctions with the No. 2 reef eastward, as it has completely drained it in that direc- | tion, though the water still remains in the westward workings. The manager considers the reef just cut well worth driving on, but will at present push on the crosscut to intersect the real No. 2 lode, which should not lie more than about 25 feet ahead. ( GOLD RETURNS. MoANATAiBt. —Kneebone and (party and Howe and party have finished crush* ings /or the respective yields of ll^ozs and Bozs 2dwts gold.