OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4591, 21 September 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

DAET.

The winze at No. 2 level, on No. 2 reef, is now down 14 feet. The manager at first included all the reef, which is six or seven feet wide, in the winze, but for the past four or five days he has been^ breaking down only'about 2 fefi^-cf-tnV footwall portion, and carrying a dig in the sandstone two feet 4*iite. This makes progress mHchjeasTer. The reef continues to iookjßsfiTand colors of gold are seen eapjj- time quartz is taken down. The --manager now finds that what he took for the footwall of the No. 2 reef in the crosscut at No. 3 level was only a horse of mullock, and that a large portion of the reef was behind that. The crosscut is now in nine feet from the hangingwall; but up to this morning the footwall had not been reached, proving that the reef at this point is of very large size. The last 4|ft of the reef passed through is a mass of veins and stringers, in which strong colors and dabs of gold have been freely seen, and a few picked stone have also been bagged, while the quarts: carries excellent minerals. Crushing was started to day at the company's 13-head battery, and the manager expects to be able to keep the mill running one shift per day with ease, and perhaps two shortly. There are about 40 loads of quartz on hand. GOLD EETUENS.

Adelaide.—Mandersand party, tributers, have banked 23ozs 16dwts melted gold. Moanataiei.—Quaelly and party have crushed 10 loads for Sozs ldwt gold.