NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4592, 22 September 1883, Page 2

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Daring the past week about 12cwt of the specimens and picked stone bagged since last cleaning up have been pat through the single stamper at the Alburnia battery, and they have shaped for a good -relurn. Retorting will take place next Saturday. The No. 2 reef in the winze below No. 5 level is still small, but colors of gold are seen in breaking it down. The country continues of a favourable class for gold. _ DEEP LEVEL CEOSS. The winze on the boundary at No. 5 level is down 27ft., and colors of gold were seen .in breaking down the reef yesterday afternoon. The quartz ia from 6to 8 inches wide, and looks well. Good colors of gold were seen last time the footwall branch of the crossreef was taken down in the winze. The gold was not in the main body of quartz, but in a small vein on the footwall. There is a large body of quartz in the seaward drive on the crossreef) but it has shown no gold so far. A little of the precious metal has, however, been observed in the stope on the footwall branch seaward of the junction with the hangingwall leader of No. 2 reef. KUEANUI HILL. Two parties of men are engaged driving on No. 9 reef at the tunnel level, one from Kelly's crosscut, and the other in the Belfast section. The faces are about 70 feet apart, so in a short time the whole block will be opened up. In the Belfast drive no gold has yet been seen, but the country is improving. The other drive should in a day or two hole into Kelly's shaft, and shortly afterwards the junction •f the Duke reef should be met .with. The reef here varies from 4 inches to 2 feet, and colors of gold have been seen for the past 60 feet. A leading stope is in progress over this drive, and here also colors of the precious metal are seen. Stoping is proceeding on the All Nations leader from the intermediate level opened out from the winze below tunnel level, and gold is seen pretty freely. LONDON. Seven tenders were opened to-day for driving east 100 ft on No. 2 reef at No. 4 level, and the lowest, that of Barker and party, at 15s per foot, was accepted. Work is to be started on Monday morning. The winze from No. 3 level has been cleaned out, and there is now excellent ventilation at No. 4. The winze on No. 1 reef has been at a standstill for a few days, but work in it will, be resumed on Monday, and the winze on No. 2 reef will also be continued shortly. DAET. The footwall of the No. 2 reef was reached by the crosscut at No. 3 level yesterday afternoon, and it was found to be 10 feet in thickness. The men are now pntting in a dig on the footwall both east and west, preparatory to driving. Crushing is proceeding at the battery.

GOLD RETURNS. MoiNATAißi.—Caater and party to-day banked 9ozs 9wts gold.