OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4593, 24 September 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PBINCE IMPERIAL

The thirteen hundredweight of specimens put through last week shaped for a splendid return, and the general dirt is also shaping well, The manager had on hand up to Saturday night 52270zs of amalgam, and the yield from the 4cwt of specimens treated to-day, as well as any which come, to hand this week, and also the amalgam from the week's run at the batteries, has to be added to this to complete the month's return, which promises to be a very good one. The- 10th stope west above No. 5 is forward to the show of pold; the leader has not yet been taken down, but the manager does not expect a large haul. A break has been met with in driving east on No. 1 reef at No. 4 level, but it cannot yet bo determined whether it will heave the reef, as the quartz has not been taken down up to it. The manager reported on Saturday night as follows :—" During the past week 165 loads of quartz have passed through the batteries for the good yield of 780ozs amalgam. There have been reduced also 13cwt. specimens and picked stone for the excellent return of 29600zs amalgam. The winze on No. 2 lead, below No. 5 level, is now down twenty feet. The country continues to keep of a first class character for gold ; the lead, which has not been very large, has been thrown twice into the hangingwall by small clay heads crossing through the winze. To-day there appears to be a defined hangingwall coming in, and the lead is getting thicker, good strong streaks of gold being freely seen through the quartz when broken out. The lead in the. seventh stope above No. 5 level, which is about 20ft. from the boundary, is fully 3ft. thick, and shows gold freely. In the Bth stope, which is 40ft. past the break, the lead has been looking exceedingly well all the week, and has produced 6 cwt of specimens, leaving a very fair show of gold all along the back of the sto pe. This .promises well for tho nintn stope, wbich| is now passing through tho break. The tenth stope, in No. 1 section, is forward to the point where the big hauls of specimens were obtained in the seventh, eighth, and ninth stopes, from which place 501bs of good picked stone came to hand to-day. As the lead is not very compact, I do not anticipate any very big hauls of stone from it at present. Gold is still met with freely in the stopes on the eastern side of the shaft, which are being carried on as usual. The drive on the No. 1 reef at No. 4 level is now extended 112 feet past the winze which was sunk from No. 3 level. There is a large water-course or break showing in the faoe to-day, which may throtr the reef either into the hanging or footwall. This break is evidently the same as we cut through in the drive on the No. 2 lead on the eastern side of the shaft on this level, and may probably be the same as was intersected by the old company on the No. 1 reef at No. 2 level, where they sunk a winze 25 feet deep. Stoping is being carried on as usual on this reef, which, continues 'to produce a large amount of good crashing dirt. Everything will be in readiness by the end of next week to fix the new machinery in position, and to widen the top portion of the shaft, which I expect to complete in about a week. There will be almost enough quartz on hand to keep the Alburnia battery going during the stoppage.— Gr. S. CIABK."

MOANATAIRI. The manager reported on Saturday as follows:—" Stoping on No. 9, above 132 ft level, is being continued easterly, as here we have the greatest facility for getting a supply of payable staff for the battery at present. The stopes referred to are about 40ft south-west of southeast crosscut at tunnel level; the drive will be extended westerly when it. is convenient. A small portion of No. 9 footwall lead, six feet in length and four feet in height, was broken on Thursday last, producing 451bs of specimens and picked stone ; the . lead maintains its usual characteristics for gold, some of which is showing in the back and face of stope. Much more of the lead would have been stripped and broken during the weeek had it not been necessary to remove the men. to the eastern stope in order to get quartz. The same lead as mentioned above, and on which an intermediate drive is being put in below tunnel level, has shown colors of gold since my last. The contractors in Crown crosscut are making godd progress through an auriferous class of country. Shall clean up at the end of next week. A tribute has been let this week on a small lead in the, hangirigwall of All Nations — length of block, 50 ft from Don Pedro; height, from above 70ft level to Don Pedro surface level. To day (Saturday) broke down lead east of where stone were previously obtained, and gob 121'bs.—J. GK YivrAN." .

CALEDONIAN; As there was no likelihood of his being able to get quartz to the surface from the Red (^Jueen section for a few days, the manager decided to put through what he had on hand., about 20 loads, and five head of stampers were started at the Herald battery this morning. The dirt should give a good payable return, fudging from the gold seen in brealdng \t out. The manager intended today to put the Otago flat winze in order, so as to enable him to send the quartz from, No. I level down to N0.,2, and thence to the surfac.e, thus doing away with the necessity for breaking down the clay wail recently j erected at No. \, but there is still too ! mu,ch. of the', gas from the fire hanging about in the levels, and nothing will be done for a few days. The contractors for the crosscut to intersect the Red Queen cross leader at No. 2 level are in 63ft from, the starting-point, and the country ;n the face is favorable for progress. The manager estimate^ that she reef should be struck in lOGffc'more driving, but he will theu have to drive 100 ft east to connect with the win z e from No. 1 level.

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