OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4599, 1 October 1883, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PRINCE IMPBEIAL.

Good progress is being made with the surface works. The old engine has been removed, and by to-morrow the foundation for the new one N will be in position. Nearly all work below has been stopped, there being only two or three men employed at No. 4 level breaking mullock to fill up the stopes. Six men have been started to continue the winze commenced by the tributers some ruonths ago on No. 1 reef at the surface. About 30 or 40ft of sinking will connect with No. 1 level, thus increasing the ventilation in the mine by providing a second up-cast draught.

CALEDONIAN,

Since last cleaning up there has been 34 loads of general dirt, all from the Red Queen crossleader at No. 1 level, passed through the Herald battery. Cleaning, up took place to-day for the payable yield of 57ozs 6dwts melted gold. The manager on Saturday started the men to put the Otago flat winze, connecting Nos. 1 and 2 level and in which there is a double road for trucks, in order, so that he could send the quartz and mullock from the Red Queen workings down to 2*o. 2 level and thence to the surface. This course has been rendered necessary by the fire continuing active. No. 1 level being blocked up to stop the draught. The air all through the mine is good, and both the contractors at No. 2 level, and the company's men in the Red Queen section, were working today.

DEEP LEVEL CROSS.

Two men are still working in the fifth stopo on the footwall leader at No. 5 level, and the winze on, the boundary is also being continued. At the 640 ft level the crosscut is through ,the leader cut on Thursday, and is in excellent white country. The face ia now nearly dry, only a small quantity of water issuing from it. . All the dirt stored at the Herald mill was through by this afternoon, and the company will not be able to resume crushing till the Imperial commences winding.

MOANATAIRI.

The manager reported for last week as follows:—" The Crown crosscut has been extended'27ft., through splendid country for gold, during the past fortnight. A gold bearing lead, from one to two inches in thickness,' was intersected on Wednesday last, and strong colors were seen in it. Most of our staff of men are employed at and above the 132 ft. level. Nothing has been done since my last on No. 9 branch lead and above the point from where thq picked stone came, our operations having been necessarily confined to footwall portion of No. 9 reef, from which a few pounds of picked stone are occasion ally obtained. 80 tons of general- stuff and 1451b5. of picked stone have been treated during th"? last three weeks, producing 1230z5. of retorted gold.—J. G. Titian.'' : . :,-.-.- -, .

NEW EUREKA (OTUNUI)

The manager reports for the past fortnight as follows j— I have had the men principally employed on thesurface getting timber and slabs, and also making a fresh paddock for quartz. I have started a rise on the footwall portion of the reef, about 5 feet, west of the flatsheet, and am now up 10 feet. We had a strong body of quartz to start on, but the reef is disturbed and small at present (the footwall portion). I have also started a crosscut in tne footwall at the eastern eqd, to. prove ihe reef ip that direction. In placing a set of timber at the flatsheet, I broke a small portion of the reef, which showed gdld freely. At the battery I have been doing a number of necessary jobs, and have enlarged the pulley on the berdau shaft. We have only 5 tons of dirt down yet, but I hope to have more teams at work ne^t week, and start the battery the following week.—Thos. Black."

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