OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4685, 12 January 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PKINGE IMPERIAL. The telegram posted at the Corner this morning is a very satisfactory one, the stone obtained during the night proving not only that the small block yet remaining to be worked on the No. 2 reef will prove rich, but also, what is more import tant, that the gold is continuing below the No. 5 level. The winze is now about ten feet deep, and 81 bs of specimens were secured last night, while breaking down the lead, leaving a fair show of gold "' visible on the western side of the winze for a length of over a foot. -The leader yields quite a foot wide of cruahingdirt; the r hangingwall portion is mullocky, and the gold is obtained from a solid rib of quarts about six inches wide on the footwali. The 2cwt specimens from the stopes west., of the break above No. 5 lever were obtained in nearly equal proportions from the two highest stopes in progress. The lowest of these two stopes is not yet up to the run of gold left in the floor of No: 4 level, and the highest is forward to the show left in the roof of the preceding stope when the last haul r Xi was bagged. The third stbpe" in progress here is approaching the Cross boundary ; a few pounds of specimens were secured here this morning, and good gold left showing. The No. 1 reef in the winze just started at No. 4 level is four feet wide; some good dabs of gold were.seen yesterday by the manager. Tenders are called in another column for continuing the crosscut towards the Mariner ground at No. 5 level. ' ■"{'"/ "^ I

DEEP LEVEL GROSS. The contractors" for connecting the Imperial No. 5 with the 640 ft level have now completed 201 feet of the distance, and expect to hole through towards the : end of next week. The difference be-~" tween the two levels is 210 ft vertical, but the underlie, of the winze will make it somewhat greater. DART. A breaking down took place last night in the western drive on No. 2 reef at No. 3 level, and 30lbs of excellent picked stone, were obtained, the gold being coarse and well distributed through the quartz. The - stone was bagged from the hangingwall portion of the reef, near a slight break which crosses the lode. The branch of the reef is 18 inches wide, and contains a lot of floury quartz, which is an excellent lign.. for gold. • The reef is large here, there being two main branches on the foot and hangiogwall, and stringers between, but the branches appear to be coming together again.; The country is a capital class of sandstone, and a flinty was showing be* tween the two branches at the time of my visit this morning, though neither had been broken down up to the junction. The face is now 30ft.past the No. 2 winze.. The stopes are looking well, gold being seen in each every time the lead ig broken. The leading stope is 80ft front the point where it was started, or within - 20ft of No. I winze. ; ■>■ „.v ' '" j' " NEW JeDBEKA (OTUNUI).

The manager of this claim to-day banked 88ozs of amalgam, taken from the plates alone, 75ozs of which came from the past week's run with 8 stamps two shifts per day. Taking into consideration the amount of gold obtained from the berdans and stamper boxes, it will be teen that th; dirt continues to shape for a good return.