BRIGHT SMILE.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4687, 15 January 1884, Page 2

BRIGHT SMILE.

Work in this mine is now chiefly confined to stoping on the main leader, above the junction of the dropper worked so successfully by the late Mr J. Garvey, and to prospecting. The main leader mentioned is in hand to the eastward of the slide, but Mr Senior intends to carry one of the stopes through this slide and pick up the lode on the western side, where he thinks there should be a good block of ground to work out, as on the level above excellent crushing dirt was obtained, aDd the reef has not been worked below. The reef in the stopes in progress averages quite a foot in thickness, shows colors of gold at each breaking, and occasionally yields a few picked stone, there being about 121bs now on hand. At the Bank of ISJew Zealand level a small block on the dropper is, be-, ing worked out. The regular eastern stopes here have been carried up to a blank in the reef, and operations have been stopped for the present, though the manager has no doubt he will be able to pick up the leader again by driving through this blank, which is caused by tight ground, and he is also confident that when the leader makes again good gold will be found. * However, this work will have to remain in abeyance for the present. The work of opening up a low level j from the Extended tunnel is to be pushed on without delay. The manager is now crosscutting at the tunnel to pick up the Monarch reef, which, according to Mr Bayldon's survey, is a few feet in the footwall of the one driven on by the Extended Company. This crosscut is within 8 or 9ft of the Bright Smile boundary, and Mr Senior intends to drive along the reef till the slide is reached, when he will follow that and pick up the Smile leader, on which a winze is to be sunk shortly at the slide. Another winze is also to be put jdown on the Monarch reef, to give air to the low level. This will be sunk first through the old stopes, and then a distance of 60ft on the leader, in which it is not unlikely payable gold will be found. There are now 10 or 12 loads of general dirt on hand. BEW FIND (TE AROHA.) .: The manager telegraphed yesterday as follows :—" Cut No. 1 reef in Arizona tunnel, showing gold. Reef looking well. —Hugh McLivee." The Arizona tunnel referred to is the one to which the dirt broken at the big blow is passed, and from whence it is trucked to the shoot. From hereto the surface there is quite 150 ft of backs, so it is very satisfactory to find No. 1 reef, which is not the richest one on the surface, showing gold at this depth. '