OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4719, 21 February 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW MANUKAU.

The sixth stjpe on the small leader above, the Golden Crown ICOft level is being t.ike» along, and payable dirt is coming to hand; there is yet, however, about 16ft to go before the point above where the gold was re ently got in the No. 2 reef will be reach .„!, so noil:ing will be done on the latter for several days yet. KURANUI HJLL; The quartz is all through the stampers, but it will take a day or two to grind up the blanketings, and the return will hot therefore, be to hand before Salurday or perhaps Monday.—Le Manquais and parly have crushed a parcel of dirt from old stopes for the return of 17ozs meltedgold. . . . QUEEN OP BEAUTY. Owing to the supply of water for the turbine not being enough to k^ep it going at ordinary speed, the manager has for the past day or two had steam power assisting to lift the water which accumulated at the stoppages on Saturday and Monday % The bottom level was dry this afternoon, when work was resum 1. The men will rise on the k.der recently cut, to connect wilh the winze sunk on it from No. 9 level. This will give better yen* tilalioo, and will enable prospecting to be carrifd on. The No. 8 level crosscut for the Vanguard r jf is ia progress ps usual. The battery start i crushing today on dirt from Alburnia tribute parfas.