OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4729, 4 March 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PEINCE IMPEEIAL.

The manager's report, forwarded to the directors yesterday, states that the qaan*- ! tity of general dirt put through during last month .was 604 loads. The shaft ia down 20 feet below No. s level, hard rock still continuing. Both winzes are unoc« cupied on account of the gas. The various stopes are yielding payable dirt, and a great improvement is noticeable ia the seaward drive on No. 1 reef at No. 3 level, the lode being two feet wide, carrying splendid mineral, and showing gold freely. .- - v -*■ DEEP LEVEL CKOSS; The men have started to open out the intermediate level below No; 5, and,are now driving seaward on the hangingwall branch of No. 2 reef. It is small at prey, sent, and the quartz has not yet showafe geld. At the 640 ft. .level the men are stripping the cross-leader southward. L;" is smaller on the sduth than on the noi^L side of the branch of No. 2, thougijHHj^ in breaking on Saturday most gold SwE^p seen on tho southern side. '," ' THAMES .GOLDEN-CJROWJS"; Cleaning up t^-day produced the return of 1330zs 15dwt| gold from the montb/a operations. A total'of 150 tons of quartz was crushed, it being broken from all-parts of the mine, though chiefly from the stopes on the two shaft leaders abore 100 ft. level. ' -v

WAIOTAHI. Cleaning up and retorting for the mouth took place to-day for the good result of |16ozs lodwts gold,- which was reduced - pn smelting to 310ozs 9dwts. jFor this yield 185 tons of general dirfc obtained " from No. 3 level,, have b«en-pat tfarotnAr the battery. ' ' - ""-.;. QUEEN OF-BEAUTSt *- '„. A small loader, about, three inches iv width, was cat in the Vanguard orosscut yesterday. This .is.the first quart* met with for 200 feet. It-is in. tight country, but carries favorable mineral. Another 100 feet should now reach the Vanguard reef. At No. 10 level good minerals are still met with in driving on the reef, though no gold has been seen yet. MAEINEB. '. h ;: - Driving eastward lias been started on the No. 4 leader at No. 3 level. The country is favorable, and the lead, which is about five, inches ,wide, carries good mineral and showed a few colors of .gold last breaking down, jit appoint wb«c » break crossed it. l" . - ;. f-„ r.v-*., - GOLD BETUENS; ? ■: r^'\Vu MoAKATAißi.~Kowe wMftpart* have obtained 3ozs. 17dwts. go|l from a ton* quartz; a parcel from Williams and party • gave 12ozs. 2dwts. gold ; 1 ton for Georgian a party yielded 6ozs.- gqld ; and T7art«K andpartj have.banked .J7ozs. I7d#ts.,' the return from 8 tons quartz. >