OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4737, 13 March 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

KOEANUI HlIiE. *

Tenders were opened yesterdajM for driving 150 ft. on No, 6 leader at the Albion 80ft....level, in order to^ connect with the Herald shaft. Eight applications were received, and the lowest, that of Kneebone and^ t>arityi|aJL v|3g peir fcot, was accepted subject;. »o the directors* approval. The highesit-tender was 19s 3d, and the others ranged from 15s downwards. The only work in progress by the company is rising on the No. 9 reef in Kelly's section, above tunnel level. It is rather split up at present.

CAMBRIA.

! While stripping the Darwin reef in the winze below tue 150 ft. level last night a slight splice was met with, and in brejking a portion of the qucrfcz on the extreme footwall of the locie, about- 51bs of good picked stone were seuredi 'The point from which the s; >ne was taken is some 4 feet f lower than the last brtaking, being nearly 70 feet below the level; oh the underlie of the rof, which keeps very flat. This is the first picked stone, secured for 60 feet, and as the lo le has been improving each breaking down for some time past, it is looked upon .as an encouraging si^n. The,gold is in, the, white quartz, and some of thY pieivs' are of ex; •a ) lent quality. The country looks well, feeing fall of Week micereiveinsfj TheJ\men^ill;commence breaking dowia the lode to-morrow night. The quartz injthefiopper is being car^d to the Queen of Beauty battary, but crash* ing will not be started for a few:days.?

DEEP LEVEL CROSS.

The wafer being out, and the 640 ft level dry, the mea were able to resume work to»day on the gold-beating cross Iradtfr. The Caledonian Low Level men were alsoiable to resume r ipork, . ,

y , ,,, _, -. : ,qALEppNiAi^r,; ; . , A Blight accident to one of the cages a day cr two ago retard 3". windipg operalions, and a largo pile of dirt collected at No, 2 level. This has now,]been hoisted tb the surface, and drtviog islstward on the R^d Qmen leader is again in full swinfj. Five head oCstampiareemployed at the Herald battery.