OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4753, 1 April 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CAMBRIA.

The winze is now nearly ICOft deep, leaving only about 20ft to sink to carry [ it deep enough to connect with the No. 2 level. About 7ft of the reef is stripped, and a start was made this afternoon to break this down. The stringers in the footwall have showed gold freely, and about 21bs of picked stone have been secured from them since Saturday. Crushing will bo commenced as soon as the hopper is full of quartz. DARWIN. The shaft being down the required depth to open out the chamber of No. 2 level, a start will be made to-morrow to put the guides in position below the 150 ft. •level. This wiU enable the cage to descend to the bottom, and all the dirt from the chamber can then be hauled to the surface by the engine, which will be much cheaper and quicker than if it was hauled to the 150 ft. level by hand first. When the chamber is completed, a crosscut will be driven to intersect the r( >f on the boundary of the two claims, which is here 135 ft. diatant from the shaft. Each company will then start driving for itself. EEUBEN PARE. Five head of stamps at the Herald battery are now engaged on a trial parcel from the re ?f in which gold was recently discovered in the low level. Eight loads are in all being treated, and the return should be to hand towards the end of the week. EOCHY POINT. A further breaking of the hangingwall portion of the Adelaide reef in the drive at the General Chute level took place today, gold being seen more freely than before, and a few small stones rich enough to be classed as picked stone being obtained. The two branches of the lode are still converging towards each other, and only a small rib of mullock now divides thorn. GOLD EETURNS. Moawataibi —Christie and party have crushed a parcel of quartz for the return of 6ozs. suwts. gold. Williams and party have banked 17ozs. 16dwts. gold. Kueanxji Hill. — Grubb and party have obtained loz. ldwt. gold from a par'cftlof dirt crushed.