OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4788, 14 May 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CALEDONIAN LOW LEVEL.

The eastern crosscut at the 640 ft level appears to be through the hard bar cut a fortnight ago, a tight though kindly class of sandstone showing in the face at the time of my visit this morning. A leader striking nearly due east and west is showing on the left-hand side, and is slowly crossing to the right. The quartz is of a kindly nature for gold, and the minerals are also favorable. The total length of the tunnel is now about 330 ft, and the drill continues to work well. DEEP LEVEL CROSS. Work in this mine is confined at present to the intermediate level below the Imperial No. 5 and the 640 ft. level. At the | former, a body of quartz, which is sup- ' posed to be the footwall branch of No. 2 reef, was cut at a distance of 40ft. from the hangingwall branch, and it is now being 'driven on seaward. It is 4or 5 inches 'wide, and contains good minerals, but no gold has been seen. A parcel of quartz from the hangingwall branch at this level is now being treated at the Herald battery. At the 640 ft. level, the footwall branch of the crossreef has been in hand for some time, and a drive was extended southward on it a distance of about. 50ft, but the quartz, though of a promising nature, showed no gold, and on Saturday work on it was stopped, and the men moved to the' drive on the small gold-bearing leader on, the footwall. A break has crossed this, but beyond it the leader has formed a nice body of quartz about three inches thick, carrying excellent minerals, though no gold has been seen in it for the two or three feet broken. It is still lying very flatf but the sandstone is of a good class for gold. Operations on No. 6 leader, at the Albion 80ft level, have not yet been a tar ted.

SMILE OFFOBTUNE(OWHAKOA)

Encouraging news was received to-day from the mine to the effect that a new reef, a foot thick, and prospecting for an ounce per ton, had been cut. The manager's report, dated yesterday, is as follows: —"I am pleased to be able to inform you that I met with a good leader on Saturday in the hangiagwall of the leader that I have been working on. It is about 12 inches thick, and from the prospects I should say that it will go quite an ounce to the ton. I will be able to let you know more about it when I come down at the end of this week.—C, S. Fabmeb."