OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4808, 6 June 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Good progress is being made both with the crosscut at the .No. 6 level and at No. 5. The former is now in 35ft., and the sandstone, which is of an excellent class for gold, is working a little better. At No. 5 splendid country is being traversed in the southern crosscut on the break, but there is no sign of quartz yet. The other workings present no change to report.

CALEDONIAN. The manager to day banked 52ozs ldwt melted gold, the yield from 70 loads of general dirt. Of this 63 loads were taken from the stopes on the Bed Queen leader above No. 2 level, and the remaining 7, from the winze below that level, gave the good yield of Bozs I7dwts gold, or an average of ljozs per load. The winze is still in progress, and the leader is looking well. KUBUNUI HILL.

The No. 9 reef was broken down last night in the winze below Kelly's old creek level, and the drive from there to the intermediate crosscut. It averages about 15ia. in thickness, and is a well* defined lode, being in some places solid quartz, and in others having a little mullock intermixed. The quartz contains minerals which are always accompanied by gold, and though none of the precious metal was visible last night, that is not surprising, as from the nature of the quartz it would not easiiy be discerned. There are a numbeT of stringers on the footwall, and the sandstone is of a favorable class, so the manager feels confident the dirt will shape payably. He has started to drive eastward, in which direction there is a large extent of ground unworked, with 40ft of backs from the present level, while if the lode proved payable, it could easily be opened up lower down. A trial parcel will be got out and crushed as soon aa possible.

CAMBRIA. The contractors broke down the reef in the eastern drive at the 230 ft. level last night. It is opening out, showing considerably over 3ft. wide in the face, while the hangingwall is not visible. The quartz is heavily mineralised, but looks very promising, especially on the footwall. The sandstone is tight, which will make progress rather slow. MOANATAIRI.

Cleaning up and retorting took place yesterday afternoon for the yield of 93ozs gold reduced on melting to-day to 9Oozs 17dwts. This is a payable return for the past month's work, the amount of dirt treated (chiefly from the No. 9 reef) being 40 tons and 901bs of picked stone. The small quantity of dirt crushed is explained by the fact that only eight of the company's men have been employed in obtaining it, the remainder having been engaged on deadwork. A large number of triouters are now at work, the total number being about 50 men.

GOLD RETURNS. KußANiri Hill. —Le Manquis and party have crushed 5 loads for the yield of Ilozß 16dwts gold. Invjebness (Waiorongomai).—An ad« ditional parcel of loz sdwts gold was banked to-day, making the total yield from the 2\ tons crushed 42ozs 9dwts melted gold. .

Apropos of University snobbishness (says Truth), I should like to point out that school snobbishness still prevails largely. It is the true snob spirit that the younger sons of Peers at Kton are described in the school lists a3 "Mr," while the names of other boys are put down without an# prefix. At Winchester, the snobbi&hness is one degree, but * onlyone | degree, less, as those Horiorables are not. distinguished in this way, but'"Lords'" do enjoy special mention of their till©. It is by the action of the authorities in keeping up such dissections that snobbishness is inculcated with grammar and arithmetic, and grows with the growth and strengthen? with the strength of the public who'olboy.