OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4830, 2 July 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

;/. NEW PR* NCE IMPERIAL;

;; TBb No. 2 re|f has not ye| been broken downat No. 6 level, and it Via'no# being gripped J; seaward. Tb>gcoointry: t ;iß an excellent white sandstone,* and strong colors and dabs of gold • were leea to-day .«. iti all the stringers which dropped off the^, 'foot wall of the lode. 5 ' - .. ■40 i ' .^rj^UEEN: O^^BElUTY^*^.;; ■ " ; The Tanglnrd reef in the western drive "V at No. 8 level has become smaller, beiDg no* from 3to 4ft wide. The quarts looks * more promising, and the class of; country is also improving. The crosscut is still being extended beyond the*reef. The . country is a good white sandstone. At No. 7 level the leader is still being driven on, but though a good tqlid body of pro* raising quartz, it has not shown gold lately. A parcel of dirt from it will be crashed next week. . The leader found inthe footwall of the main reef has been risen on, and the rise has broken' throagh to old workings. It should connect with NaT-6 level in a day* or two, and this will give ventilation to open out. The block appears small at -present, but" should be payable from th6amWrifcoP*gdld seen.

NEW NORTH DEVON.

, The manager of this, licensed holding reports :r—'^Surveyor hal not yet completed surrey, but lias given the following data :.■ From the faae of old El Dorado drive 51 feet bare been driven to present r face. Total length >of tunnel 726 ft; the present face being $>ft in the Devon ground; being at* a depth 6i 169 ft from. brace of El Dorado shaft, or 200 ft in depth from trig. Distance from present facfc to whim shaft iSOft, and hto old shaft 320 ft. The Bendigo reef should be in hand at the end of this week, as the face is some distance in to where the out« crop is on the surface. As this iiai been a good payable reef in the other claims, the licensees are hoping to shortly be able to be on quartz, all this being virgin ground. -■ ■ •■-.'%••■•• v■■• •. .._.. .■■;.■:.•. ...

t EURUNUI HILL. Crushing, was fairly started to day on trial parcels for the company and tribute orushihgs. All, the lots are small, however, and,will be completed in a few days. ■■■■■ ;^:':- ':--:--r/ .

Befcorting took place late jast evening for the; esoelljent^yield of 63bzs (61oz8 14dwts iielted) gold . The amount of dirt pi@Stbugi||w(if 3a loads in all, of* which 17;:frqm ; XtnV/Tind^ level gave the good return of 2oes per load : 4-loads frbm the winze started at No. 3 level gave the rich yield of 4ozs per load, and the remainder of the- return came from 11 loads of quartz, of whieb 9 loads from the small block seaward of the whim shaft produced 7ozs. The retorn from the winae is good, though a parcel'of picked stone was included, but that from the underhand stope is especially encouraging. The reef *li^reia large, the portion broken out being from three to;fourfeet;wideoflbe.footwall;:mlvhiciii'' a little gold was: seeni' CoUns^ol the precious mgtal were observed to a" depth of 40ft in sinking theK[o. 1 winze, and at this depth the manager haß started an intermediate level. The hangingwall portion of the reef may also pay, but whether it does or not, there should be a considerable* amount of payable dirt to take out. The No 4 level eiposiputris now through No. 1 reef. It is 2ft wide, and on the footwall is a strong leader Bor 9 inch*! wide, with .a smaUer ve;n behind thkt. The quart?, especialijr the Mnali vein, looks promising, though it has not ■Bhawn;gold yet.;;-.: ->" :>.. >'v'--/v#i'->';:'v.i' ■:'r^...

, ■ ■:■ '■-, ■•■ ■ ::GOLn vKEi^tos; ■;■:;;; ■^ JVMoANATAißi.—rrebUooek tab party have crushed 3 toas for the rood i-efurn of 266Z8 12dwta gold. ar ™• ■;■ Qtjbsn;of Bj£AtJXT.--Sarieh aid party" have crushed one load; obtained from • stringer at "Np.;9 leveliifor 3ozs 6dwts /gold.- 1 ./■•■. ■■.;•• '■•■^■:-^-; -.•' =■-.-;■*-■*■ ■..;:•■. ■ ■ . ADBUiDK.--Jury and party, tribatew, bsiTe orushed a parcel of quartz for th« yield of 15ozs 12dwts gold. ;