KURANUI HILL.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4915, 10 October 1884, Page 2

KURANUI HILL.

A few days ago we mentioned that the manager Lad commenced sinking a winze in a likely place for gold, viz., on the famous No. 1 reef, seaward of the slide, at the beach level. This winze is now down about 15ft., and the reef in the bottom is * 7or 8 inches wide. Gold has been seen each breaking since sinking was com> menced, and in taking down the quartz late yesterday afternoon the manager bagged about 91bs of stone rich enough to be classed as specimens. The gold is coarse, and is mixed with the mineral, of which tho quartz contains a large percent tage. The discovery is the more promising as the reef has never been picked up below (he beach level seaward of the slide, although on the eastern side very rich returns were obtained from it. The present winze is 60ft. west of the slide, and as soon as it is down deep enough, a few feet of crosscutting will connect it with tho Albion 80ft. level drive on the erosi*. reef, when the work of systematically opening up the lode can be proceeded with. Another encouraging fact is that a vertical leader is showing at the beach level on the hangingwall of No. 1, and should dropinto the latter when the wirze has been suqk another 30ft or so. When the reef is opened up at the 80ft level, the manager can also opeu out on several branch leaders which yielded well above. When it is remembered that such excedingly rich gold was got on the east side of the slide, and also above the present winze, it will be strange indeed if, with the good prospects already obtained, a remunerative block is not opened up. We hope this mny prove to be the case, and that Mr Crawford's persevering pros-* pecting may have its. reward in the discovery of that hope of all miners on this field-—" a patch." ' • QUEEN OP BEAUTY. The old crank was blasted off the main shaft by dynamite this morning, and Price Bros, men are engaged fitting tho-neov one. When this.is done everything- will be in i_ readness for sinking the shaft. Tenders'for the latter work will be opened at nooa to-morrow.

CAMBRIA. The directors hare resolred to sink a winze on the hangingwall reef, and the manager will commence the work as soon as the drive is timbered up. The reef was broken down in -the eastern drive this morning, It is still rather small, and no gold was observed, though the dirt was not picked orer very carefully. GOLD EETUENS. Bast.—-Eoss and party hare crushed one load at the Herald mill for 2ozs 13dwt8 gold. Pinafore.—Delabunty, a tributor, has crashed 2 loads for 4ozs lodwts gold. Thames Golden Cjbo-wtj.—A. parcel of 16 loads for MoKenaie and party yielded 15ozs 4dwts gold. l Adelaide. — Williams and party* crashing gave the good return of 52ozs 17dwis gold. Moanataibi.—A small parcel crushed for Johns and party yielded sozs gold.