OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4923, 20 October 1884, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PJRINCE IMPERIAL.

The manager reported on Saturday :— " The contractors, Farrell and party, are making very good headway with the drire at No. 7 level, having driven 18ft »ince starting on Monday night last. Ths ground is getting more favorable for working, and I expect they will be able to do better next week. No. 6 level: The sinking of the winze is proceeding verj rapidly, the depth now down being 60ft., and should the same progress continue, we will be down deep enough by the end of next week. The country continues to keep of a first-class description, and the lead is also keeping a good strong body of quartz, being at present about 18in thick, with well-defined walls. The quartz is of a whitish description, similar to that on and above No. 6 level, bat there is a good deal of nice bright mineral through it t and should any flinty seams strike into it, I have no doubt some gold would be got. Driving and sinking from the intermediate level of the Cross winze is still in progress. It will take some little time yet to effect a connection between the drive and winze; when this is accomplished, the work of opening up the block will be pushed on as speedily as possible. The drive is in 20ft, and the winze is down 19There is a good-sized lead in the winze, which is standi' g very upright, but there has been very little of it broken down yet, as it will be much more convenient to handle the quartz after the winze is through. The stopes eastward of the break, which are being extended from the latter point to 60ft. east of the crosscut, arenovr fast approaching No. 5 level, but before they are exhausted the block west of tha break, and the large block further east, will be opened up. No. 5 level: The winze here is down 38fr. The ground has become? ranch better for working, and the lead! if anything is lookiag better. The lead in the eastern drive here is also looking much better, and some good strong dabs of gold have been met with. This drive is now in 360 feet from the. shaft, and there is still about 100 ft to drive to the boundary. Stoping is being; proceeded with as usual, and very fair grade crushing dirt is coming to hand, but the quarts from the other parts of the mine has not been shaping so well a* usual this week. No. 4 level: The drive on the hangingwall leader is still goinjc through splendid country; the reef is fully 3ft thick, is looking as promising as ever, bufc has shown no gold yet. The quartz is being saved, and will be crashed, separately.—G. S. Ciabk."

DEEP LEVEL CEOSS.

The reef in the south crosscut at \<(o, 5 level was again broken today. It keeps its size of about nine inches wr.de, and continues to show colors of fcold. The manager on Saturday evening marked out an additional ten men's ground to the southward of the present holding, in order that if the reef carries on payable past theboundary in AlheH street the companymay be safe.. The ground pegged out was a porttoa o f the forfeited Queen of England holding.

CALEDONIAN.

The manager reports that the crosscnfc at No. 3 level is still in the hard bar, which during the past week has been so hard that the drills would scarcely horr. it. This may be an indication of a chap E c for the better, as tba crust of these t>? ra i 8 mostly the hardest portion. Ei?h> loads from the fioorpf No. 2 level gave&>aV 15d«rts gold i thiP is encouraging, as showing i&at tne gold is going dowa in, the Urge reef, and the underhand slope is beinjr continued towards JS&, 2 winze,. Tb. e lode is from 3 to 4ft wide, currying good minerals, but 3kowing mo gold. The Red Queen isader in the east drive at No. % les&> has been broken down ; it is about 10 inches wide, showing strong colors of gold, some of tho pieces being almost good enough ta dhtss as picked stone, and the dirt should be of payable grade.

QUEEN OF BEAUTY.

A lode about 18in wide has struck into the Vanguard reef in the seaward drive at No. 1 levoi The manager is not sure whether it is the expected crossreef or notj a survey was made to-day with theobject of ascertaining. Trials from both the Vanguard and the new reef will be> put throagh at once. The contractors for siukmg the shaft made a, start/to-day

GOLD EETU&fts.

Moanataihi.—Diatae&vol and party ha»e finished a crushing &>y the yield of 1202s lOdwts gold.

ADELAim—Ib/e proprietors of tlis= claim have crushed 34 loads at Bull's milt ios- the return of 31ozs sdwts gold.

."Mr Smith doyoa know the character of Mr Jones?" " Well I doa't think 110 J.u^ eu ,v eU what do y°u say a^at it»" ! S,f »t am fc so bad of a man after all" «' Well, Mr Smith, what we want to knos' is, is Mr Jones of a quarrelsome dispostion? "Welljudgewhailshould sayistbilr. lorn Jones is very vivid in verbal eserctsi,. but when it cornea to personal aj[asftmett he ain't, eafter for the contest."

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