OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5005, 27 January 1885, Page 3

OUR MINES.

DJ RWJN\ The minager ref'-Jiis:—The drive is in a disc oce of 70 f at. The reef in the face ii4feet wide., ISTo. 1 stope is along 30 feet, and also 4 feet wide; No. 2 stope, 2(5 feet, and No. 3 itope, 10' feet along, and reef ia 4 fet wide. In these stopes gold is seen at each b/eakng down. CAMBRIA. The manager reports for last week :— 11 Tfie easteia drive is in a disfmra of 122 feet from the winze. The reef in Hie

faoe N of the drive is 7 feat in thickness and

colors of gold are seen when breaking dowr. the reef here. There is nothing new t >

report from the stopes. The reef that is.being taken out in the intermediate drivo is 4 feet in thickness ; 251bs of specimens have been obtained from . bere during the week from the hangingwall portion ol the reef. There is a nice band of mineral 6 inches thick about 2 feet from the hanging* all. No. 1 winze is down a distance of 49 feet; a head has crossed the winze and cut off the leader, but I hope to pick

. it up again in a few feet sinking. The shaft is down the required distance, and oJPsoon as the guides are put in and the clips at No. 2, which will be finished on Monday, I will start to open out. The - atuff at the battery has been shaping very well this week ; about 88 lords have been crushed for 3570zs of amalgam. ,

LITTLE EDITH (TAPU). The proprietors of this claim, Bull and party, are driving on the reef at the 80ft level, and stoping above it. There arc two bodies of quarta in the face, each •bout 18 inches thiok, and gold is seen freely, some good picked stone bavin g also been got lately. The proprietors hare a splendid property in this claim; it has already yielded capital results, and in the block now opened up they have profitable work for many months to come, while payable gold is still found as the . drive is advanced.