OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5024, 18 February 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CAMBBIA.

During last week, about 80' loads of general dirt, nearly all from the eastern drive arid stopes at and above the 230 ft. level, have been crushed at the Golden Crown battery, for the payable result of 1970z5. lodwls amalgam. This is a better yield than that from the previous week's operations, and with the quantity of specimens on hand, sugars a capital return from the month's crashing. < ' DARWIN. Crushing is proceeding at the New Prince Imperial battery with. 10 head of stamps. About 25 loads of dirt will lie treated, no that cleaning up will not take place for a day or two.

NEW\ PRINCE IMPERIAL. // The winze from No. 4 level, on the footwall portion of No. 1 reef, holed through to No. 5 level last night^ but it will take the men a few days to square up. The main portion of the lode is still in the hangingwall, but it is probable that the drive on the footwall branch will be pushed ahead to see what the quartz.is worth, and also that an intermediate level will be entered. Gold was followed for nearly 40ft in sinking, and the reef for that distance is of a good size. The manager should be able to open up a payable block here, as excellent dirt was obtained all along the level, and gold left showing in several places .on the floor. The stopes above No. 7 level, where blocks 30ft. long on each side of the winze are being taken out, are looking' better, gold being seen freely. They are I now about 25ft. above the drive, but a good-sized block still remains to be stoped. KURANUI HILL.

The drive at the tunnel level communi* cated with the winze a day or two ago, and the latter has now been cleaned out to the 80ft. level, thereby ensuring good ventilation. This should enable the manager to resume operations on the lodes the trial parcels from which gave such encouraging results some time ago. He will also now be able to commence running the old stopes above the winze referred to, and as rich gold was got from the leader stoped, no doubt the dirt will pay for treatment, while remunerative leaders may also be discovered striking off into the walls.