OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5028, 23 February 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

•'•' The manager reports'for last week:-:-; "No drivihg has been done at J^o. 7 level. during the week, either on the No.'2 or; hangingwall lead. "The* stdpes" abof c the) level, wbich are beiajf extended For r aJ length of 70ft, continue, to show gold oecflssionalljy and have produced lOlbsi of| good picked; stone during the^^wpek. The westernvstapes' above No. 6, level arel in progress as usual/and are still continuing to yield a few pounds of specimensl daily. The usual number of slopes are \ in hand on Nos. 2 and 3 leads above No. 5 level. The eastern Btopesj on the latter lead beiag now v p 'toyNbi % tevel, '•■ driving oa; eastward ;{ wjllf.;'be;;>res'umed,:- ■■ and; as there is still" b'ZCOit"';'' ior be driven? before the Hand of Friendship boundary? is i-eaohed, there is a; ;gobd chance of meetiujj^'with soniething better than wo have hi^horto'badin;thi»le^^pie winze ■on ;--N.d^:: 1 ;-ree^vlro^NoS4L;^vel*-bo]6d thrpugh to No. 5 level early in;Vthei week^ The iiwb dtjhd dfiwi; was ju B t Ipiirard to

the western end of the winze. The drive is now being pushed on ahead, and as soon, as a sufficient distance is driven to allow of a .pass being put in at the bottom of the ■ winze, I intend opening out on the reef about 40ft. below No. 4 level, where the - footwall branch (which the winze in soak on) dropped away frera the main lode.— G-. S. Clabk." OAMBEIA. A breaking down took place this morning at the intermediate level, with the result thai 401 bs of spectftMJWi J W»fe bagged. The quantity now on hand it 400lbs. ' : - QUEEN OF BEAUT Y. ; The eastern crosscut is now 37 feet from the chamber, and the northern one 41 feet, making a total of 78 feet driven daring the fortnight. The country injbotb dri?ea v continues;favorable. * There is no'nga*»f "the reef in the east drive yet, but a large stream of water is still coming from the face, bo the reef is likely to bVelOie it hand. In the other drive, the lode ih<m|d be to hand in three weeks, tbe festimated^ distance beiug ICO feet, of which nearly half has now been driven. - > r ' . < DART.' "■•".'< l ,:*./.' la the crosscut at No.? 3 level, anonber of small vein« of quartz are being passed through, but no defined letfertMa yet been. cut. Tenders for tributes da the N,o. 2 reef, above No. 4^ level, were received on 'Saturday. Two 1* blocks bare . been let, one west of the win;**,and one east. TtfANAIA (COKOMANDEL). , v The Herald's correspondent Bay*:— Lloyds' party got-a very k rich show of gold yesterday off the osp of a new reef. which is supposed to have sbed some very rich surface prospects. He hat been tracing up this run of gold for lome weeks, and has now apparently dropped on something very rich, nearly \n%. of coarse loose gold and specimen! being , got to tha dish.