OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5036, 4 March 1885, Page 3

OUR MINES.

GAMBBIA.

•■-•V,; The crosscut -at No. 3 le»el is in nbout 60ft. from the shafts andthe No. 1 lode ■bonld come to hand in from 40ft. to 50ft. more.' At the 230ffc. level th«",ea.fl"t drive ■ii IB a distance of about 160 ft;, the block Bow in hand from, the Barwih boundary to the face being over 200 ft. long. There; ii yet 100 ft. ,t0 driTe in thin direction before reaching the MoanatairiExtended boundary, ad from present appearances the company will have larg£ payable blocks both abore and below tbe prenentdrire. ■ /'y'i'.y :v :::-; '^ SAXON: '■.:■■■'■:\' ::.-\: "The; sinking; of the abaft is nearly finishe^. and the men are now preparing, the timber for tbq opening set of the chamber. The(^Herald battery having re•timed operation!, crashing is proceeding there, qn dirt from^SToi 3,reef. /■'■■. ■ :-Wl^fr BQpKY POINT. :] , ■■■■/.f.\ T^ P»yahle dirt, but as the manager is much hampered by dtficient' ventilation,.he is preparing to driV* a crosscut from the Adelaide No. 2 level, and tome from the stopes and connect' wish it, thussecuring agood current of j MAETHA EXTENpII) (WAIHL) of' New Zealand llSozs gold, which ;wbeni melted weighed 113ozs lSdwtt. .. This return is the result of the pa five weeks' operations, and i« payable, as >cry few men have been employed owing to the dry weather.; ? Thei dirt crashed was of low graded andva Urge amount was treated. The stuff,was taken chiefly from the leading stones over >■ the low level, 'and as these have been carried past the. xun of gold, none of the richer qnality of quartz was treated. The battery has only been able*to work about half time,' , ana then not with the full complement of stamps, but as the rain will give a good supply of water, the yield at next cleaning up should be much; larger.V Prospecting operations;below the low' level have been < discontinued. The reef was sunk on 45ft., and a croiiput driven 10ft., without find> ing any bangingwall. The quartz showed gold, hut not i quite so freely as was ;the: .case ,on ' the level. The manager■'.-: has- no intention;of working' the block for the present, as there is an abundance of dirt available from the block above the, drive. The stopes on this are well in hand, and as soon as the leading stope is advanced a short distance further, driving will be resumed. During the monthy the upper part of the ~ tramway from the \ mine tp the battery, which wm getting badlyVout of repair, ; has been re-constrdcted, heavier rails be* ing laid down. ';■