OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5063, 7 April 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CAMBRIA. The final cleaning up and retorting for the month took place to-day, for the good yield of 301$ on gold, reduoed on melting to 2980zj 18dwts. Thii make* the total for the month 8270zs Hdwti molted gold, from 496 loads of general dirt andUcwt specimens. Thi« yield speaks well for the payable nature of the large block of stopes opened up-, nearly all the/ gold haring come from the general dirt. DABWIN. The winze haying been sank deep enough to connect with the No. 3 leref, operations there have been stopped, and the mo» are now breaking dirt from the atopes, preparatory to oruihing being started. Gold was seen in the reef at the last breaking in the winze. * NEW PBINCE IMPEBIAL. The lead abore No. 7 lerel is ratlnfc knocked about by soft lieadi, and thll stopes are also approaching No. 6 lint* The stopes on the faotwall lead, west of the break, are up to No. 5, bat there is atill a considerable block to take out abore«<? Payable dirt is coming to hand from the stopes on the No. 2 reef, eait of the shaft abore Nor. 5 and 4 lerels, and gold is keen in breaking down No. 1 reef in the w;am which is now 58ft below No. 4 leyeU' " QUEEN OF BEAXTTIV ' The water^ was onrby yesterdaY norni ing.and since then the men hare been^t work at No. 11 level. The ree7 out ltt the east .crosscut is being drfTen on northward, and the last reefoaVS the west crosscut is being drireno? SomNoyi oo7err gOMOfth*^S-. GOLD BETUBNS