OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5064, 8 April 1885, Page 3

OUR MINES.

. - CAMBBIA. »t"a••' ■■ 'The Btbpes above the 230 ft level con :• to look welli gold being seen in" all of them, and pccasibtially a few pounds of '^tone^and specimens being ok f tppes are anpther instance of; mining,, as opposite '(■: th> ww*e punk bj^ Mr Sallivan excellent obtained,#bat gentleman having :t it bj< sipkrofcvonsthe footwallfof ~ thelo4e>wbMe^^ ",i %mo6u"■'■•> Inotbeseftst clrive { the men have peen remo?ed from the face, and started t6 r drive on the reef from the point where the ,-:r^dririßcommenced to follow^the hanging-*-^illi -Tie *r>aiwn fOT;t^ f reef twisted «o much that its coarse was «:'?ni|«ea^^At^]^d.;3 lev|l; the No. 1 reef •r*hai'npt yeVbe^nLin^rsepted/but it Bhould :a;:d«y;!OT^^ 'helfeci tbeTlode I*' n6^ in'b^pd, and the 'quarta! sJwtrald be v;foundi immediately S^ r Tito very slow at pi !?present> pwinjf to? the qpnntry; being bard -" rock. Thei manager i«^uncertain whether thetdirectors' will -epntiitme 'sinking-,Vafter :!>- s■&»*} 206 fa -letel^ b*s vbeen : reajchfed, or ; ai»h«thißr tie directors will decide to progs:i:r":vl;^Myi^A^Alß^MTENpED 3 •'•- *Exwllest; progress is : beingvmade? withthe; shaft> which is now viv downWabpnt^ 45ft ;belowr N6;J; level, or - irithin,sft^ofvthetjd^p'th^at ] which ; No. 2 \<i level flrilt be bpened but. :)A: well hole will, sunk, and the pumps; .'■«■<• phi mi beforiß^!wprkca,n be' fairly started. The country is tig|htt> but not bad for /work^ ?v ing; imd' the^infldx of water is fnot very crosscut northwards is justnow, A-paising tbjrpugb a (sla^Beam;:with boulders V tpf sandstone; '■ The Vorth-east drive from 5 '^the ciroiscirt is mi 60ft; tind is now being directed towards an -old shaft, for 'the • purpose of; effecting communication and ■OTpro^ing th> ventilation. No quartz has been ahowinjj for the past week, but a lode was." tpuchedyto^day ;in- the' roof. Thp •indstone iirfirmeri in the face, and the 'quartz isf emitting ia.coneideriible stream, of water, ■fity?*?-'-'!; 'y'-u•';"'■ •■•?"■': ■•-■■,.-. ■. :; /;-• v v KEI^ HT SMILE..^ v:.' : ;;- :v,, :''iY! -: the ,paßt few days 201bs of i stone have been obtained from the winze being sonk on the fobtwall leader.