OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5071, 16 April 1885, Page 3

OUR MINES.

QUEEN OF "BEAUTY. It is gratifying to be in a position to record that at last quartz which can scarcely fail to be payable has been found vat a depth of 747 ft from the surface. Today, in breaking down the lode last cut, Sold was freely visible. The manager rought up a dish of stuff, and .washed it, the result being an excellent prospect. Numerous ..specks as large as a pin's head were visible, but besides these, some pebbles of quartz, as large as • bean, and good enough for picked stone, were found. One good feature about the gold is, that it is coarse.. The leader is rubbly, and about ten inches or a foot wide. Owing, to the race, running low, the water rose yesterday afternoon, and gome difficulty was experienced in getting it down again. The various batteries have been very generous in giving place to the Queen of Beauty, and now they are likely to reap their reward, for if rich gold should be found in this mine it could not fail to benefit all mining enterprists. What is required is confidence in the stability of the. field, -and nothing could do »o much to establish it ni payable ' gold in the deep levele, *

MOANATAIRI. Sloping ia proceeding on No. 9 lode, but the block in hand is coming exhausted. A few pounds of picked stone come to hand occasionally. A crosscut hasbeeo started at tho 80ft. level to intersect a promising looking leader, which should be to Land within 60ft. CALEDONIAN. The manager is now of opinion that the leader being driven on at No. 3 level is not . the same upon which the winze was sunk. | A heave occurred in driving, and the truo lode has not been picked up beyond it. Speaking can be heard from the winze to tho drive, but the winze, instead of being directed ahead, appears to bo about ten feet to one side of the drive. The leader in the drive has not shown gold since the heave was passed, although it is a nice looking lode containing antimony -and other minerals. GOLD KETUENS. . Moanataibi.—Angove and party, tri- . buters, have finished a crushing of 6; 1 j tons for 25ozs 16dwta gold.*—Catran am i party have banked 13ozs 16dwts gold, tb ,c products of 12 tons of dirt. Kubantji Hill.—Grubb and pari y, tributers in this mine, have crushed 5 tons of general dirtforSozs lOdwts gol d. - I