OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5074, 20 April 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CALEDONIAN. v The manager reported on Saturday as Follows :—" The drive, at No. 3 level s*e f made slight, headway ibis week, throvftt ■■ meeting with a watercburee, which* split the reef into several branches I followed the foot wall portion for about 6ft, when I found it to be in the footwall of the wiieelf Si I theu took dowu all the leader whiebtod been previously stripped, and found the haugingwall portion had taken a >heej?# > into the left about 4ft, which I have me* been following, and am now abreast of Uw winze, whiehT expect to break into ia/ sV. ( day or two.: The wiDM. jt : hafwty4«iP enough, so I shall hare to rise af«# Itit next ,week v No.gold was teen ii Ike leader taken down, but anyamovntof R>fS? minerals. I am still working on RXtik'? leader at No. 1 level; it is a'ni««*l«oltwa; leader, and gold is seen beeaaioMUf; There will be over 20 leadl fjrM|-tbis leader ready for the battery .next week. The battery has been, running for twelve hours this week, and will commence to run full time next, week, when I expect to 3 finish up all the trial lots on band.—T. BT W Hicks."

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

The manager reports for the part week " as follows:—" The footwall of the No, 2 lode on the western lide.of thelbreaik "af No. 5 level, is striking more off into the footwall, and is not so strong a bodr of quartz as it was. The d'me atidlealiiil'"stope on No; 4 lead has been extiftiea 14ft. for the week. The lead and country still continues of the same deaoription. Eight loads of quarts from this lead haft been run through the battery ■epaptato,^ for a yield of about 15dwts to the toad. This is scarcely payable, as the,, lead j|fc/ present is small; I.am still ofJopinionV however, that an improvement wilt take place as the drire advances. Work on the No. 1 reef below No. 4-level is being pro-. ceeded with as usual; The reef ia,the drive going' west has been much smaller lately, but the quarts looks rather bettor now, add! I think should contfnnt' Mr^fcß* prore towards the break. No gdOM been seen either here or in the stopeaota^b* eastern side during the week. The win** on the western side of the .break' should connect with the stopes above No. 5 level en Monday. This block of ground shodld be payable, as gold was->teen freely all the way down,the winze. The No. 3,lead-in the stores eastward of the shaft, is not showing so much gold/but still eontiaiM to fni»b for w ■yybttftf»^O M H. Clabk." " ' tVil "**' »"* queen r6%&t#&m:: The water having again beeti:TfdtJCdd, the men resumed work at No. 11 level last night on the No. 2 reef., The~pu»pa «• now easily keeping the water under, at a, speed of about 15 strokes per •miaiUul^ ;-

1 Crushing is proceeding at the Herald battery with 5 head of stamps^ Theft, •re 20 or HO loads of dirt on hand, whieU should prove remunerative. "** CAMBEIAi \,},f , An interim retorting took place to-day for the return of 3646xs melted gold.'the retorted weight being36Bpas Sdwts;. /For this ietum 340 loads of general dirt have been treated. ~ 1 'DABWINC UIKL i*£l\»

Crushing wilLbe cpcnneieed to*morroir at the Herald battery. "

GOLD BETUBNS. KufiANoi Hill.—Williams wii^fiflj have banked 30ozs 13iwts gold/