OUR MINES.
THAMES GOLDEN CROWtf.
• The reef cut at the bottom of the shaft is not very clearly defiaed, and the manager is not yet able to distinguish accurately its lie and run. It seems at the present that there is a break, and beyond this the lode is about 2ft thick. One thing is certain—it is a fine body of quartz, well impregnated with favorable minerals, and carries strong blotches of gold.
CAMBEIA
Underhand stoping has been commenced at the intermediate level on the run of gold.
QUEEN OF BEAUTY.
The crushing of the various trial parcels which were obtained from this mine previous to the suspension of operations was finished to day, the result being 12ozs ldwt gold.
ADELAIDE.
The cleaning up for this company took place to-day, for the return of 92ozs 7dwts gold. _^
KARANGAHAKE.
Ivanhoe.—-Crushing was expected to start yesterday with 16 head of stampers, and cleaning up and retorting will probably take place about the end of the week, when a payable return is expected. Woodstock.—There are now some 50 tons of quartz on hand, and crushing will probably take place when the Ivanhoe have finished. Payable dirt continues to come to hand from the stopes north and south of the winze.
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Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5099, 21 May 1885, Page 2
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207OUR MINES. Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5099, 21 May 1885, Page 2
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