OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5143, 17 July 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW PRINCE IMPERIAL.

The No. 1 reef below No. 4 level is looking much better, and gold is seen pretty freely in breaking down. A trial lot is being put through the battery from the No. 1 reef in the drive at No. 3 level, and should it prove payable, the whole force of the battery could be kept employed. THAMES GOLDEN CBOWN. The manager reported on the 14th ina't as follows :—•" During the week the work in the mine has been confined to the sinking of the Bhaft and winze; also a crosscut has been started at the No. 1 or 230 feet level. The shaft has been sunk a distance of 14ft., making a total depth below No. 2 level of, 59ft. I expect by this day week to have the sinking com* pleted. It may be necessary to sink a well-hole afterwards, as the shaft is now making a. little water, which I presume is coming from No. 5 reef. This reef has always been carrying a little water, and I expect to meet it in cutting out the chamber. The winze has been sunk a further distance of 12ft., making a total dpth of 54ft. below No. 2 level. For the past 10ft. the reef has been much smaller. Another break came across the winze and broke th reef up, leaving it about eight inches in thickness since the break. No. 1 level: A crosscut has been started here with the object of meeting or picking up the shaft reef. This has been driven a distance of 10ft., and I expect to have to drive a further distance of 25ft. to reach the point where it may be expected. —T. Ditkiop."

DEEP LEVEL CROSS.! The foot wall leader continues to show gold very freely. The rise on the crosslode is noWjUp to solid quartz, and colors of gold are seen. The stopes have closed so firmly, that if pieces of timber were not found occasionally the workings of less than two years ago would not be recognizable from virgin ground.