OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5170, 12 August 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CAMBRIA. The manager reported yesterday as follows :—" The winze at No. 3 level is down a depth of 10ft. This winze is going down on the bangingwall portion of the reef; about 6ft. of quartz is being taken down in the winze, but there is a considerable quantity of quartz in the footwall of this. The hangingwall in this winze is underlying very flat.' 2201bs of specimens have been obtained from here during the week, and good gold is still showing. The men that have been work ing on the quartz in the hangingwall of the western drive have holed through on the wide ptace on the western side of the winze at this level. I have started the men that were working here to drive on the reef towards the Darwin. A break was carried down the winze that was sank from No. 2 to 3 levels, and which still trickle across the wide place at No. 3 level which has been mentioned several times. On the eastern side of this break the reef is a solid body of quartz, but on the west* em side it is more rubbly, and mixed with stringers of quartz running through the mullock, most of them carrying gold. It was in No. 1 stope, on the western side of this break, where ldOlba of specimens were obtained last Saturday, and where a good show of gold was left. The western drive at No. 3 level is in a distance of 79ft. from the winze. The reef in the face of the drive is 9ft in thickness, and there is some nice looking mineral through the quartz. The- eastern intermediate drive is in a distance of 102 ft. from the winze. The reef in the face of the drive is 6ft in thickness, and gold is seen freely in the hangingwall portion of the reef. No. 1 stope over the intermediate west is along a distance of 66ft from the winze ; the reef here is about 9ft in thickness, and gold is seen frequently through the quartz in breaking it down. No. 2 stope is along 39ft from the winze ; from here 1151bs of specimens were obtained during the week, and good gold left showing in the back of the stope. No. 9 stope above No. 2 level is along 51ft from the winze; the reef here is 4ft in thickness, and gold is frequently seen through the quartz in breaking it down. No. 10 stope is along 15ft from the winze; gold is also seen here when breaking down the reef. No. 11 stope west is within Bft of the Darwin boundary; colors of gold are being seen here in stringer in the hangingwall of the reef. The winze on the No. 1 reef is down a distance of 15ft, and gold is seen freely in the stringers in the winze. 242 loads of quartz have been crushed during the I week for 7150zs of amalgam. —H. W. MOOBE," DARWIN. The manager reports for the past week as follows :—" The drive on the reef at No. 3 level is in a distance of 160 ft. from the joint crosscut; therein Ift. of quartz in the hangingwall carrying good mineral, and colors of gold are seen through it. There is also good looking country ia the face of the drive, with mineral veins running through it. No. 4 stope east is along a distance of 10ft. from the winze; 91bs of picked stone were obtained here on Friday last. Colors of gold are being seen in stringers on the hangingwall of the reef. No. 2 stope west is along 15ft, from the winze; colors of gold are also seen here in the stringers on the hangingwall of the reef I.—H. W. Moore.'' THAMES GOLDEN CROWN. Driving is proceeding on the main leader towards the Waiotahi boundary, also on the shaft leader towards the Darwin at No. 2 level. A little picked stone is obtained in each place. Sinking the winze from No. 2 to No. 3 level has been resumed, as the manager has ascertained that the lode lies much flatter than was anticipated. This will entail driving further to cut it at No. 3 level. OTUNUI. Colors of gold are seen in driving in the Orientalj and the lode is about two feet wide. There are about 100 loads of quartz on hand awaiting treatment. — Carting for the Eureka Company is proceeding, and crushing will be commenced to-morrow. There are about 80 loads of quartz on hand. GOLD RETURNS. Sir Waiter Scott (EVrangahake).— McWilliams and party, tribnters in this mine, have banlc^d Bozs 16iwts gold.