OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5228, 20 October 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

NEW MANUEAU.

During the past few days ;tbe manager has bad the men employed iv extending the drive upon the main leader at No. 3 level, and colors of gold have been 6een when breaking the quaria ou the eastern side of tbe break. The men have now been removed to the stopes, however, and colors of gold are seen in tbe quartz coming to hand. HAND OF FRIENDSHIP. Good headway is being made with the crosscut into tho hangingvrall of the Mariner's reef at No. 4 level, which is penetrating an excellent class of sandstone, but no leaders have yet beea met with. GOLD EETUBNS. KußANur Hill.—Catran and party, tributers, have completed a crushing of general dirt for sozs'l6dwts gold.

Tarjiru Creek. A considerable amount of prospecting has been going on in this district for fcbe past month or tyro, it being considered that valuable argentiferous iodes exist ia the locality, and tbe indications at present met with are said to be very favorable, while assays of quartz from several of tbe reefs outcropping on the surface are reported to have yielded saljsfaptorily, and it is therefore thougbt tfcat the quarljs will yield payable returns of both silver and gold when treated by the LaMonte fur* IHce, which is now completed, and |s awaiting the arrival of a sufficient tonnage of quarts at the vforks to commence smelt? jog pperalions. Tbe country, taken alto getlier, is a kiudl^ clags of eaudstpne for

gold, while some of the quanz contains mineral indications of a faTorable uature for the existence of the precious metal; but the majority of the stone is such bs an ordinary miner would view with anything but favor, yet it is thought even more highly of by the prospectors than the favorable class of quartz before meniiwecj, as it is maintained that it contains argentiferous wealth io payable quantities. It is certainly gratifying to note the hearty manner in which the proprietors of the claims are prospestiiig their ground, and there can be no doubt that were anything of a rich, or even a payable nature, met with, it would have the effect of directing the attention., of capitalists and others to the locality. Several claims have been pegged out, but the principal operations are being carried on by Messrs Gallagher and the Fitzgerald Bros. The former is the sole proprietor of the Kiwi claim, which he is prospecting at his own expense, and is confident will yield good payable returns of silver. It is situated on the north side of the creek, about two miles above the junction of the Ohio with the Tararu Creek, and is close to the Scandinavian, which was worked in the early days. Driving is being vigorously pushed ahead on two reefs, each fully 3ft in thickness, and assays from which are reported to have given very satisfactory results. The County Council intend clearing the track —which, bye-tbe»bye, was made by the Provincial Government some 15 years ago —from Tararu to the mine, in order to enable a parcel of about 15 tons of quartz to be packed down to the smelting furnace for treatment as a trial lot. The Fitzgerald Bros, are working on the opposite, or southern, side of the creek, and are driving on a reef which they believe lobe identical with that being worked in the £iwi claim, and which has also yielded fair results by assay. It is probable that in another week the road will be in a sufficient state of repair for traffic, as the County men commenced work on it this morning.