OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5283, 23 December 1885, Page 2

OUR MINES.

CAMBRIA. The regular cleaning up and retorting for thin company took place to-day for tho excellent return of 13240z« gold, which was reduced on melting to 12920zi. For this yield a total of 515 load* of quartz were passed through the batteries, and produced 9290z* gold, the remaining 395 ounces being obtained from the treatment of 3001 bs of specimens, accumulated since last retorting. The manager reports for the past week as follows:—" The winze below No. 3 level is down a depth of 68ft. The reef is about 6ft in thickness; there is a little mineral in the qnartz, but I hare not seen any gold here during the , week. The intermediate drive below No. 3 level is in a distance of 24ft. There il still good country in this drive. The reef in No. 1 Btope on the Darwin reef il about 6ft in thickness, and colors of gold are occasionally seen in the quartz near the hangingwall. Colors of gold are also seen occasionally in Nos. 3,4, and 5 stopes, the reef being about the same thickness in all these stopes. In the western atopes o« the Darwin reef there is a great body of quartz, but I find that it will be necessary to select it more carefully, as it is too poor to crush it all. In the third stope on the crossreef coming towards the winze, the reef is about 3ft. in thickness, and gold is seen freely when break' ing down the reef. The reef in Not. 1 ' and 2 stopes over the eastern intermediate is about 6ft. in thickness, and colors of gold are seen occasionally in breaking down the hangingwall portion of the reef. In the fifth stope above the western inter- ~/~~ mediate, the reef is about 3ft. in thickness, and gold is seen here frequently. In No. 1 reef dabs of gold are seen pretty frequently in the stringers. The drive at No. 4 level is in a distance of 10ft. from the chamber. The country is rery hard blue rock. I intend to keep this drive going during the holidays. The Moanatairi Extended drive on the reef is ia a distance of 63ft; the reef is white, and split «p. The pipes have been laid from the air compressor at the Moanatairi Extended engine house; and the £ -inch pipes hare also been laid down from the County water*raee in to the adit level to the shaft. We will be in a position to start the rock-borer about the beginning of the year. —H. W. MOOEB." DEEP LEVEL CBQBS, The crushing of 351bs of specimens which hare accumulated from the atopea on No. 2 reef above No. 5 level was completed to-day, for the capital return of 34ozs 12dwts gold, being an arerageof loz per pound. Stoping is in progress above No. 5 level as usual, and good colors of gold are seen in the quartz coming to hand, but the reef presents no change tq report. GOLD BBTUBN8; Moanataibi. — Williams and party, tributers, hare completed a crushing of 17 tons of general dirt and 1951bs specU mens for the handsome return of 3300zs 12dwts Eold.—Catran and party hare crushed 10 loads of general dirt for 17oci 6dwtsgold.

JRetjjen Pabk.—Hancock and party have banked 4ozs gold. Kubanui Hill. — LeManquais and party have finished a crushing of 6 tona of quartz for loz 13dwti gold.—Porter and party have banked 2ozs 2dwts gold.-* Williams and party's crushing produced 6ozs 9dw!s gold.—Lougblin and party have banked 12ozs ldwt gold as the result of their crushing. ■

Caledonian. —Paltridge and party, trU butere, have banked loz lSdwta golo.

SccmA.—A parcel of 9ozs 13dwta gold was banked from this mine *)-day. ■■ Waiobongomai.—A crushing from thta mine has yielded 4 3ozs 3d wts gold..