MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 286, 2 December 1896, Page 6

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS

Queen of Vup-v. —No. 6 reef ia Sffe wide rdcl gives fair dish prospects. May QiJKEK Extenbed.—The drive is in 85 feot.

Kaiser.—At No. 1 levol tlio reef formation is one foot wido which the manager thinks will prove to be the r6of. Cabman (Kennedy Bay).—Tho Cadman leader continues to proiiuco excellent crushing dirt which ia being carefully stacked for transit to the Thames.

PH(KNix.~The new lesder is eight; inches thick, and carriea favourable indications for gold. Colours can still bo eeon iv tho Btone. South-east, fchia loader givea fair pros poets. Golden Link.—Tho specimen leader is not prospecting as well ac it was. At the intonnodiate level the leader, tiiouyh email, prospocts well. 6c(tf»KNTAU—The loader ia six inches thick and colours of gold were seen when break ing down. St. Patrick.—A bettor class of country is being naet with in tho crosscut, Golden Fleece.— A low ] e vol drive has bean started iv the Golden Fleece section to intersect tha law rest" showing on the jjurface. The pro«pec'oißK drive is being ptwhed throng:" a SooA cias? of eandetono,

Leading Wisd.-Have been working on 000 of the aer/ reef* utsd can get prospects Iby pounding. Tho roud to the battery site will be finished io two or thrco woska.

Taxdem.—Looea cclaurn of gold are obtained from fchtf rao/ in the low level, which is 'Jib 6in. While prospecting in tho Taudem ground some outcrops of gold bearing quariz wore found.

Ei.vipa.—Trenching and prospecting1 i 3 fjoinjf on aboub the surface, and a splendid looking leader about) a foot thick hua been dipcovovad carrying wood mineral.

Bicndioo. —The ririvo on No. 3 reef is in 30ft, fcho reef being aboub 4ft thick, and encased in splendid country, the quartz carrying good mineral.

Boss. — Work ia nteadily progressing; on the two reefs. The ground in s«ill tielit in No. I reef, bub shows ei^na of improvement. Tho disfcajica driven on tbia lode for the week is s;c, making altogether 34 feet. No. 2 reef is now widening oub ; quartz right across the faco ot drive, bub pomewhab broken, but giving dish proapectß

occasionally. Younc New Zealand.-—From the appo.iranca of tho country ab the low level, tha drive is going through a lnrfja reef that >3 broken up. It is full of mineralised veins, KOD39 of them carrying a little gold. COSCERVATITK. —At fcllO low level bhs reft lifts opunod out. to fully six feefc in width. In the bangingwaH portion there in scimo nico mineral etone. No. 2 reef doe* not look «o promising in tho faca at

pr9«or.b. Bvriow Bay.- Tho re»F in tho No. 1 croj.«cut ia n splendid body of atone Hva feofc wide, in a good channel of sandstone country, interlaced with mineral veins. The lode is still gold-bearing.

Fooh-in-Hand.—The channel of country is of n most favourable clasp, and eontsiutu of whibo sandstone. Already numerous mineral fouibs are making tbsir appoaranco, Mabitana.— At No. 3 level the country is first-class. During the week a small leader was met with, giving cood prOßpectp, The face ia interlaced with quartz Btrinjrevs?.

Tk Purit. — A croascufc baa been atarted Tho reel look a well.

Moa^ataiabi Extkndkd.—Tho Durham reef, which is a wall mineralised body of oro ih-e feob wido, ifl ppiih by a foot of. snndflbooe through the centro, ( Bkll Rook.—No. 2 and No. 3 lovela have boen cloanod oub during tho woek, land the former is being pushed on 66 feet to fjo'i wilder v/hero the reof was cul: lir?t in No. 3 lovel. Uly:jsks.— No. I reof has beon cut through, snd proves to be a body of 16 fees tide!;. Prospecting work on No, 2 reef shows that the country hero its all thab ; cor.iM ho desired. Uoi^iem Lead.—A few colours of gold I ahowud when tho londor was last broken j down, The crosscub in Paul's Creek ha 3 been extended 61 feob. Germanic. —The main crosscut to intersect No. 1 reof has boen advancer! 30 foot for tho week, making a total distance of 95. Express.—ln tha drive tho conntry is chancing from brown to blua Biuidatona, with nn signs of any qunrtss leaders. Nonpareil.—Tho country in tha bobtcm level is of cho samo iif.;hb nat-nro ni previously reported, Tha firaD re-f should be me* with in about 80 fo»b of driving. The reof ab (ho Queensland lavel ehovra an improvement;. RANCirtmr, —The low lovol h no*? in a distance of 23ffe, and the country is still tho saroo. Irvtno. — Prospecting is being prosecuted with a view of revealing the reef from which the loose quartz in f,he gnlly wai shed. Hauralvl North. —Some very good ore still comes to hand from tho upper workings, and the lode abNo, 2 iovel looks much bettor. A ptfirfe is in bo made to sink a winzs from No. 1 to No. 2 lovol, to prove whether tho roof being worked on at the latter is the samft. Tho oro crusher is working fairly well.