MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 79, 3 April 1911, Page 2

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

1 May Queen.,—No. 10 level (1000 ft): The Beef Is a strong body at quarts. A rib of quarts about Sin wide hoe iuet tveen met -with <m the htuigiiigwall side, and it should Junction with the reef & few feet ahead. In the northern crosscut driving baa been discontinued on the email leader for the present, and work resumed extending the crosscut to cut the leader 'that wae passed ' through in the- deep level tannel. A. start was made on Thursday to prepare to open oat on the Kxtdnmge reef from the deep level crosscut. So. !> level: In the etopes on the Nα 4 lode end hariglngwsiU branch leader, the osnal supply of quartz of a payable grade is being won. No. 6 level: I The quartz coming to band from the footwan branch of So. 4 lode in the "winze from the Intermediate level still chows gold freely. The lead Jβ at present rather small. Mt. Welcome.—The winze was sunk to a depth of 20ft, and VSb ot picked stone were secured since tast report, making 351b in.hand. A flinty aeam.wss carrying gold, also strong blotches were seen in the quartz at the centre. Work in the winze was stopped, as the waier made progress too slow. Driving has been resumed in the level, which _is now, Xα poeft The T>eef near the face contains highly mineralised oxe. ' ' Hnuj-nki -Reefs.—At No. 1 level the leading' stope' , east at the rise is in a 'total of 84ft. la No. 1 eiope the reef maintains its size, and good colours of gold have been "seen. In J{o. 2 stqpe the xeef is 9in wide and shows blotches of gold. Iα the leading stope west of rise the reef hae spliced, but is making again. No. 1 etope west—total S9ft; the reef Is 6in wide, and well mineralised. In No. 2 stope west a , few nice dabs of gold were seen. In No. 3 stope west the reef is 12in wide, and strong blotancs of gold seen in the quartz broken. " At the ,400 ft .level the country is now not so bard, end a. tew quartz Veins are interlaced wilt it. The clean-up at the battery produced OToz 16dwt retorted gold from 40 tons of general dirt and &slb mt picked stone. Talisman Consolidated.—The report for the fortnight ending February 11, 1911, states that the north drive on Shepherd's reef. No. 12 level, has been advanced a total of 48ft; width of vein 481il; values nil. South- drive, Shepherd's reef, 4Mt; width of vein, 30in; values nil. A trial rise Is being pos up 488 ft aorta, of «iy<?, .with a

view of testing the reef south of No. 3 north rise. Progress, 12ft; width of reef, 481n; values wrerage 13A0. Stoping: The vataes from the No. 3 north block stopea average £2 18/7; the values from stope* off No. 12 rise average £3 12/B, and from' east vein stopes avenge 4E£ 12/9. No. 13 level: The north drive la along 734 ft; width of reef, win; values average 1/2. South ' drive: Total, WTlft;. width of reef, 241n; values low. No. a- north rise: TotaL 82ft. Width of reef, 48in; vetoes average 8/. No. 15 winze: This was started at c point 743 ft south <rf crosscut. Progress, eft; width of reef, 4Sln; values average £g 8/. Ho. 4 crosscut: The winze 30ft north of this crossent has been sunk Git. Total, Bft; width of reef, 42in : values average £2 10/6. etoping-; The Values from stopes oft No. 1 north rise average 18/3; from etopes off No. 12 rise average £1 6/3, and from stopes off 'Ntr. 15 rise average £3 10/6.