MINING.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14759, 1 September 1913, Page 8

MINING.

THE TALISMAN MINE.

RECENT DEVELOPMENT WORK.

(SPECIAL ,£0 "the pbess.") AUCKLAND, August 30. A visit to the Tali-man mine shows thaitifc Maria reef in tie main drive souti in the Dubbo section at No. 14 level, haa again bcoomo payable, as tie drive i_s been adi vanctd about 25 feet hi good grade ore. Th" average width of the lode ia irom 2ft to 31t" The present face, which is still about SOU north of the point where tho second run of values in the Dubbo section came in at tho level overhead (No. 13), shows a compact good looking body of stone, wiici appea-a to be making stronger, there being about 4ft of ore exposed near the floor of the drive. Recent developments have thus plated it beyond doubt that the values are becoming more continuous at a depth in the Talisman mine. Some little distance hack from the south face at lie 14th level a winze is being: sunk in the reef at the point where the rug" was met with, and the lode opened out to a width of 12ft to 14ft. This is going down in ore of good average grad-s with no walls showing. At No. 13 level the drive south which for tie last . 40ft or 50ft had bc-cn advanced in country rock, ha. been temporarily suspended. Close up to the face a cross cut is being jcaxricd into the cost wall to ascertain whether the reef hag gone off in thia direction, which se-ms quite probable from appearances. Further back in the slope on the Dubbo chute, where recent

operations disclosed a strong body of payable ore lying very flat, further development • work both north and south has been carried out. iiorth. a rise is going up, and is in quart., while south a winze is being sunk, this also being a milling ore. A few feet of sinking will lake tie winze down a depth corresponding with No. 13 level, and if the lodo _v©a a cross cut will be put in from the east wail of the drive to intercept it. These operations will clear -up the question whether the south drive at No. 13 level has been following the west branch of the lode, and left the main vein in tie east wall. Ii developments go to show that thi*_ has been the case, driving, rising and winxing on tie main body from the 13th level will be proceeded with. Meantime al! thst can l>o soid is that a big body of quartz which must add further to the company's ore reserves has been met with, directly undeT a point where nothing of value existed in the drive on the level overhead. The drivp on th* west vein Ls still in prosrrcss, and the load formation in th« fac- is nbout 3ft wide, and still low erade. The drive will be carried beyond the fault, which it i 3 thought i possible" will have s-me irfluence on tbe lede as far as values a-e concerned, and this should s-xm be reached. The sinking of the Wo-c--d<=tiek rhnit has bc?n rcnimed, and th-? fhaft sh-->u'd be down to th- rardom of the Talisman No. 14 WM (prov'dod th-ro ere no interruptions'! inside throe months. The country rock being penetinted i« of a most favourable description, ard should the Fame cla-ra of country he found in casing the lodes whon the northern section of thcompany's area is Yin? explored by th» cropscut from the end, there is good reason to anticipate that they will canyvalues. I