MINING MATTERS AT THE THAMES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3717, 17 June 1869, Page 6

MINING MATTERS AT THE THAMES.

The Pride of Erin Claim, on K»r*k» Hill, has been taken up again, after three months' protection. Work wa» recommenced on Monday, and a drive is being entered on » leader tightly embedde 1 in a sandstone rock, which is now an open face, and very hard from exposure to the atmosphere. The chareholders are under the impression th>y may possibly get the run of the Pride of the Karaka ret-f. From tho report of the manager of the Lisburn Claim, Collaibone creek, we learn that the main reef has been cut through in the drive at the 30 foot level, and is proved to be cine feet thick of solid blue quariz. The Btone looks well, gold being plaioly perceptible in it, and by Mibmittiug to a high degree of heat s>t<>ne taken from a part of the reef that does not show gold the metal has been brought out in small globules upon the surface. Crushing operations will soon commence in earnest, bat the manager says the stone will have to be first burnt in a kiln. We hear that » reef of good-looking stone, between four and five feet thick, was struck on Friday night in the Lucky Star Claim, which in situated next the President Lincoln, at the head of the Karaka Creek. The most favourable reports are received from the manager of the Bendigo Independent Gold-mining Compaq. It is only a short time ago that the above Company was formed, and since then work hai been pushed forward with vigour and success, a gre it deal of stone being to grass. The main leader in baud iv this claim is about two feet thick, and strikes nearly north and south, its lay being nearly vertical. It has been followed a long distance, and last night a point was reached where another vein of quartz joined it, and a patch of first-rate stone was struck. Not a day passes but some encouraging news comes in from the mines of some stroke of good luck which has happened tbe miners after months of patient toil and perseverance deserving of encouragement. We are informed that yesterday the shareholders of the Glasgow Claim struck a line leader some eighteen inches thick, and stone was taken out of exceeding richness. Our informant, who saw some of the specimens, described the strike as "heavy."