MINING MATTERS AT THE THAMES. (FROM YESTERDAY'S "THAMES ADVERTISER.")

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3890, 9 February 1870, Page 4

MINING MATTERS AT THE THAMES. (FROM YESTERDAY'S "THAMES ADVERTISER.")

The Shamrock Claim : The Reef Struck in in the Shaft : After the most indefatigable work on the pmt of manager and men, the famous Shaimockieefkas been opened in the mam shaft at a depth of 147 feet, and shows most encouraging prospects. The reef is about 15 inches thick, strong and well defined, with good walls. The stone itself is fine-looking quartz, and is very similar to that of the Belfast. It is very thickly impregnated with yellow inundic, through which specks of the precious metal are visible. A sample of the stone lias been calcined, and showed a fine rich appearance when the umndic and sulphides were burnt away. There cannot be the slightest doubt but that the striking of this fine reef at this level, and with such encouraging pi ospects, will have a very good eftect in pushing on the development of the sunounding claims. We should certainly recommend the Pimcess Alice men to at once set to work ilia systematic manner to jnospecfc for this reef. It bears right for their ground, and, ej cept it strikes a hard bar before it leaches their boundary, cannot fail to run through it. The Ballaiat and Rising Sun also stand a good show for it towards their upper boundaiy. It is intended to at once erect a substantial whim, and construct a line of | tramway along the aide of the hill to a shoot j to be constructed which will lead the quartz into the Criterion battery. The surface woikiugg are turning out some good stone. Another lot from the main reef is being now sent to the battery. The Criterion Battery : The Criterion battery has lately been doing] good sei vice, for, besides crushing a parcel of 15 ton=s for the Shamrock, which gave a result of about 300z., there have been several trial lots crushed for the West Coast, some of which gave an average of 17£tlwl to the ton. The present engine is only able, at the most, to drive 17 stampers, and that number weie at work last evening, 10 beiug employed on a ciushing for the Peep o'Day, and 7 on Shamiock stuff. The Waitemata comes in on Thursday nexi, and will crush 100 tons. The May Moon has opened the Peep o'Day Reef, which will pay handsomely if it goes lOdwt. to the ton. The gold of this locality is much higher in value than any other part ot the field. A crushing for the claim is now going on at Souter s battery. The Knights of St. Patrick : A crushing of 20 tons from the Knights of St. Patrick was commenced yesterday at Bull's battery, and began to show well on the tables after a couple ol hours' run. The Flying Cloud : A crushing of 51 tons of stone from the Flying Cloud Claim was finished up on Saturday evening at Bull's battery, and the clearing up took place yesterday. The result of the retorting was 250z, of gold, besides which a quantity of the silver remains to be retorted. The fhst portion put through was good payable stuff, but the last 20 tons were very poor, and brought down the average. The Cure : Another very fine lot of specimens were taken out of the Cure Claim yesterday There are now upwards of 701b. . on hand, and a crushing is, we understand, shortly to take place. They are driving towards the Red Queen, which stands in a very likely position to take up the run of gold. Rich Specimens from Coromandel : A fine parcel of specimens were brought up from the i xcelsior Claim, Coromandei, last; even- j mg, which will yield a heavy return. We understand they are to be crushed in the amalgamating barrel of the Tramway battery. The leader from which these stones were j taken has, we are informed, been cut in a drive 60 feet long, and it had only been followed a length of 15 feet when the present | parcel of specimena were taken out. The British Company : An air shaft has been sunk on the tunnel, in which a goldbearing leader was cut, and from which five tons of stone is to be taken and crushed at the Hauraki battery as a trial. The Jupiter reef crops out on the company's ground (ac- ; cording to a mining survey made by Mr. John Grwynneth, jun.) at a distance of 357 feet i from the mouth, of the drive,

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