MINING NEWS. Grahamstown, Friday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4330, 1 July 1871, Page 3

MINING NEWS. Grahamstown , Friday.

Grahamh^QWN, Eureka. —Considering "the" .paucity of moans and appliances afc his command, the manager of this mine has made a capital show of work during the past two months, and now may be said to have reduced it intosomefching like order, and with the almost certain prospect of speedy and payable returns. But, before the mine can be pro nounced as having been thoroughly opened up, more labour aud more mOD'ey will have to bo expended upon it, and then, by the ajd of judicioxis management, it will be orie of the best-paying mining propertieson the Kuranui Hill.* I visited the mine this morning, and found that work just now.ijr, mainly confined to a large block of surface, embracing the crown of the hill from the' Moanataiari side of the claim to the Kuranui side. In this block the upper Sections of two rich leaders have been opened, and are now being worked to great advantage. The one is the continuation of a vein which the Moanataiari Company have had in hand some time. To get at it a tunnel of 160 ft.has been driven,and commands a back of 50ft. upon the vein, which is about lft. thick, and ia'composed of highly oxydised friable stone, containing much gold. The vein forms a junction on its underlie with the old main leader, aud has been followed and worked out to that junction below the level ot the tunnel. The upper section has only just been opened for stoping purposes, and consequently stuff is coming to hand rather slowly, but as more room is made and more men put on, the quantity will greatly iucrease. About four tons are already to grass. The other surface leader is being followed from the Kuranui side of the hill, and if anything is the richer of the two, and nearly as large. It crosses the old main lode and runs into the solid ground of the hill; and has about 40ft. of surface backs to be worked out by, as in the case of the other vein, some 200 ft.' in length. About 201b. of rich specimens have been taken out of these veins during the last two days. A great deal of good work has also been done in the deeper parts of the mine. The old 130 ft. level that opens on to the Kuranui Company's platform has been cleaned out, once more leudered traversable to trucks, and a cross-cut from it has been carried to the Moanataiari Company's boundary, close to which the long-sought-for underlie of the old main lode was found, together with a branch leader of Very promising appearance. Gold was seen in both veins, and from the larger some 10 tons of stone have been broken out, and after being supplemented by more will be submitted to the crushing test, the result of which I have not much fear of Work in this level will be resumed so soon as an old winze connecting it with the 60ft. level has been cleaned out. This winze will then form a pass, down which all stuff from the upper workings will be sent to be trucked our to the Kuranui platform, and so on along the tramway that communicates with the high road of ths seabeach, and which ia also used by the All Nations Company. There are high backs towoikin the main vein above the 130 ft. level, whilst below it the ground is absolutely untouched, excepting where the main shaft has been sunk 80ft. and at the bottom struck the underlie of the same lode, which is again in baud in the Kuranui mine at a 100 ft. deeper level still. To develop and prove the worth of these lower levels as soon as possible should be the chief aim of the company. All that is needed is a good system of work—the money to defray expenses and something besides will, or I am much mistaken, be provided by the surface block I have above described. Mr. Crawfoi d, the manager, is confident that the main lode will pay well at the 130 ft. level, and I can readily believe this, its appearance aud size being excellent. I examined specimens which came from it. I shall have something more to jay about the Eureka Mine next week.

Tookey Company, Hamilton s Tribute. — A crushing of 20 tons of quart? was finished this morning at the Tramway Machine, and y,felrip(l 20oz. of gold. — [Correspondent.]

Dixojt's No. 1, — Am/wliei* crushing for this company has been commenced «t th« Prince Alfred battery, and the stuff is showing up for the usual average ef about 2oz. to the ton. Crushing was commenced on Tuesday, and the first 10 tons put through yielded 70oz. hard amalgam. The Cambkia Lease, on the Upper Waiotahi, is being actively worked. Two levels are being put in to cut a reef which on the surface yielded 17dwt. to the ton, and which is expected to prove richer when found below. The upper tunnel ia being put in. by a party of tributera, and the lower one, which will give a very deep back for stoping, by the shareholders themselves, llie manager expects that in another week the reef will be m hand in both drives. The Durham Ox is the name that has been given to a new claim which includes part ot the old Southern Cross, and adjoining the Virginia City. A company has been formed to work the claim. It is divided into 7,500 shares of 30s. each, of which £1 ia considered paid-up capital. Provisional directors have been appointed, and Mr. D. Philp has been appointed legal manager.— Advertiser.

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the Queen Bee Goldtnining Company is announced to be held at the company's office, Canada Buildings, on Monday, at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of passing rules, electing directors, &c. Extraordinary meetings of the following goldmimng companies are advertised to be hold — the Piide of the Monataiari, and the Golden Phoenix, both on the 17th July, for the purpose of passing rules and electing directors ; the Ballarat and Rising Sun, on the 20 bh July, for the disposal of 705 shares purchased by the company.

A Detroit paper accounts for the intemperance of a prominent senator by the fact that he was " brought up on the bottle." Hawthorn Hedge : Sir, — Would you kindly give me an answer to the following questions :— First, which is the best method of planting a hawthorn hedge? Second, which is the best month in the year for plants ing such a hedge?— W.O.— [ Work a strip of land 4ft. or sft. wide by ploughing it, and j following up with the subsoil plough, stirring ' the soil as deeply as you can. The land will be the better for lying a few -weeks before the planting takes place. Planting may be (lone at any time during the winter, but we prefer to conclude it in June, early planting being usually the most successful, especially . when the spring proves dry. Plants known by the trade as "quicks" are used to form hawthorn hedges ; they are seedlings either one or two years old, and are obtainable of | any nurseryman or seedsman. In planting, a line should be laid down, and a trenoh. Opened by the spade ; the side touching th line, and on which the quicks will be laid, should be evenly sloped, the depth will be j determined by the size of the quicks j ,two-year-olds will, of course, have" longer roots than yearlings, and it is, desirable not to mutilate the roots more' than absolutely' ! necessary. The end of each' tap root should i be cut smoothly with a pruning knife; when ' the number is large this entails a -'good deal of work,- but it ministers greatly to the sue-, cess of tliirhedge. ' The question whether quick's should be cut, down within three inches of the ground at .planting, to t or J left #t ' full length, is' still a debatable frigd $*c former is the. approved plan, in- 'England. ' « • Berkeley, September, :18'69.'— (rentltfinen^ — I feel it a duty I owe to you to exprlsa my gratitude for. tho .great benefit I have derivpaj > by -taking Norton's, Camomile Pills. v Lapi -plied to youragent, Mr.' Bell,» 'Berkeley/ -for-, the abote-named <$]]%' ibf^i^^HlW^ ' stomach^ f r omiWhjbh^.sjafrerea; h ex§rgp^gjig'i •p4m J £or a, , length" ibfr vtitofi, .'having <trifed. <lieaHy|eivery remedypresdribed.'bflt deriving any benefit at" all;, !^f|er; f ta|i%^ tv/o bottles of yqur valuablc^p'iUs % V^sSlf K fl ,' res^ofkd^to mysiisual siaj;^ wh|aUliVb/Tlieas;e> who lnay.pu^MafflicteiJwfll'i^f^Mj fm**l