TALISMAN CONSOLIDATED, LTD.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 23, 27 January 1912, Page 8

TALISMAN CONSOLIDATED, LTD.

REPOET TO THE LONDON BOARD The following is a copy of a report sent to the London board by the local directors of £h& Talisman Consolidated, Ltd., Mr. T. Shatter Weston, Dr. Prendergast Knight, and Mr. E. B. Jackson :— "We visited the mine .on 23rd January, amd spent the whole day with Mr. Stansfield going | through the mine and works. The, following, which has faken : place since our last report, may be of I interest : — No. 14 level. — 'North drive, off No. 6 winze, 200 ft has been driven on the lode, with an- average width of 42m, values £6 to £8. Immediately over this, in No. 13 level, no values occur, it being more or less oxidised country. This shows the country is improving here, and values extend further north than on the higher levels, and this also points to the fact that there will probably be no blank at all between the Talisman and Bonanza sections. The Teef is still strong in the face, and carries the high grade ore. South, no work has been done for some time. The total length of the ore shut© in No. 14 level is, roughly, 1000 ft, with only the loyal pinches, which would not be more than 50ft in aIJ No 12 winze is 70ft below No. 14 level, and the high grade ore is still strong in the bottom. The width of lode will average over 4ft, and the average value of the or© £16 to £18 per ton. This is the richest body of or© we have ever seen in the mine, and augurs well for the 15th. level. It is also the lowest depth of the mine yet worked. The bottom of the winze is now wet, and Mr. Stansfield does not, for the present, propose to go more than 10ft •to 15ft further down, as at that depth the water in the Talisman should be relieved to such an extent as will enable sinking to be Tesumed then. No. 13 level.'— Driving south is still being continued on the reef. The same gives low values, and the material is being used for stope filling. The country on both sides is still favourable, and while this continues there is every probability of payable ore coming in again. In this level, No. 3 crosscut is ex- , tended eastward, with a view of intersecting the last vein. It is about^6oft or 70ft further north than when it has been, worked before, the expected distance to go, being about another 40ft. No. 1 winze in Talisman section was sunk 14ffc on payable ore. * This has been stopped at present on account of water. It is hoped the north drive on No. 6 winze will relieve this, and that soon sinking will be resumed. Woodstock shaft.— The first set of pump workings are now all installed and connected, and by the Ist February sinking will be started. This will be carried at once down to a little bolow the random level. With favourable iconditions, this should be down to the required depth and chamber cut within twelve months. In the Dubbo section the new make of ore in the stope is of a width of reef of 9ft and th© quality is of high grade. New outside work. — A large carpenter's shop and fitting-shop ar© being erected on the Woodstock battery site. The ore reserves are being well maintained. The present output, tonnage, and values can be maintained. The board will be pleased to learn that Mr. Stansfield says that the capital expenditure is drawing to a close : th© only costly things will be two new Babcock boilers, the site for which is already excavated. On the whole, the prospects and developments have never been in such a satisfactory condition as they are at present, and everything looks w-ell for the future."

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