MINING NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 110, 6 November 1933, Page 10

MINING NEWS

BIG RIVER REPORT

Big River Gold Mines, Ltd., reports for October as follows:—No. 2 level, south drive, off No. 2 adit at 190 feet east of shaft, advanced 22ft, total 117 ft; no change. At this point a crosscut at footwall was commenced. West crosscut off south drive at 117 ft from entrance, opened out and'advanced 19ft. Country nice slate carrying' graphitic seams with a little quartz. No. 3 level. No. 1 south drive on Henderson's' reef, advanced 37ft, total 245 ft. Lode track still well defined, but nothing of .value met with. No, 2 rise above No. 1 south drive, advanced 6ft, total 38ft. The make of stone met with in this rise as reported last month proved to be an irregular lens-shaped body of quartz with a maximum width of about 15ft and length of 20ft. The stone which carried fair gold does not appear to continue upwards, and has pinched to a few inches on a fault at 35ft above the main level. During the month 150 tons of ore was obtained' t from this point, and prospecting work .is being continued to determine the extension of the ore body. South intermediate drive off No. 1 rise 40ft up. Put in 35ft and connected with stopes at No. 2 rise to provide ventilation. Jones reef: Stoping was continued on the eastern and western ends of the ore body. Stone in east end averaged three feet in width and showed a little gold. In the western end the width was sft,. and gold was seen in breaking although dish prospects were poor. Main shaft: Eepair work practically, completed to 08ft below No. 3 level. Considerable trouble was caused owing to caving of ground 'on withdrawing old timbers. Expect to .reach No. 4 chamber early in coming month. During the month 236 tons of ore were hauled and sent to ba,ttery. Clean up will take place next week. Future work concentrated on main shaft repairs in order to reach No. 4 level as early as possible. * VAII other work in the mine has been stopped—except eight miners who are breaking ore between Noa. 2 and 3 levels on Jones reef WI LUNA GOLD OUTPUT. Wiluna Gold production figures for August showed further substantial improvement constituting fresh records tor the mine. '• The following table shows steady progress made during the past four months: — Working Costs Output. Value. Surplus, per ton. Tons. £ £ s. d. May 6 35,f33 72,003 36,357 20 4 June 36,052 72,174 35,870 20 2 July 38,510 78,022 40,612 19 5 August 40,426 ' 85,134 46,911 ' 18 11 The values are given in Australian currency. Workinj costs include 2s 6d per ton for development redemption.