BIG RIVER MINES

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1941, Page 5

BIG RIVER MINES

Operations at the Big River. gold mines are covered in, the' January - report, which says:—"No..■ 1 •'• intermediate level: Only a small amount of work was done in the" prospecting drive from winze ■■ in this -level, aS men were required for repairs to shaft. Nothing of value has so far been exposed. , No. 5 level: In the No. lb winze on.the north side of the shaft crosscut,, a short, drive has been put out to - follow the-reef which has. thrown over into the.hanging .$&11.. Some good quality quartz is at present showing in the. face. On the. south side of:the crosscut, a prospecting drive was commenced at 1 point 72 feet between No. 5 >and 6 levels, with the object of endeavouring to locate the blocks of quartz found above No. 5 level; "22 feet have so far been driven on a track in a northerly direction without locating, reef. No. 7 level: The drive has been advanced to a point. 65; feet south; of; the crosscut which intercepted the ore channel. The face still consists of formation material which has narrowed in to a width of 12in. • No. 7, rise off level:..A rise was commenced, during the month to meet the winze from No/ 6 level • and ,the face is now\ advanced 15ft; above'the level caps.. The, quartz found; in the .. level beneath this rise has pinched, and the face; now consists -of 'formation, material ? and reef: track."