REEFING NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1816, 1 June 1874, Page 2

REEFING NEWS.

[CORRESPONDBNT'OF' THE INANGAHUA : HBRALD.] * • j Just-in-Time.-*- The new reef hasbe|n| opened; out on : to a distance of 40ft, "and'. at the time of my visit on Monday, I sawj a good body of gnarte^ in the face about 3ft Gin wide, enclosed in well-defined walls. The reef is evidently strong from below and overhead. Outside.the, tunnel I was ah.p,wi* some very rich atone, reported to have been recently brought to grass. In the face of the drive going north, I couldi also see gold hete and there, but not so rich as was shown !to me outside*; still it • lookis*very well' indefid. 1 An excellent tramway has been built from this "tunnel, opnnectiNg it with the receiving paddock, into* which, the stone is now ' beihgfteposited. : fl ' 'HoiLi/ :;;Fiety\/pr^&^Sti.l| i ,'o^iitinuing; the incline • shaft from the . ina'iri 'levet^ fflid working the south' stopesV The reef con- , tinges to. hold , about the same as reported in last letter.; The-depth of the shaft, at' present is over '70ft. The stonei'sjjo,ws gold very, well, .but it seems to contain a great deal of mineral substance or antimony.. Some, of it has been sent down

country to be tested, but the results have not yet been made known. - ; ; ; Aiperson's. — The contractors who are engaged constructing the entrance to the : 1bw v tunnel, and the tramway therefrom to '. the incline tram, have made excellent pro- - gress during the last week. About 30ft of the tunnel are already completed. The eie^i6^6f^iKe^w-paadoo_ : is-^&> progressing jvgiy f avdrablf /atfd will b^ a vast .^PF 0 ! 611 "!? 1^ upon the former, which was 'not^tiall^nstructed^upon^e^fwuicipler of economisyigrlabor.y,? The driving in the tunnel has, been rather hard of late, and a similar rapid progreaareported last week has not attended ifrernsthis week; but,--* upon the whole, . th'f^neral works are fairly advancing, '^'rb ; , Wealth of Nations.-— The weekly returns of,, \ ama^am" ;from . iheV plates indicate ■:-.. another' satisfactpry T . dividend, r ,Upon matters at -the mine, ihecpntractora are procuring plenty of stone a^d everything is keptTgbing' steadily^ tFjlon the same . . leyel a# ; theVpreseift ,worKiiigsjLiitother r > drive is in course of exe^iutioii^with >the : objectof cutting a body of stone, known as •the jeastem |. reef . ~' t .The! company's, .wages «^ men are employed on this work. ! The iquartss^btained from r this'reßf^'the top level was of a decidedly BUperi6¥"pttlity. , In another.few feet Tit is expected,that tiie stone' will be intercepted, andfiiti thb event~ of the, reel^ being ;the same' thickness 1 as on the upper' level, there" w^ siderable quantity of atone to comijjfrom the upper workings; independency. of. the. ,big reef . in!the r opf.osite..^iir6CtionicL,The lower tunnel continues .excessively: hardy ," and the middle one-is little better. Eighty feet of driving in the latter are f completed, butfrom the appearstnee of the face to-day the work; will' riot advance bo rapidly as hitherto. Eriergetic— The various works are being pushed forward with aU^ossible'speed. boiler bed, 1 and 1 tipper timbeware m&BL in thek ; final ri position, and , fprm ,^a . %ne maiisivdf^piece •pf'wotk." Those engaged % jcopyeying ; ,th^ boiler up, the. creek are.. making small progress, having'nearly half • a mile to bring it before reacHiriff 1 the machine Isitejl'but/bylvthel end of thecoming week it will be on the ground. , . A J a f -jT-The ;«nly;item. of importance' to mention-this week in -'connection withpie works in course, of construction is;thalof the incline:"Bhaft, : which' has been carried sdowhnfoli depW'Of- 76ftjTexpo»&§ at theT present time a well defined and solid xeef,i , nearly, 3l ife thick, , carrying good gold. The going on 'steadilir; ' ! J ' 1 " ' The contractors driving 'in' the United Band of [Hope, tunnel have completed « their > contract, but it has been .decided ;/ that theyrshall proceed with l 'thVwmrk t 6f drivingj-as th'e'teef canndt'be far^diiSnt. A considefable quantity of > water is-tow running: into the /tunnel, sothat a;bOdy ofstoneislikely to after , driving a few feet. ;; 'f r> - r )v .au •,i The tenders, now invited! by the No. 3 ! Sou thi-Larrylßj Gold-mining ; pompany will jcbmplete'the company's works, that is, as far as those in connection with the crushing plant are^c'biiciertied. The south . tunnel show^a^lar|e;iboc(y of stone, from which the recemn^pSwock can be easily and quickly supplied. TKe/<Jireotor_Qof this company, taking advantage oOhe experience ' onlyi Ttoo dearly ) bought by .some of the earlier developed mines in ;th'at district/have' adopted thg^recifition 6t developing: the^ree^*t a lower-level. Theirahaft is now down 40ft, and according to the apparent underly^wpj^nay expect to: hear atrany; moment of tiie reef haying 1; been intercepted, afc ,flie,,lower idvei. " ■ ■.;:.;^;;. r ; o '■' ■•'"-»-