GOLD MINING

Grey River Argus, 7 May 1934, Page 8

GOLD MINING

BIG RIVER GOLD MINES LTD. The report for April, 1934, is as follows:—The stops produced 116 tons of ore. One stope in No. 3 levet has been discontinued, and the men removed to extract a pillar under No. 2 level. Jones’ line of reef. No. 3 East Crosscut advanced 38ft. Gins., making a. total distance of 65 feet since commencement. The country penetrated has been hard and a. change may be expected any time. Some water is making from the face. No. 4 Level Crosscut has been driven a distance of 48 feet, making a total of 233 ft. from the shaft. Twentyfive feet of reef underlie has been cut and early developments are possible. The leader in No. 1 Level is still being followed, but improvement is slow. The stone bunches to 20 inches wide at intervals and then pinches to sin. to 7in. The length is sft and the stone is of good quality. Bell-Hoopjer Cromwell gold return for the week ended Alay 4 was 13oz lOdw-t 12gr. Bell T-li’.l Gold Sluicing Coy. mine manager advises that fnr 92 hou’s. 350 z 2dwl were received, all from tap levels. Applications arc coming in for shares in Ihe Upper Ahaura Gold Dredging Co., Ltd.. which is to dredge for gold on the Ahaura River on the West Coast . The main NorthSouth lead e-nasses the river. MAIL NOTICES. AIONDAY, May 7th. Rccfton Line. Afurchison and N■' son 6.S a.m. Hokitika Line 6.35 a.m. Otira Line 6.40 a.m. Chrstehnrch, Dunedin and North Is’and 6.40 a.m. Westport and Ba rn-y town Lin< 7 a ni Christchurch and Dunedin 5.30 p.m Late fee 6.30 p.rn. TUESDAY, May Blh. Canada. United States of America, Mexico, West Indies, Great Britain, Ireland and 'Continent of Europe via San Pedro per “ Storangcr” at Wei lington 9.18 a.in. WEDNESDAY, ATav 9th Austral'an South Africa and The East, per “Wangancl’a” at Y’el lington 6.8 a.m. R. G. MAY, Chief Postmaster.