MINING.

Inangahua Times, 29 March 1909, Page 2

MINING.

KP.EP-IT-DARK,

The fo'lowin* is the mine report lor .the month of March :—Stoping has been carried on as usual f'om all the f ices, except the 87 feet between No 6 and 7. This block is woked ou'. 1091£. tons of quartz iv re sent to the battery, and 1080 to -s w. re citl.hed for the month for afield of 197 o2s 3dwts of gold frfjrri the bVtery and islozs \2 dwts frorrl the cyanide, if til"318 oz? 15 The ctosscUt from No 3 chamber to the nionkey shaft, is now lepaired lor a disiar.be bf 566 f.et; This leaves 25 feet to the shaft; the distance repaired Up td last month was 424 feet; Th 6 contractors in the dttve from No f dhamber to the tiionitey shaft produced the drive r9 (19 in, The pressure pipes, peltorij and fan, were fixed in position on Saturday listj and the uprsa from No 7 to 6 was slatted on Monday morning- 3 ? total fot uprise 28 feet previously 19 feet, distance for week ' 9ft for 10 shifts. No / level was pro Ju;ed four feet, previously 125 leet, total on this block—l2o feet, the width of the lode at the face is 10 let I, The crosbciit from,No 6to the position of the- top of uprise'-ftom 1 No*7' ; w-s produced 7 feet for the wejk, totd 2i ft. We are now to drive en the lode cut through here. There is r.o alteration in any of the stopes,

NEW BIG RIVER.

The mine report for the past jveek is as follows:—No 9 winze has attained a depth of 100 feet with no change in the ground to report since the previous week. No 9 level east: the reef in this level has now been proved for a length of W feet; the reef in the face is 4 feet wide in the floor and; feet wide at the roof of the level. Coarse gold can be seen in the stone. There is no change to report from No 7 and the intermediate level. The crosscut from No I level has been connected with the back drive on the same level. The new outside wall to the battery dam is being built as speedily as possible. All work in. the mine has been stopped owing to the shortness ot water caused by the present dry > weather. Both mine and battery paddocks are full of and to find further storage room on the surface would entail additional handling and consequently expense.

CALEDONIAN UNITED.

The mine report for the past" week is as follows :-->The chamber for No I level has been completed with the exception of the centre posts of opening set land shafts centres, which are now being put in. When this is [ finished, the cistern will be removed and tha winding compartment battened to allow the hauling bucket to run more smoothly through the shaft. This will occupy three or four shifts, atter which the crosscut will be got under way; with all possible speed-