MINING ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 99, 28 April 1893, Page 2

MI NING ITEMS.

y (From the Inangahua Times and lieefton | Guardian. , The amalgam for the past week amounts , to 1120 ouaces from the Alpine, Cumberland, , Glo :e aud Progress mines, the yields from all of whioh are very satisfactory. The Cumberland and Progress have done ea- [ pecially well and it is pleasing to sea the latter mine again coming to the front. The [ Globa aho shows a slight improvement and [ shares are firm. Tnere have been few t tnnsaotions on 'Chaage daring the week, ; Big Rivers, Lyell Creeks, and No. 2 Darka [ have been more in demind. Promising 3 accounts are to hand from the new field dis- \ covered by the Globe prospeotora and thiß . should give an impetus to further prospeot- [ ing. The Cissel plant for the treatment of , the Welcoma tailings at Baatmans is ex* , pjcteti to commence operations next week , anl the result is being eagerly waited for, as [ the success of the process will have a most [ important effect upon the prosperity of the district. The following reports have baen , received :— Big River— During the past [ wefk 6 men have been engaged breaking , out sfcoae from the wiDZ3 below No. 2 I level. Th 3 reef is about 3 feet wide I aud carries good gold but is still very , short. The winza below No. 3 level ha* I been Bunk a total depth of 75 feet 6 inches from the raco. We have had the footwall since last Monday but as yet } there is no sign of the hanging wall. The iua ; u shaft bas been sunk a total depth of 42 feet. There are about 45 tons of stone ! in the paddock, and crushing will b 3 started \ on Wednesday, the 26bh ioßt. Sir F. Drake: \ I have driven about 25 ft on the reef in the \ level — the average width of the quartz is i froai 4ft to sft, and carrying good gold, , There are now about 150 tous of stone in the paddocks, nad orushing will be started \ on Monday, the 31st inEt. Cumberland : [ During the past week stone has been taken from all patt3 of the mine ; there is very I little oha»ge in any part except in No, 2 atope aid level below. I expect to pas 3 this ' break in about two days. The blook of stone in tha intermediate level continues smill, bub it carries fair gold. I shall be \ itble to put another shift on ib in a few days, as the two men now at work repairing No. 1 level, will have the same iD working order throughout by that time. Progns3: In the 1 iatermeliata level, I have goo the cud of tha stone going west j I have started to stops above th 3 intermediate where the stove is 12ft wide and of good quality. In No. i level I have been widening the crossout and timbering it ; 1 have aleo been breaking stone from tha east aud west end of the icf. Iv the west end there i3 a large bjdy of cleaa stone of very good quality ; going east tie hanging wall has coma round very fast, but the atone appears to be m iking in the foot wall. This week I have had two men at work covering the creek below the battery in order to give room to stack the tailings. Uuited Alpine: There is nothing fresh to report from the mine for the past week. The winze has been sunk a further diatanoa of 8 feet, and the stone continues to show gold as usual. I expect tJ have the winze down the required depoh by the end of the month. The men in No. 4 level have driven seven foefc for the month.