MINING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 234, 3 October 1896, Page 2

MINING.

(From a Correspondent). Lyell, October 12. The mine managers report as followi or the week : — The United Alpine manager ropor.'s :— The No. II level has been extended a furtbe (listanceof 10 feetO inches. The reef is IS inches wide, wiih indications of widening more, but it is not quite so good in quality. The stone reef is (ive feot wido carrying gold. The No 1 level has ben extended a furiher distance of 7 feet; total distance driven, 77 feot. No change of note has taken placo Since liist week's report, it being hard blocky sandstone. The Lyell Oree*c manager reports: — The north drive ha_ been driven 10 feet for the week, molcinsr the total distance driven on the reef, 71 feet. The reef is widening again, there being between five nnd six feet of stone in the faco at present. The quality of the stono ia also improving. The return from the Cocksparrow Dredge for the week ended 2Gth nit., was 47 ozs (j (hvt? of amalgam for 1.6 hours work. I United Press Association.! Blenheim, Tbis Day, The manager of tho Wakamarina Gorgj Sluicing Coi'ipamV reports :— The damage caused by tljo fato (lood has boen repaired, nud the gravel carried into the paddock has b^en removed. The paddock has also been carried down a furiher dis. tanco of two foet through a boulder formation. Tho indications aro said to be c'.oellem, and tho bottom oannot be far off; " ' "