MINING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 140, 22 June 1898, Page 2

MINING.

[By Telegraph.] (From a Correspondent.) LYELL, June 21. The Alpine manager reports :— There has been no work done in the No. 10 main south level, the men usually employed there having been engaged stoping in the lower Btopes at the back of this level. The reef lias been considerably intermix-' ed with mullock, but a change for the better is coming in to-day. In the upper stopos the reef is now from two to four feet in width. The No. 11 (125 feet) level has been driven south for a distance of 10 feet, and the reef now lies only a short distance below the top of the drive. The leading stope at the bottom of thiß level has been opened out north and south from the south winze below No. 10 level. The reef is from five to six feet wide, all clean stone. In No. 4 Wei the crosscut to the east has been discontinued, no change having taken place in the nature of the country. The men were then put on to drive to the north from No. 1 level, and a distance of ten feet has been made. The country passed through is a decomposed slate and sandstone of a kindly character. Two cages have been placed in position in the maiii shaft, and are now working satisfactorily. During the week 200 tons of stone have been sent to the battery, and tho result of scraping the top plate is 2040za amalgam from 381 tons of stone.