Notes from Reefton.

Otago Witness, Issue 2164, 15 August 1895, Page 16

Notes from Reefton.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Reefton, August 10. Returns.— Keep-it-Dark, 113oz amalgam from 87 tons : Hercules, 71oz from No. 1 box (clean th* and 430z from the top plates from 45 tons ; Cock sparrow dredge, 290z 3dwt of amalgam for 113 hours; Buller dtedge, 22"z gold for 104 hours dredging ; Big River, 220z from 23 tons. Midday Quotations.— Buller dredge, 5s 3d to Sa 9d ; Cocksparrow dredge, 2s to 2s 6d ; Cumber land, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; Exchange, 8d to lOd ; Globe 9s to 9s 6d ; Hercules, Is 3d to Is fid ; Keep-it Dark, 17s 6d to 18s 6d ; Lyell Creek, 2s to 2s 6d ; Lord Edward, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; No 2 South Dark 9d to 1» ; Progress, 15k to 16i ; Alpine, 5s to 63 Wealth, 10s to 10s 9d ; Welcome, Is 6d to la 9d. Big River. — The mine manager reports :-' "During the week No. 4 level has been driven 13ft. The total distance drivtin is 47ft. There is no change in the character of the ground, and I will stop driving for the present and start the hands to sink tho winze a few feet deeper this afternoon as all the bad air is blown out Since starting to haul on Wednesday I have had to repair the main shaft, one end having squeezed so that the cage would not go through to No. 5. I am thawing the ice from about the battery with hot Witter. I do not think it possible to commence caushing to-morrow."

Progress.— The mine manager reports:— "We finished filling in the worked gr«und on Thursday, and since then the bauds have been breaking stone as usual. Eighty tons of quartz have been sent to the battery. The wi^ze below No. 5 level has been sunk a further depth of 7ft for {be week, making a total depth of 83ft. The stone has acain benched into the hanging wall. The battery started crushing yesterday. Ke«jp-it-D«rk.— Ihe mine manager reports: — "Nothing fresh in the stopes. The east end has be-n extended 10ft A f r»-sh make of stone came in on Thursday, and looked very p ommng, but ithas not turned out according to expectation. It is about 6ft long and 2Jft wide. It does not cope down to the floor drive. A little water is coming out. The show must have a connection with a larger body of stone higher ui>."

Globe The manager report^ :—": — " We repaired the winze from the intermediate level to No. 5, and are now laying the road iv the intermediate level. We discontinued diiving ou No. 6 level, as we have got 70fc to timber. We cannot get the timber through the heavy snow. We have driven on the "tone 23ft. The size of the reef in the face is sft 6in, on payable stone The winze is down 45ft. We discontiuued sinking for the present, and arc driving towards the intermediate level. There is 6ft of payable atone where we are now driving. I don't think we have the proper footwall."