Notes from Reef ton.

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 29

Notes from Reef ton.

«' EEEFTON, September 30. The Alpine Company's manager reports :- — The intermediate has been -extended north 12ft, making the total distance 24ft. There is 2ft of stone in the face to-day. The hanging wall stone cut out 15ft from the winze. We will start stoping the hanging wall stone on Monday. - ■ October 2. "Work at the Kirwaai's Reward mine (Victoria Rarge) has been temporarily stopped owing to a fall of snow. The manager of the "Ulster mine reports: — Operations at this mino ?cre resumed on .th? 19th with two men. After a good deal of repairs to the level, etc., had been completed tho uprise was commenced on th? reef at a point a 'few feet to the north of the north winze. To date .aft has been lisen on stone carrying fair. gold. The manager of the Kecp-it-Dsrk Company reports: — S't-oping has been carried on over N'os. 6, 5, and <i levels. A total of 1298 fcona of quarto has been son>t to the batteiy. and 1311" tons have been crushed for a yield of 4390r. retorted gold from the battery, and 16Soz Sdwi.fi'om the cyanide. Tha stopes throughoui . showed very little, alteration during the montb. We hove reivxand breastwork and. puddling of iho jdaci in No. 3 level, as we •will be stalling ,to prc<3vce from No. 7 level ncxt.montih. We have completed nine new trucks, >and' three more arc now being mr.de. This will give us stifficieirt , trucks far Nos. 6 'and 7 levels. Development works for the month are as follows: — Forty feet of 'driving on No. 6 level; the ,'crosscut from No. s "level extended 20lt, and No. 5 level extended 22ft.