MINING ITEMS.

Colonist, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7032, 8 June 1891, Page 4

MINING ITEMS.

[From|be :• • Beeftori'Guardian,' June 2.] .. *".THE%nOTaI cleaning up. of the Fiery Cross " ighighly satisfactoryi and a dividend of Is v; per^2,ooptbrflbarerfe«(tial to t; waS de- - olared yestei&Kftr^Thesjpro^perity: Of' this mine V for a long tf^ ; ia now asaured, as abundance fillfltoiw Enffi^h^proYfidi n ' 1 7 r ; "

- Should, further ».discoveries,.,lJ« A .ma^M many hope, in the Welcome and "Caledonian mines, the once lively town- -of Boatmans would be'recusitatedV For sometime pasMhe appearance of this field has been steadily, im ; prqving^and the climax is_yet by no means reached. ; : ; : ; .-; ... Exclusive of the "Alpine, -our mines have produced over £10*000 worth of gold within the past month, and there is reason' to. expect the yields of next month to exceed this considerably. * The Globe,-^the returns from which have fallen JcS latelyj is ; improving, and better "returns are anticipated next month- In the top good stone is visible, and on the whole the appearance of the'mine has greatly in> proved." : l iV: ■'■ -■'■'•'■•■'''- -<-■• '-' ■■ ,' jTha return from the Wealth of Nations is not large, but the facilities for working, make the return belter than at first sight appeals " Sometime -ago excellent stone was found on the surface Of the United Devonshire property, and this encouraged those interested to pursue further prospecting ; so far no important disoovery has been made, but the indications are of a highly encouraging nature and; hopes are- entertained of again picking up' the orica famous Anderson's reef. The returns for some ; time paßt from the Kpep it Dark are not in keeping with past rebords, but aboh fluctuations' are incidental to quartz mining, and as the returns are again improving there is good reason to believe that this mine will shortly regain its old status. There will be a general clean up in the No. 2 South Dark on Saturday next, when a good result is reasonably anticipated. The yields from this mine have been uniformly good for some time past, and tbe last return, 1630z of amalgam from 86 tons is considered very satisfactory . ; ■ ; The mine manager for the Golden-Treasura reports :— During the month we have extended the level on the small antimony reef 112 ft, making a total of 165 ft in the north, and. we then broke through into the old level. I then started the three shifts in the south, and on Thursday last wa struct a large reef sft wide, With 2ft of it good antimony ore, the other part of it being a mixture of quartz and antimony. I believe it #ill make into a large anfimohy lode in a few more feet of driving. • ; The Boatman's people are in great hopes of the Welcome regaining its former high position. The contractors for driving No. 1 ievei.have. driven 66ft "to date, the drive 13 in hard solid country with very little underlie. Two men are driving the intermediate level, where there is a. good track of a .reef in tbis drive, which is situated oOlt above No, 3 level. . ...... . . .