MINING MATTERS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4058, 31 October 1881, Page 3

MINING MATTERS.

Hape Creek,—Wilson and party, have not blastod down any of the reef in tho leading stopc since the last haul'of epeci' 1 mens was obtained but havo been engaged ■ in,'stripping the oudrte' for fieveral daya. - The drive on tho low' level is still being puehed witli.the object o£ intorabctidg' tt' l shot of gold/coming down from the upper /' workings and known as " MoDermott's patch," but the precise distanco of driving, , required is not known; The party cleaned' up again on Saturday after, a 'week's run ■, ■ and obtained 67 ozs. 7 dwts.' gold, the, re- ! eult of 36 loads of general stuff, Th 6 " total, quantity of gold produced by this tribute duriiigtha montliis 265 -Wells and party crushed 2 loads' of quartz for a yield of 10 ozs. 4 dwts.' gold. ' —~ •"•j WRECK OP THE BARQUE GLIMPSE. \' -.THREE, MEN DROWNED.'' Thb liarque Qltmpfld, belonging to Messrs - ' Stone i Bros., has become a total wreck miles from Sydney Hcads. Tli'o ! • 11 owners received tho following messago on •. '. s Saturday:— - WAKArnAKA, Ootober '28. , i Glimpse lost, 240 miles from tho Aus*" tralian coast, on Thursday; 20th' October, i Eight men'picked up in tho boat by Cdori-' i - 1 ambara from Newcastle,, and landed in Sydnoy this morning. - Th# cook, second mate, and captain's son aro lost. I '' , : , 1 t'The Glimpse was from Paget Sound, with . i 30,000 ft timber. 1 ' Tho Glimpse has been . constructed 22 years. She is a 'State of 4 ' * 5 Maine-built; vessel, - and forimany years' -' H past'has boon trading to this port. She ivr becamo the proporty of Messrs Stone Brothers three years ago, since then sho has'been k engaged running coals and ~ timber .between .Melbourne! Kaibara, and ? Auckland. ' ' / '/ " ' <\ } The vessel was insured for £500, and the.freight for £1,200 in Melbourne offices. - Messrs Stono Bros, estimate'theirloaaut £700 • £500 on the barquo and £200 on.' cargo, having recoivcd an offer of £1.000 for the formes a few montiis ago, The r j' Qlimpsa was'in the charge of Captain Gregory Norris. His son was between 15 and 16 years of age, ;and on.his first sea voyage with his father at the timo of wreckage.