MINING MATTERS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4197, 31 March 1882, Page 3

MINING MATTERS.

•: ALDURNiA.r—The managor has discovered ad old cross-cttt i into • the hanging-Wall of tho Sons of Freedom'' lode at tho Sons : bf freedom tunnel levclj immediately litidcrneath tlio passes "formeriy '"utilised by the | W.hau' company,.'Tlio ' cross-cut' has been cleared' but for a distance of abpiit 20 feet, Avhere,,it;has intersected a lode running' parallel with. tlio: main level, and. upon winch very .little, work appears, to,;havb been done. - At the end of the old worki ;ings-> which, only; extehd- a few feet on either'eide of tlio .cross-cut—it' is a wbll- ■ defined-' body about a : foot 1 in' thlcknfiSs', comprising' dark' : coloured ! 'quiirtz : rejjlpte With'/ promising minerals. J ', Before/'commencing any, decisive operations liponit, Mr' Radford to ; Ipak. out a ( tVial parcel, and: .despatch,, it .to tho, company's mill, unit should, the result,.of;, tlio. test, be satisfactory, driving-, will,jbe>'commenced forthwith. The intermediate,level o» tho eastern; side of the company's old passop has been renovated hombito solid ground, a distanco of'abotit' 100 feet, <>Tho mbn aro'noW engaged in'driving upon'a lodb which 'w;as,worked With good 1 -results nearer the 1 ' 160-fdet level. ! Along the back of' the: Old drive a : kindly-looking fortriation of rubbly'qiiartz in the present face.itydoes' not look so encouraging. . ; ' : The .country is !soinph'at disordered, and. tjiis circumstance: greatly assists to deteriorate;' the, value of : th 6 10.de,-ii which/:: n\ay ,bp ;) expected -..[to improvei ■'when ■ the:- sandstonebe r comes; moi-e; settled.■ 'At present.tlierfe. •are only' a i'couple, of: inches l of quartz 'being saved,' though a few feet back there we re 1 t\V o f 01 4 three inches of crushing dirt, Variablbnfciss 1 , of 1 lidwovtr.- is said to bo'i cliai'dcteristio' of tlii's pa'rticuj. lar'lode.V The!bbject of tlio indnager is to extend' this drivo' 1 until' lie Veaclies l : the yiciriity of tlio' l^o^.^Cevdnv^j^pany'?■ passes, wlipii.',a reef .worked successfully ,by.. trib ( uters;above, the' IGQ feet .lovel should come to'liand,?Thpili,stance,wlu.cli lie,will require to drive to. accomplish this object wijl .be sonicwhoro about; lOO.feet. The drive, on the Sons of 'Freedom, lodo at the intermediate -level, 'near, the, Wliau eastern still being pushed, forward;' < -Tlio' reef has • for somo time past biiPn ' of " very poorqiiftlltyj but a day;oV sincb ,: an' iinttistakc'able' improvement 1 in the nature of the; country has . beeri hp--parent.' ~ The'lode has only .been broken• down once.since entering the moro kindly chapnel of country, but on that, oceasibn the buck reef has almost disappeared and a more likely class of stone set in, though it, does, not', contain mi'icli gold-bearing .minerals !Thb winze. - from the 160 feet level. ha§. been sunk: about,' 18''feet,' but there is of importance, to mention in' connection with it.'"," 1 ... New North.Devon,~Tlio,'small block of ground'on the eastern sido of the prospecting winze is' nowcdmplotoly 1 exhausted. In carrying up the workings it was found necessary to confine the stopes to that portion of tlio reef'underneath the fiat cross-vciri so that 'the extent of tho 'ground' ; ih ' hind became dhity morc and more'limited, 1 On 1 Approaching! the flobr of the intermediate level, it wiiS discovered that, an underhand stopb; lift'd bfieu carried along 'from the winze, ; find taken out the ' li.est portions of tlio lode,".' The only, ground now' remaining^to^;bo; taken ,out, is' in ~thb., immediate I vicinity ,o£, the main connecting, wipze. Tho removal of this block will'occupy tho men 'for two or tlireo,weeks yet,, .iThe reef is hereof good size, but though it .contains fair minerals no gold is' visible. The manager, now intends to continue tho faco of the IGO-feet level in the of the;'break, and will probably- coinmenco; this work- on rMoriday.' Crushing is proceeding at * the Hbrald mill,' .but'Hno SfAmpers.'liaVo'' not yet b'een at ■ work sufficiidt titrto to enable tho manager to form any idca ho'w tho quartzisshaping.; . r BENmao, CfNiTED. —trlip whole of. this company's property lyiiig to tho westward of 'tlio C/olorado 'slMt Had been "lot 1 oh tributejto Foster,and l! partyfor,a tei;m of two years. 'Tho tributers aro'now ptoparing. to commence, operations from the Colorado adit lovbl. , ~,,, f; ,; J 1 New Puin'ce Imperial,—ln' breaking doivn tho beach lead in'tho;winko!.ycslfiday about 12 pounds of'pickcd stone were obtained.., ,Tho mineral accoinpaniments wero moro likely than those of tho formor haul, and the preoious ,uiotal,.was moro regularly distributed throughout.

OiiD Golden I 'Cat, crushing o£ ninety loads of. general dirt from tho slopes at. ; Hie, intermediate , level was finished vesterduy, and yielded CBozs 19d\vts gold. •' , Smile of Fortune,—Mr Moore, manager of this ininc,' arrived from, tlio tipper country'ydstei'day 1 with a'paroMf gold weighing lOjlwts, for lodgment in the bank. For this return 220 tons of general. dirt were treated.' ..Only, about live weeks wero .occupied in breaking out this crushing so that there is a considerable maigin of pi'blit as an instalment i_ towards auothor dividend.!,:>Tho minoiis now. well opened up, 'the rofcf averaging from fivo to ■ Bix ; feet in.tlriokness. ; with'' 'every 'facility for/procuring crushing dirt expeditiously,! Moanataiari. — Martin and party crushed three loads of quartz at tho coinpany'amillfor tho rotum o£ lObzs lOdwts gold. City of MANcriESTito.-A crushing from this claim has yielded Bozli 18dwts gold. , t Old Golden Calf.—Tho manager Jodiiy Banked' GBdz'S IQdWts'gold j : th'fe 'tofult of /the,'crashing' at' the' Queen o£.'T3catity : , '4 ", v 3