MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXV, Issue 7170, 10 March 1892, Page 2

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Oman no,—The manager (Mr Waite) reports: The quartz which was stripped in the winze was brokou down, the reef averaginu about 2ft 6in wide from wall to wall, with bands of Bandatone between them. The quartz contains excellent mineral indications, and as I informed yon by wire good dab 3 and colonra of goU were seen, Some of it is intermixed with silica, and is of.a very coarse dhcription. The wat;r is still increwng. I CAiiMOi-K.-Ino manager (Mr Waite) reports: The dr'va on the course of the footwiiU leader has been extended 7ft, both wills, being a fine olasa of sandstoue, with a band of soft mullock between them. The last 4ft of quartz has made on the hangingwall, and appears to be from 3 to i inches wide, Beyond si kin? a small hole into it, none has been broken down. Iho leadine stope hw been extended about 10ft; the leader avpragos about 2 inches wide, and colours of gold were seen through the quartz when broken down. The third atope on the No, 1 hanpinirwall leader has been extended BEt. the leader averaging 8 i-choa wide. Colours ot gold wero seou through the quartz an! about Idbs of picked stone was saved during the week, Saxon,—'l he manager (,\lr T A. Dunlnp) reports: "Dining the past week work has been confined principally to the stopesoi the reefs above" No G level. On the No 2 reef there ave eight stopes still in progress, on the No 2 break three, and five on the west Bids. The reef will average about Sin in thiiknesn and a little gold is occasionally seen, but the quartz ia still of a somewhat low grade, l y u tho new reef, five stopes we in progress, two over No fi level, and two over No 4 level. The drive on the small leader at No 6 'cvelon the east side of the main crosscut Ins been extenddd a further distance of Bft, The country is very tighh. and the leader consequently small, Colours of gold ave often seen through the quartz when biokendown. The battery baa been working full time during the past week, Araalsam on hand, lSO^s."

Oambr[^.—Thenmnaser (Mr W, Mod reports: There is very little ohange in the appearance of the quartz in the stopes on tho main reef above No, 2 level; they still look well and alsi carry favourable minora's No, J{ level; Tho loading stopo on No ti louder is turning out some vory aood crush. ing dirt. Tho leader is at present divided into sfvcral veins, in some of which nice pieces nf picked Htone are occasionally saved. The second s'opß on tho cross leader is forward to the main reef, hero a portion of tho lattfr is boifg O'oken tor crushing, the (juarfii heavily mineralised and looks very proiiiislnir for poli'l, The third stops on the same 'proas lender still continues to yield a fair supply of good crushing dirt and occasionally &nmc nico picked stone is obtained, A little gold is still seen in tho leading stopo on tha small leidor striking into tho footwall of tho second stopu on the cross leader. A good supply of crushing dirt, in whioii »old is seen pretty freely, is sti I be'iij; obtained from tho leading stop'i on tin numerous quartz veins. Tir> drive on tho small leader on Ihe hantjingwall of the main reef to the right hi these veins has been, Wle for the pqst week, the ropii working fcero being employed timbering and rspairinp tho different drives. No I level : A drive has just bcon started on the unuvll leader striking into the lianginßwall lender, what little quarlz has been broken from here ho far lma shown gulil nrct'-y lKu'.y,l|