THE BRIGHT SMILE.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1696, 10 June 1874, Page 2

THE BRIGHT SMILE.

"Qhe report from this mine is most eni couraging to the shareb.oldcrß, r the jreefg at tlje present' level hardeniDgVand $ill iiplding their great wjdth, : 7 j,One.pf fthe liest features ia the Bright Smile ground is tliiit as the works ■progress downwards the walls enclosing the reef's become more . ; defined;" jthp . stpnerjsliootiug down clear 6f them "bearing tlldse clean, shiny /sides found in ike Australian^-reef-bearing /districts, ; and almost inrariably;indicating .thatc the lode conta,ined: within .the wall in a true reefe, and. not a spur from off one': .'A rough, ragged hanging. wall is ;-flot the . most -pleasing sight. for>;ai mine ? manager', as lie, seldom' knows :when,helias iimbered jijsiraipe; sufficiently toprfeservte his mcii .frOjUi acQident, but when the mine worki are in a: country; with ; the reef cleanly I cleavir g ,it,; leaT,ing : -^, danger} from any. superintendent or hollow- sounding poi4 tiqn ioffthe Rasing^cl|arly under his notice "Very little danger to" the men cau. r occur 'frdm'flaldn'g ddvvii of yiec^s'that hare bef came''winded < or fram, ■ what Cornisli :: inihelis call slippery I;eads. Tho ;best gold, in the Bright Smile is still tending down--wards and.seawards. . The groundroutside ?the Bright^ Smile Company's towards the sea .will, take a good bit-of money to pros,poct, but from the direction ;,the gold is taking.there canbe bat little doubt that mining operations in; that direction -will be; highly.rprofitable even if it doessnfvblve^ the expenseiof anether Thames Pumping Association. |