THE GROWN PRINCESS.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1995, 27 May 1875, Page 2

THE GROWN PRINCESS.

After a considerable amount of the inevitable dead-work in the opening up the new level,, there now appear some: symptoms" of a return for the labor expended. The No. 2 reef—or leader—is; being worked on in both directions front the point at which; it was uevered. The manager is stoping and driving upon it, arid the leader has so. far shown gold all; the . way. He is also ■ stoping on the specimen leader, with fair prospects. The drive is still being carried forward to cut the N0..1, but before that is reached, Mr Daniels expects to cut a small leader which, when cut on the upper level, carried gold, and was looked upon' as a valuable possession. He expects to cut this leader before the end of the present week, it? est,, should it; maintain the old course. With regard to leader No. 1, which has to be struck before the connection on the new level can be looked upon as complete, the drive will be continued till it is intersected; The winze on this leader from the 200 feet level has been discontinued, the men having been driven out by the foul air just as they got within four : feefc ©f the destined depth. The remaining four feet will be sunk when the drive has reached the leader from the bottom level. With, respect to No. 3 leader, which runs parallel with the main shaft, it has tbecn left standing for the past fortnight^ 1 a vquantity of stuff having been.accumulated, which it is purposed to testjby itself before operations upon the leader' are,, resumed- The crushing at the Bright Smile (late Vickery's) battery is sh&^in^up for-a payable return; 191ozs lO|Wl|36fjamalgam have been lodged at themnlc of- New South Wales, add a general cleaning up is to take place at the end of the week. : c