OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3324, 18 August 1879, Page 2

OUR MINES.

MOANATAIRI. The only news of importance to chronicle is the obtaining a parcel of nice stone from a leader in the tuunel level workings. The mine manager's weekly report is as follows: —160 feet level.—ln driving west from cross-cut, the All Nations' leader if one foot thick, and 10 feet more driving will break through to winze sank from level abovo, thus opening up *tog«MMk of ground available for stoping. 80 feet levei.r-The driving and stopmg hitherto carried on upon No. 3 reef has not I think been in its gold producing p«t,*nd to prove this we have now started driving east and west from the cross cut, 16 feet away from the footwall workings above referred to. In the intenneditto lerfhon same reef, white breaking out the foojhfall: of the drives east and west from winze, we discovered- a series of nic*, looking leaders, making these workings now' from 6 to 8 feet wide. At the tunnel tare); on same reef, the only change to mention is the discovery of a leader 6 ufshitittiick. striking in footwall or south side. In 12 feet of'driving oh this we h*v*ot*MMlt lewt of picked stone, and it still looks promising for gold. Point Bnssell sec-tion.-The stuff broken daring list fortnight has been of low grade. Tunnel cross-cut south has made poor progress this week, owingitea hard jbajr o£|iw^t , reaching half way across the' drive. * Tiis * is now wearing; put, and we shall get on - M better., 11' feet has Been driven sinoelast report. During past fortnight 320 tons have been cruahed, yielding ,$f gold.—l am, AeVßoßtUjOdaiiß^ '* '"^