OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 6916, 24 June 1891, Page 4

OUR MINES.

FLYING CLOUD. The manager reports :—" During the i past week we have been partly engaged i piecing in tlie timber that was required around the top of tho me. Now that this work is completed"and the ground seenred j we are in a good position to carry on the j works east and west' of rise. Drive east of rise: We have extended this drive about 6ft during the past week. The country still continues to be very favorable, being a nice class of white sandstone ' well interlaced with mineral veins of a very good description. We have not broken down' any quartz from here since my last. Drive west o£ rise : Wo have a very large reef here to contend with, which makes driving rather slow at present. The reef is from 6 to 7 feet in width —a very promising looking body of quartz which has shown in breaking down a little gold right through, and especially on the hangingwsll side, and at this point colors of gold.are still visible in the rnef. We have now about4oft opened ap on the line of reef ready to starting atoping operations at any time, which I intend to do after extending the eastern drive a jittie further.—James Jobe." OELANDO. The maueger reports : —"_ Hanging wall yeef'i Stoping on this reef in still baiug continued. Tho reef maintains its uuual size of about 15 inches in width. There is not so much picked stone sorqing to hand from, this roef, but still the general •stuff is of fair quality, gold being seen pretty freely-through! it. Footwall leaders. Drmhjj- and.'sloping on thia leader i»/no^ ij^epurße of opef*tioo. The

country in tbe drive still continues very tight and rather slow progress is being made. Tho leader is about six inches in width, and shovyg gold freely crery breaking down. Noh. 1 and 2 stopes have been carried eastward a distance of 30 feet from the junction. The leader is about 8 inches 'in width, and shows ?o!d freely, while occasionally a fete pounds'of picked stone are selected frosa the quartz.. The hangingwol! leader east of the junction is laying over very fast towards thn footwall leader, and I expect to be, abie to carry both leaders in the nest slope taken along on 'Ifao footwßll leader. The Bendi^o crosscut is no?F penetrating a better class of couutry. Tho break, which I men tioned ia my last, is opsning out, and appears to be cutting tba bftrd ground out. —Chas. McLean:"