OUR MINES.

Thames Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 7081, 13 January 1892, Page 4

OUR MINES.

MAY QUEEN.

The manager repotte:—" The drive ensfc on tho new section of' the No. 4 lode r.t No 2 level is now in a dißtanca of 65ft. Tbo lode in tho foes is about 12 inches thick, and is cOEJpoeod of day with gritty quartz through it. The cinntry on both side.j of tbe lode ia all that could bo desired for gold. The drive we»t on tho hacgingwall branch, new section of Ko. 4 lorile aft No. 2 le^el, is now in a distonce of 40ft from tke junction. The lotfe is 18 inches thick, snei colors of gold were seen through the quartz when breaking down. The nee in the now sec*ion of tbe _?o. 4 lodo is now up a height of 32ft. Gold wus freely eeen thr>nsh the quartz when breaking it down on Saturday last. The winzo that ia beir p sunk on lha new section of the Ho. 4 lode bslovr No. 1 lefel is now down a depth of 48ft. 2hero are about 18 iuohes of rubbly quartz on tb9 hangingwall, ia whioh pold io freely eeen when breaking down. Old section of No. 4 lode above 3so. 2 level: Tho tenth stope cast from the winze ia along 125 it. The lode in the face is 2ft thick, and colors of gold were seen through the qnavta when breaking down. The eleventh Btope e3Bt from the winze is alorg 77ft, the iode being 18 inches in thiokness snd showing gold when breaking down. The twelfth stope ratt from tho wirze h along slft. The lode is ■18 inrhes wide, and gold is seen in the quart z when breaking down. Tbo tenth etspo west is a'ong 45ft, the reef being 12 inches thick and showing colors of gold, while in the eleventh etope the.reef is 18 inches wide and shows gold freely. The twelfth stops west is along lift. The lode is 18 incbeo thick and there is some good mineral through tho quartz, The winze that is being cunk on the ISo. 4 lode below No. 2 level is row down a depth of 63!' C, tho contractors having sunk 7ft since they started. The lode in the bottom is about 18 inches thick, and colons of gold I ara seen in tbe quartz. I have started a leading stops eaet fenm the rise on the new section of tbo No. 4 lode over No. 2 level. Amalgam on baud, 1670zs lOdwts.—H. W. Mooeb."

SAXON. The manager reports:—" Tbe work in the mine during the past week has been coi'fiaad to tfi3 etopes on the No. 3. reef east of the No. 2 break, also the No. 1 mnin reef between Nos. 1 and 2 breaks, aod the stopes on the new reef, all over No. 6 level. From all of these reefs a good supply of payable quarfz is coming to haDd. AtNocS level a start was made in the early psri; of the week to clean up and repair this level, and crosscut with the object of pushing along tbß course of the new reef and to open up a block over tho No. 3 blonk aa early aa possible and to connect with No. 4 by means of a winze on this reef. This will ventilate this portion of tho mine, and likewise open up two new blocks. The battery has been fully employed all the week. The general quarta is ebapiug similar to previous orushings, although picked stone hea not been so plentiful. Ataalgaus ou hand 2250^9. Picked etono, lOiba,—T. A. DITHtOP." VICTORIA. The contractors for driving along the coarse of the No. 3 reef at No. (5 level resumed work on the Bih inst., sioce which date a distance of 10ft has been driven. The reef has been taken down for that iength, find showed gold freely. It ia again split tip into, two leaders averHRiDK about £) inches in thickness, wi!;h 2ft of sandstoDe between them. This is full of small mineral veins, and some of them carry fai? gold. The ventilation i? very troofalfßoroe jn the drive, owing to the eultry weaihe?. CALLIOPE.

The.manager reports:—" Fair progress has been made with the driva on tha foot" wall reef,,l2ft having been driran for the week. Tbe gronod is very tight, bfiiog interlaced with ■Qinty veins, which make it bad for shooting. The reef, which has been ail broken down, is about Ift wide, composed mostly of flinty quarts, while the siangiagwall poriioa, which \8 about 3 inches w£dc ? jp a promising ekss of. stone, containiog a little bright mineral, bleed, and rnby silver, and colors of gold were also visible through the quarts. A rise ig being put up on the No. 1 hunting Wall leader Ho? n tjjird ptopa. A little of the quar.z was broken down on Saturday, and good colors of gold were seen. On tho 180. 2 hangingwall leader a leading stope is b&iog carried over, but no quartz has been broken down. There is about 1£ loads of quartz in tbe paddpok, and eboafi BOlbs of picked stone on hand, which -Siatend tp sepd to the battery next week if one is available^O^P. Waits."