MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8073, 19 June 1895, Page 2

MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.

: NEW ALBtJENIA. , Tte manager reports :-" The contractors sink.ng the mdn shaft ha,e made slow prrgres, dunn* the week, in convene! of haTing met with a tight fib of ,ana«one couutry and of a spongy nafnre. ?2 siquenee the explosives do not doX same amount of wofic. This, however, eta only last a few feet farther, as the P Af r' "iV h°r" y «jemet wi.h and "u. I Hf Bhaf/' *be,"«kin* will,hen be continued on the footwall of the reef, which i« a more A wall Dating the week the eastern drift has been extended a further dist'nJe o f 15ft Ihe reef continue, aboat 2ft in tbiekoeai, carrying f air indications for gold It is the .ntenti.n to start a crosscut from thw drive to cut the Sons of Freedom ree? Jp i,I lrfquire fo°e driven a distance fott 7rf 80"therly direction ■£*&■ fuotwal! of Dion's reef. The battery has t .en running two shifrs -sixteen hoarder daj-15 bead for the tributes at the Clunes le.e and 5 head for the Cty 0 £ Dunedin ,nb D . erP . The company's triburers at the Clunes !e<ei banked 20azs me ted gold on Saturday lasf.-T A '£?"

CAMBRIA. The nritajer reports as follow;:V* A break w« mfif-.wi.h in the early P st of the week in the wins- on No. 4 leader, wbioh bid< the effect of disturbing the leader, atid also char,^ the country! In consequence I bave discontinued sinking, and having Parted to drive on the eider t> the main reef. When the Utter has been reached the drive will be eoninued on it to the m,in wi. Z3 leading to No. 4 level. Driving haa also been started from the latter winze to meet the ast mentioned drives. Abont 20ft * should connwt these dtive. The leedini^ slope on No. 7 foatwa!l leader has been iS prcgre ? 9 daring the week, while the leader ts looking well and yielding a little picked atone. Sloping is proceeding as usual on No. Header, and the quartz coming to hand shows gold pretty freely, and also yields .a -little-- stone. The battery and "ft engl"e are ia good workiug order. —VV. Bakeh. ' °

VICTOMA. The manager reports: "During thd week, work has been carried on m the rise on the main reef at the No. 1 level. The reef averages 2ft in thickness, and gold is freely seen through the ore at each, breaking down, and the mineral indications continue good. The drive on the leader under Cleave and party has been extended a further distance of 15ft. Ihe leader continues of a promising appearance, but so far no gold has been met with. Tributers : There is at present an average of 25 men working on tribute. The principal number of them ai-e prospecting the reefs and leaders at the different levels. Cleaye and party crushed 4 loads and 25lbs of picked stone for a yield of 370z 4dwt of melted gold—T A. DtTNLOP.?'

MAT QUEEN. The manager reports as follows—• 11 The drive on No- 4 reef is in 296 feet. On Friday the eastern break was met with. This no doubt will throw the reef to the left a few feel. I expect to pick it up > again in a few feet of driving. The did- / fcancs between the two breaks at No. 3 v level was 95 feefc, at No. 4 level it is only 36 feefc. The leading stope is now along between the two breaks, and thereof ig three feet thick, showing colonrs of gold. The reef in the second stope is two feet thick, and a little- cold is seen. In the third and fourth sfcopes the reef is being shot, and is fully 8 feet wide, being composed of a mass qf-small sfc ingers, which require picking over, and occasionally a few pounds of picked stone are selected* The fifth stope is along 50 feet, and tha reef is about the same as reported in my last. The drive on north west reef is now in 357. feet. During the last few feet the reef has been smaller than usual, but in Ihe face now it has the appearance of making out again. Trenton section: The drive east oa No. 1 reef is in ten feefc, and the reef is 18 inches thick, and strong dabs of gold are seen in the quartz broken. West of the crosscut the quartz has been broken down for 12 feet, and the reef is divided info several ribs of quartz, which will all be taken down, and thorough mullock picked out. Gold is seen in most, of the quartz taken out. Saxon section: The stores over No. 3 level aie without change, the quartz coming to hand being of a payable grade. At the battery the quartz is shaping fairly well, having on hand 442 ounce* of amalgam and 70 oounds of picked stone.—W. H. Bui>cn."