BENDIGO (Puru).

Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8601, 4 March 1897, Page 3

BENDIGO (Puru).

The steady advancement cf the low level has been carried on beyond the reef recently met with, and since passing through it a series of small veins have been cut through, travers. ing a most favorable class of country. | The extent of drivage accomplished hare is 200 ft, and by continuing the drive upon its present course the whole of the lode system will,'be intersected at a depth, from where permanent developments can be carried on. SHERIDAN. The low level crosscut continues to penetrate h most favorable class of country for gold. Owing to its excellent breaking character it allows of much speedier progress being made with the advancement of thj£ crosscut NONPAREIL. - The.drives east and west ; of tlie crosscut upon the course of the Liverpool reef have been steadily pushed ahead, but not much quartz has been broken down of late. There is a stretch of 40ft opened up on the line of lode, and tbe country continues of a first class description. The main crosscut ia being Headily proceeded with, and the same jjood class of country is being penetrated. PURU CONSOLIDATED. Steady development work is pr: ceedivg in tl.is mine ;-nd on the whole the results beirg met with are quite consistent with 't'.o prospects m-t with at the very commf nccml nt of ope a'ions in tl i< mine. Jhe Bimu icef at both the Nos 1 and 2 leTc's continues to. produce ore o' a bisih c'as°, and the stretch of paynble ore is my itreat. At No. 1 lei el" \\» lode maintains an average thickness ot 24ft to 3't of so'id quartz, which h«s shows gold now for a'o al 1 n«th of 300 ft. In the face at (h» piescnt time strong gold cau be vety freely > ccn, and the lode maintains i s u-ual boldness «f cba'ac er. At No. 2 level the • nn of god so far entered npon is fully 100 ft in length, and at the present face the ore body is srensj and shows gold. Owing to tb«» quunz p'dducks bang taxed to their ukn-st capacity ihe reef is being left standing, and is cut into at intervals to a see tain i'g va'ue. OiLe- uploratory woik is also in progress upon the o;her surface sections and encouraging results a c bin; met with. GfIAND TRIPLE. The «tork of advancing the drive upon the course of tbe No, 2 reef has been actively carried on du'ing the past week, A decided imp ovement has taken pace, and a very fair piospect of free gold is now (btainah'e. thus showing that as depth is reached the lode bas a tendency to improve in qna'ity »cd chi'achr, The qua-tz body,, though rimmed, is agnin assutninz i's usual f-ize of about 3 fee', and contains an excelltnt description of mineral.