Latest Mining Hews.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10452, 29 October 1904, Page 2

Latest Mining Hews.

4 The following reports are copies of those furnished to iMr H- H- Adams fromi the mine managers, and 1 which) Mr Adams has been good enough' to allow copies to be taken: NEW MOANAiTAIARL Mr deofg^i dlajrik 'reports: Work on the Cambria reef from the winze sunk below No. 3 level is proceeding as usual and much about the Baine results are met with. The mineral indications are still most favorable for the existence of specimen stone, and so far as yet can be seen the mineralized band 'of stone we are on has niot been* worked by the tributeors. Only a, limited) amount of the mullock in their old workings has been cleaned out, Ithere njot being sufficient ground opened to stow it away, and I wish to avoid' the expense of hauling it up to the level- Battery: Twenty ''head elf jsrtaanjps have been employed all week running 'two shifts and there has Ibeen altogether 125 loads of quartz from the mine- Next week olaning 1 up and retorting will take place, when I expect to have v good payable return. iNIEW iSAXON. Mr George Comer reports as follows : —The drive to connect with the Exchange workings has been extended 21ft, which leaves now about sft to connect according to the.plan. This should bt& aucouniplished early in tl>e week. The drive on .No- 2 Cardigan has been extended 12ft for the week, and as I anticipated in my •last report' we haviei out into the break, but owing to its acute angle to tho reef we are not clear of it yet- I think thia will cany the reef to the south with it. The country in the hangingwall of the breaki is a splendid! cjlaiss lof jst'and|to'ne and everything that could be desired for carrying! gold. new eclipse, Mr A- Thomas, manager, reports: Thei leading stop© at the low level has 'been acrried away a distance of '20ft andi the timfcers fixed in position!. Torldlay (Saturday) a. N'oV 2 stop© was started from the "winze, the reef here shows about 18 inches wide and the stone looks very pro---1 mising, as gold- is left showing in the : back of the. leading stope. There is ! a good prospect of picked stone being 'got, as thisi stop© is beaten along. When these stopes are further advanced it is intended to forward the stuff to the battery and start ingOLD AiLBURNIA, Mr H- Kendall, manager, report*: j Operations this -week have been tion- | fined to sinking on No. 1 reef below ;the main tunnel. We sunk about sft, ( but met with so much water, we found it impossible to get any deeper^ 'by bailing, and we started to take a ■underhand stope alotig from each side of the winze. We are breaking out about six feet of the hangingwall portion of the reef, which carries good mineral and shows a< little gold occasionally. We shall soon Kave 20 tons of quartz in the paddock, and when treated at the battery should give m fair ideai of what the ore is ■ worth- ! The tributer's. returns for the four ; weeks ending 20th. ..October isi as: folj lows: Crushed 51 tans of general ;-quartz Kind lOlbs .picked stone .for* 4G ' 07.s 19diwt® o£ melted gold, valued at' !<£l26 7s 3d.