SOUTHERN QUEEN.

Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10167, 10 December 1906, Page 2

SOUTHERN QUEEN.

The nun© oontinueisi to look well, and 'tifoe er'ushing which is now proceeding. a:t, tha May Queen 'battery, should prove highly payable. Tine leader on tha hanginigwaill of the Blue reef continues to yield more picked ■stone—some of the quavtz appi'oaiciheis Kpeoimens— and generally the prospects are most promising. Breaking down the; 'Blue reef will take phvde morrowMr J. W. (yS'ullivaai (mine inanaigei") reports:. Since my last, report work ill the mine has been carried OUt on. the Blue reef driving and sloping, and 'aleo on tihie leader 1 in the hianging^vaill of the Blue reef- Dlrive. on Blue neef: The reef in tlilisi. drive is «ib pi-esent sfflit into' two branches, | bub 'by present a,n!>eia,ranoei3 they will ooinie together again in a. .few more feet of driving;. Tihie quiaa'tz doming fi'om thia drive is of a kindly description, 'Carrying: favorable miinerals amid ait la&t 'breaking down- colors, of gold; were tio: !be seen in this quartzStoping: W;e a<ro now oaiuying along the 'Sepond stope westward on the Blue i Jeef, and thle reef formation will average abouit lOi-w in thickness, the qu'aifte looks well and colors of gold were also seen ait-last breaking down. Leader: This leaidlar will average about 1-J inches; and is still keeping up its favoiraible appearance, and at last breaking down; 91bs of good picked stone were ssileciteid- The country encasingl both reef and leader is all tih'a/ti dould 'be wisihed for. Crushing 13 loads of quartz is proceeding at. thei Mlay Queen Extended batteiy and sihloiild. be' completed towards the latter end of next week."