LONE STAR GOLD MINING COMPANY, BOATMAN'S.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1753, 6 September 1886, Page 2

LONE STAR GOLD MINING COMPANY, BOATMAN'S.

T crushed 20 tons of stone for Hie above company, Ht the Specimen Hill battery, with the following result: — ojs dwt Stamper hnx 47 8 Copper plates 46 6 Top ripples l 15 Blankets 1 15 Sweepings . , , 1 0 Lower ripples... „. ... Tailings Total amalgam „, 98 4 o« dwt - Retorted gold ..* ... 34 19 'Melted <(iiM 34 11 S-ld at the Ban-; Tor L 3 13s h\ ,vr ounce. 'i'iiiußtoue i»cleaK4fnd«af»Jiy ortuUed,

containing aUont 1 per cent, of iron and arsenical pyrites. The s»oM a'lta'gtmates freely with mercnry, a»)fl can l»e KHVi-d in the b-»xes, a')H on plates Thepyrit.s won Id go 2 '••« per ton, and should •»•' carefully s.ived. I ronld not delect any free <».»ld, either in the blanketings or taiiin^<. For three days I reduced the tailings to slime, in two licrdans, and did not get 1 dwt of amalgam. When the crnshin? wis finis'ied I Visited the mine, to Bei' where tile StOne came from. A sho»t tiinn> I hasheen driven 110 ft. '-clow the crown of the hill. Tn this tunnel a wiuz • has been sunk 35ft, following the reef with a general m«derhV of lin 1. east. Afthe bottom of the winZ" 4 small stopinsj sets .-ire taketj ont north, and one to the sonth. On ni'-asnrinjjthe five faces i«xpo s ed. and striking an average «Rye me 2 feet of clwill Stone. I looked along" the faces, and fonnd goM from wall to w»H, but, fi'.im the centre to the font-wall there are several <«ili<'ate joints, which are exceptionally rich. T had a donU during the cnishing that the stonp was " picked " — that doubt is now expelled. The gold is there, and the crushing honesf. The reef is a trne fixsnre lode, Hearing lOd-'g. west of north, «nd would come in line with the Hopeful and Welcome snrf:»"e workings <»t, the PHm j level. The Lone Star hill l»eing 370 ft highe; than the Hopeful hi' l , throws the reef that nnm'>er of feet to the west. The reef is very like in appearance tn t'»e «to">e worke/l in the nM Hopefn', 12 yen'B ago. The grnnnd is well uvirkeH oft for strik° and nnderlie. There is a general appearance atant the reef that, pleases me very much, and I say so, holding no interest in any lease south of Boatman's Creek. P. Q. Capl- a.