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885'LEVEL 
north DRIVE/^''\ 
The south drive followed the footwall 
of the dyke, and cut a small slide at 
91’ ft. from the cross-cut. The pros¬ 
pects improved, and were very promis¬ 
ing for a few feet, hut crushings from 
the south end returned only 5 dwt. to 
the ton. The north drive (Fig. 53), 
299 ft., cut the large slide, I^o. 6, and 
in two places along it patches of dyke 
and reef were passed through, a some¬ 
what similar occurrence to that in the 
i^o. 1 slide (312-ft. level). In this 
drive there was poor quartz from the 
cross-cut to the winze. The winze was 
sunk 92 ft. on the underlay, and at 
72 ft. down a drive north was put in „ ro o i . 
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f or 148 ft. on the footwall of the dyke, placement of the Dyke on Slide, 
and at 40 ft., in 8 in. of payable quartz 885-ft. Level. 
(1 oz. to 4 oz. to the ton) was .sitoped (Scale—40 feet to 1 inch.) 
for a length of about 40 ft. by 25 ft. 
above the level. The dyke in the winze 
(Fig. 54) and along this level wa,s dis¬ 
turbed by several rolls. This payable 
stone is still going underfoot, but the 
expense of working in this winze, 
which was very wet, caused operations 
to be suspended. The reef in the winze 
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EAST 
Fig. 54.—iSection of Face 
Drive from Winze below the than anything seen below the 
■885-ft. Level. -vr o i i 
(Scale—8 feet to 1 inch.) ^ level. 
General. 
The prospects at the Ho. 8 level south are favorable, there being 
payable quartz at the second stopings south, and highly encouraging 
prospects near the face. The reef at the Ho. 6 level south was pay¬ 
able, and the stone is still going underfoot, the ground south, between 
the Ho. 6 and Ho. 8 levels, being practically untouched. Ho. 7 level 
south would also test some of this reef known to be going underfoot 
at the Ho. 6 level. When connexion is made by rising with the south 
workings above the Ho. 8 level, ventilation will be more satisfactory, 
and work would be facilitated. The Ho. 9 level should be extended 
north, as there is evidence of the dyke and country under the Ho. 5 
slide having moved to the north (see cross-course on longitudinal sec¬ 
tion, PI. IX.), and besides that, none of the levels below the 500-ft. level 
have been extended far past the Whim shoot. The Ho. 9 level, south 
drive, is in poor quartz at the present time, and would have to be driven 
200 ft. further south to get under the payable reef at the Ho, 8 level 
(second stopes south). The country is very much disturbed and broken 
at the Ho. 9 level, but the winze workings seem to be somewhat more 
settled, and the country passed through at Ho. 8 level south indicates 
that no large breaks are likely to be encountered for at least 150 ft. 
below the Ho. 9 level north. To open the mine at a further depth, a 
more economic scheme of working than by the two shafts should be 
provided. 
