South drive from northwest drive from shaft. Driven 9 ft, making a total of 30 ft. from northwest drive from shaft. This drive we found was a little off the line of ore as proven in north drive from crossout No, 1, so we widened it, stripping 19 ft, along it of fair ore, being the same ore body proven per above.
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Northeast drive from Northwest drive from aft.-..This was started opposite where the last above mentioned drive started, on the same line of lode or formation, and driven 19 ft., but no thing of much value or promise shows therein
Fret
Uprise No. 1.-Continued on the lode 14 ft. making a total distance of 88 ft. from level No. 2. This lode and formation still shows nothing but low grade ore.
Product Almost everything from these workings is sent to the mill, though it is barely parable, if so at all.
Shaft. This was sunk vertically in country rock löft., making a total depth of 185ft. At 150ft. depth another level will be opened out herefrom.
SWAH.
No. 2 Workings, Shaft-This was sunk on a slight incline on the lode 7ft., making it a total depth of 32ft. Work was discontinued here temporarily awaiting connection of adit drive with this shaft. The lode shows fairly well defined in the bottom hereof.
Adit Crosscnt. This was started from out- ting 10ft. in and driven through country rook 80ft., making it a total of 40ft. to the above shaft, to facilitate handling the ore, waste, and
water from the shaft.
North adit drive. This was started on the smail lode or leader the above shaft is on, across a gully from it, 12ft., in from the face of the hill, and driven 45ft., making it a total of 57ft. The
little ore had herein at first has cut out.
GUBAU.
Level No 1-North drive from winse.--This was driven 69ft., making it a total of 100ft. 6in. from the winze. The ore had herein out out almost entirely, but the formation is well defined. North drive from crossout from shaft.-This drive was started on a small bunóh of stone which we now think is the same lode or line of formation the above drive is on.
It was driven 57 feet 6 inches and opened up a splendid ore body so far as it is yet developed, being good gold bearing quarts some feet to b feet thick almost vertical with soft well de fined porphery walls.
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Shaft-Preparations are being made to sink this to further develop the ore found in drive
last above mentioned.
REDUCTION WORKS,
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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Mill These were run equivalent to 294 days full tim 14 stamps on Headings and 8 stamps and 2 concentrators on Tankong and other ores, and yielding product as follows:-
Ore. Tons.
Gold 1,000
*Concentrates Amalram Bullion Estimated
OES. Tons dry fine in
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Oz8.
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RAUB,
[Movember 4, 1889,
I am now making preparations to sink the the No. 1 south shaft another 100 ft, so as to connect it with No. 2 Bukit Koman south main
Manager's Report for month of September level. As soon as this work is finished sinking
1899:-
⠀ RAUB HOLE SBOTION.
Owing to the scarcity of labour only slow progress has been made with the work in this section during the month under review. This difficulty has now been got over, and work is progressing as naual.
Winze below 220 ft. Level-This is now down 80 feet below the 220 foot level, making total depth from surface 309 feet. This winze is being sunk to test small rich ore chute below where cut at 50 feet. I intend to sink winse to 100 feet and then test ore chute. This I hope to have down in three or four weeks.
Crosscut. The crossout going in east from the 220 foot Level is now in 336 feet. No change to report. Country hard black slate.
will be resumed.
No. 2 Level Bukit Koman-in the north end a crosscut has been driven 32 ft. to connect this level with the No. 2 winze and we are now driving the north end on lode.
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In the south end, same level, we are driving south on the lode, which is from 4 ft. to 5 ft. thick and shows fair gold in breaking the stone. This is the new lode out a short time ago and is looking very well.
No. 1 North Shaft-The new pumping and winding machinery for this shaft has been com pleted and a trial made on the 7th instant, every. thing working first class. Sinking the shaft was resumed on the 9th and the shaft is now down 56 ft. This shaft is 14 ft. by 5 ft. clear of timber.
BUKIT JELIS BECTION.
Small Prespecting Shaft-To test ground in leader formation below old original workings. In this section we are carrying in two drives This is down 38 feet in hard black slate, We north on the lode at the 150 ft. level, one drive have already out some leaders carrying fair gold. 52 feet east of shaft, and one at 123 feet. The This ground was very rich when worked in the first of these drives is in 15 feet on a small early days of this company, and I have no doubt make of stone, which I think is the same that carries the good gold in the prospecting work- a lot of gold will be won from it again.
BUKIT HITAM SECTION. In this sectionings, but carries no gold at this level. When prospects continue very good. In the main in far enough, 62 feet I intend to rise up and drive going south the lode is about 18 inches connect with prospecting workings and see if wide, well defined and carrying first class gold, the gold can be traced from them. The No. 2 which I estimate will yield 2 to 3 ounces per ton. drive is being driven north on a body of nice This drive is now in 338 feet (from the pump looking stone about 3 feet thick in which a little shaft) every foot of which carries good payable gold can be got but is not payable. gold. An air shaft, No. 2, has been sunk from the surface and connected with the level. This gives good ventilation, which was very bad before.
north and south on a large irregular body of Intermediate drive. In this we are driving ore in which good gold can be seen occasionally, batis very irregular. This ore body shows better going under foot.
New Engine Shaft.-Preparations are now in progress for putting an 8 inch pump in this shaft so as to resume sinking. This shaft is 14ft. by 5ft. olear of timber, and is now sunk to a depth of 98 feet.
It is my intention to sink this shaft to a depth of 160 feet before opening out the first permanent level. The work done so far is only prospecting. I hope to have all ready to start sinking in about three weeks.
Since putting in the new 8in. double action steam pump there has been no trouble keeping the mine free from water.
BUKIT KOMAN SECTION.
In this section prospects continue extremely good. The stopes show large quantities of crushing stuff carrying a fair amount of gold.
In the No. 1 Level North, the No. 2 winze has holed through to bottom level. This makes two winzes on this side of the crosscut all ready for stoping. A crosscut has been driven west from the main level to test the country in that weight. Concentr. direction, but nothing fresh has been discovered. A crossout has been put in east through the old workings about 120 feet north of the main cressont into leader country, and a body of This leaders carrying fair gold met with. leader formation is from 3ft. to 5ft, wide and should turn out a lot of crushing staff.
54.5 121.00 44.51 40 161.03 18.5
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Headings 1,716.3 365.93 134.61 Tankong 542.5) Jalis Manik
Total 2,831.8 486.93 179.12 40 161.03
Assay value 0 dwts. 12.4 grs. Bullion Assay here, Gold, 871.85 fine, value per ox. £3 14. 0.811d. Silver, 111.97 fine, valne per os. 8.247 at 28. 5d. Total £3 14s. 4.058d.
GENERAL.
Labour. This continues scarcely sufficient for our wants.
Water Power-This has been sufficient to ran the mill during the month.
Transport.-Sickness and death among our contractors ballooks made us very short of transport for timber and firewood during a part of the month and made it impossible to
A new air shaft is being sunk from the sur- face over the No. I winze to facilitate sending down timber and mullock to fill in the ground when we start stoping to supply the new mill.
Same Level South.-The No. 2 winze has holed through to the bottom level. There are also four faces to start stoping from here.
The eight stopes at work over the back of this level are all looking very well indeed; the lode varying in thickness from 5 up to 30 feet, It is from these stopes where the bulk of the crushing stuff is coming from.
A drive is also being put in at 50 ft. (Adit level) to connect the old tunnel put in years ago with the engine shaft. There should be some thon- sand of tons of payable ore got from this tunnel this tunnel was driven eight or nine years ago. as prospects were considered fairly good when As this hill rises to a height of from 150 to 200 feet there should be a large amount of ground to stope above this tunnel,
BATTERY.
On the 9th inst. the usual rough clean up of battery took place, when 950 tons crushed gave. a return of 2,420 oss, of amalgam. The quantity of ore crushed is below the average owing to the battery being stopped four days for ropairs, the time the battery was orushing being three weeks and three days."
ELECTRIC INSTALLATION,
done on this section during the month owing to Sempam.-There has been very little work
our not having fittings for pipe line.
As some these have now arrived on the ground the work of putting the pipe line together is being proceeded with. The long delay in get- ting these pipes will add considerable to the
cost of the work on this section.
All work on this section except putting the pipe line together and generating machinery in power house is now complete.
During the month the water was turned into flume and pipe head Reservoir from river and everything found to work in the most satisfactory
manner.
CABLE TRACK.
Good progress has been made with the work on this. The erection of all the posts and insulators has been finished and I expect to finish placing the main cables in position by the end of next week. Also good progress is being made with erection of telephone. I expect to have the whole of his work finished in about a fortnight from now to transforming station at Raub.
NEW 40 HEAD STAMP BATTERY. Good progress has been made with the erec- tion of this. The buildings are finished, except- ing some small details. Railway to the house almost completed, are bins for feeding stamps are finished, foundations for batteries are finish- ed, stamper boxes bolted
All the work in connection with connecting
stamps and shafting convey as much ore from. “Tankong" to the the New No. 1 South shaft and the No. 1 Main and columns for carrying on in place on piles South Level is completed, and driving the south are placed in position and most of the heavy mill as was wanted, but the condition is improve end of this level has been resumed. This level shafting is in place. Timber for blankets and concentrating tables is almost all dressed, and most of the material for making concrete, for foundation of mortars is ready. Six weeks to two months should see all this work about completed.
ing now.
Health-This was good during the month both among Europeans and Asiatics,
We (Amoy Gazette) understand that Captain C. B. Maddox has bought the German barque Elisabeth and that she is now Aying the British
is now 1,230 feet south from the Bukit Koman shaft, every foot of which is payable.
From the No. 1 south shaft a crosscut has been driven 218 ft. bust and 136 It. west of the lode. This was driven to prospect the ground in that direction, but nothing payable was got east of the loda no 1 have discontinued this work for the present.
NEW DAM AT SUNGRI: KOMAN.
This is finished and the water has been run- ning over the by,wash during the whole month.