They put in a tunnel to cut the Crown and Cross and Try Again reef or reefs, and have been successful in cutting; a reef which carries payable gold, but they have apparently just cut the top or cap of the reef, which under lays something like a foot to the foot, and in stead of following the reef down, they have continued the drive forty feet past the reef, and are sinking a perpendicular shaft at the end of this tunnel, to cut the reef which they drove through. They have got a lot of water to contend with, which made sinking much slower than it would be if it was dry. If they find a payable reef going down, they will put in a tunnel to cut tho reef at a much lowur level. Then comes the Try Again, which I believe to be the same reef as the Crown and Cross, and the reef cut in the New Chum tunnel. This claim was taken up three years ago, and was knov/n as the White Horse. Ine first company did a deal of prospecting, but as nothing payable was found, it was abandoned ; and sixteen months ago Messrs. Hancock, M'Kenzie, and others took up some ground which has since proved very payable. The first crushing the Try Again Company had gave a yield of 17 dwta. to the ton; the second, 13 dwts ; and the last 240 tons this company crushed gave 250 ounces of retorted gold. Judging from what Mr. Ulrich said, the Try Again claim would pay exceedingly well if the company had crushing appliances that would save eighty per cent, of the gold ; and, according to Mr. Ulrich, with proper machinery and good management, eighty per cent, of the gold would be saved, and with the machinery at present used he (Mr. Ulrich) said that not more than one-third of the gold will be saved. The stone in this claim is a very dark blue, and full of impurities in the shape of arsenic, sulphur, &c, which has a tendency to carry away the gold, and prevent it from amalgamating with the quicksilver. They have got over a hundred tons of stone to grass ready to crush. 