Sons ok Freedom. —The drive is now in some 50 feet into their own ground from the Lincoln Castle tunnel. Some distance back, the reef, which was black, ran out into a large blow, and since then there has been little else but a clay scam to follow. About. 5 feet back, however, the quartz came in again, and they have now a really good, likely looking lode in hand about 2 feet wide and carrying plenty of indications of gold. The mana ger reports that he is now nearly under where the Flying Cloud got the gold when breaking through into the old workings, and he expects to be on it directly, and to carry it right along to under where the Cloud are now on good stuff. The country is good, and the lode well defined. A tramway has been made from the mouth of the tunnel, and a hopper is being put up from which the quartz can be put direct into the trucks on the wire tram way, and sent down to the battery. Star of the Thames. —The winze from their main level is down 50 feet. At the bottom of this they have driven 29 feet on the lode, and from this drive their last good crushing took place. The reef is a line compact body of stone from •» to4fcot wide, though rather pinched in the face just now by a hard belt. It seems, how ever, to be making again, and good gold was taken from the face just before the work was stopped for the holidays, though the place is so dirty just now that not much could be seen. About 90 lbs of good specimens, 501bs of which were taken out on the last day’s working, are on hand, and as soon as they commence breaking down more will be scut down. Yesterday morning one of the shareholders whilst fossicking on the heap picked up up seve.ial stoueswitb rich gold all through them, which had been lying there during the holidays. 