(L.J ,i_Tim-_s.) UNITI D ALPINE. F day, December 18. Everything in ide the mine is look ing about the jame as usual, and a fine show of stoi j is being exposed in the different st_» 38 now being worked. The moat noti- able feature, is the disposition whij i the reef has, in the north end, to ovvcome and cut ont the malloik. Sine-Mast r. port appeared, gold-bearing awe has been got in the lower cross cutw-oro the main rise, which was bei» driven in search of the north bloclißt a point about 180 feet above No.M level. The quartz, is three feet in mckness, gives a pay able prospect, &^^^u^^j^ttyugL^| soft con M try, jHR^^^J-llrTrT^wr drop of water !Ht now. Compared with the lode hflp. 6. this new stone has a cross c<vjHf, and appears to be making towaromthe west, and lifting to the cast, wlße it indicates being about the cxl nue end. The next thing to be don is that of making a survey ofthe n( th block, where it lias been touched i j the thtee cross cuts between No. 5 i id 6 levels, and when Mr Watlunsh.i* ascertained the bear ing, tlie dista cc No. 0 level will require to be ex ended, and the course to be followed i pick the block up on such level, th importa.it work of driving for it w 1 be recommenced at once. It is r t expected that any considerable di#ance. will have to be gone over, audi from the uniformity with which thestone has lived down, so far, from N<| 5, the welcome item that it has bee# proved down to No. 6, may very fdiottly be looked for. The proposed Uf. 7 level was laid off the other clay, jand although the Sur veyor's report. is not in yet it is estimated, approximately, that the length of the travel will be over 2000 feet, and the Iji.ight of backs to No. 6, about 300 feet, 6r the same as what they contain between No. 5 aud 6. The tunnel mouth will be in Irishman's Creek, on a level with a paddock at the upper end of the flat tramway, bet ween the top arid lower inclines. LYELL CRIEK EXTENDED. 