Passes most conveniently situated fill the trucks from the top levels, and j all here is Avorked in a manner so methodical j and economical that one is assured the j management has fallen into hands that Avill ; do ample justice to the Company's magnifi- j cent property. Leaving the face of the low j level, we retrace our steps, and are con- I ducted by Mr Wilson to the No. 2 winze, up | which Aye go with our bits of candles in our j bauds. It seems a very easy matter to talk j about going up ladders in a mine, but it j don't look quite so nice when you come j after three or four chaps, and involuntarily j begin to speculate how heavy the biggest j one avo".ld fall if he happened to let go, or : one of tiie rungs of the ladder gaA*e way, j and he came holus bolus or. to 3 reu. Some- ! lioav it nu-kes one fee! religious, and think • of Avhen he avus a little boy. _ With a sigh ! of relief, avc all crawl into the stopes over the main level, from where the present | crushing is being broken out. Here, on \ measuring Avith a tape, avc- find the reef to I be over 2S feet through., c.iv.l all of the best of quality. A dozen or twenty men are I here at Avork, each Avitii his oavii particular j candle, and each seemingly fully equal to what is required of him, for all goes regular as clockwork, and no confusion or delay ever happens. Whlie avc were there all hands were busily employed belting! and hammering away, putting in drill holes, ready to all shoot doAvn the reef at once. It is arranged that all hands get their holes ready for shooting at the same time, and when the Avord is given there is a general skedaddle, aud a grand explosion, and on returning the amount of stuff broken down is sometimes something enormous. To us, unused to , the Avork, it seems like a mighty cavern, ■ with the spirits of the mountains at their } uncanny work. In various places Aye Avere !

I shown stone of the best quality, shoAvmg gold freely. 