MURRAY CREEK
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ENFiItGKTIC, j Wkdn^spav, Fob. 20. , Tho contractor commenced tho work qf sinking tho m«l« abaft on Sunday night last at X2 o'clock, nnd 19 «o far making rapid headway, being already d,<»vn fifteen foot, nnd from tho present sinking twenty (Ivo foot will doubtlcsa bo roachod by tho end of tbo wook. Tbo trial abaft has now boon sunk down to a doplh of a bundred foot, nnd with tho oxooption of n glight horso of mullock in ono plaoo, which wns only about two feet thick a really magnificent lodo has boon enrriod to tho present doptli, nnd of such dimensions nnd fqrm a 9 to ritd groat nromiso for tho futu.ro o.f the mine Tho manager intonds oponing p,ut shortly, nnd will drivo along tho roof in tbo direction of tbo main shaft. In tho upper workings sufficient etono is bcin,g obtained to still empby thirty stamps for eight hours nnd lire other hyenty for, the remainder of tbo day and flight.
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Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 37, 22 February 1878, Page 2
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170MURRAY CREEK Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 37, 22 February 1878, Page 2
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