OUR MINES.

Inangahua Times, 29 March 1878, Page 2

OUR MINES.

MTORAT CREEK. ! Cf;UOM; OUR; MJTNLN^. MMOIfCfiU,); 1 JfcEEIMT-EARTC. "V\(^dnrsi>ay,. March. 2?tb. During tiio.lnßt foiUnißlit a fooling of ftonbrn) confidonoo appears tojinveboconio ostnblishod with rofercnco to this mino, nnd ftltlio»«[h thoworlt, of fclio. trial slmft can scarcely bo considered os, fnr, as it hua.yct boon sunk io. liavo. proved irjoi'o tlmn hnlf tlio distnnco intorvoninp; tlio ttwo.lov,ols,,Bulfipiont i^alroariy sliown Io ontiroly (li.sai|mto the un/iivsornblo. prodictions rondo somo timo ngo, and how ovor mupli Iho suji'faqo formation, nncl tlio brolion naturoof tho country may have ir»-r duoed somp to nrrivo at tho erroneous conclusion thnt Uiis snmo block of slono W,oujd no: ljv.c dovvn,,tljQ trinl, !?ljnf,t. nQW,

nrovos qilite to <,he contrary. Thia work Ik, ih now n, i iHiii(j.l tho .depth of fi/iy 'feet uurryii^ v spl<NK.l|id body of stone Kh()wing . hifflily pojjnblo. gold. Hunt M"C q,<iart^, ! lias bccU) taken down, in, sinking,, and «m« i other foiiiT foeti can, bo. seen from tho fijs«)lcs,of tho roof, it, way so ho yaloijjated tlm<,a<i llio. 1/oast eight kot of a, i;eeC for l^% fcotia. alrqady puoycd,, and i,t would ; certainly be a,\wry rifin)Arkalilo,c(iin^idc<ico if tho stono, dops not fycmi. ifs preß<yi,t ap« poarance liv,o down for i>,notherjl|ll v foot which. U wfyhin a fovv feet of (1^ level of 'tho now tunnpl. Shar^l aro<fiSpwT hold ■ firm- at JJOrt. I I^now of one. ffll hcvinu i ohangml " h,andH at ]jß< (M on Sa%day , last, bu^ thor,oaro no sellers q£ that price :nt tlj 4 o pi'csonli time.. Daily and, }?ar,ty oontinup to.mftko. very reasonable, head" ■way 'j|l||^p!^|ffi' tK l contomplnio. h;i^O», Saturday nexjt 0- Roneral cI f nning"Up w\\ tajco.plaoo'whrti,' tho ontiro yield, will t,hon bo. ascort^jnedi. Ijb i« thnught that tlia.box.cfl. mill- giv^rather, n>oro lhfl».the avorago qnanUfcy. of amalgam, nn ther.o U no doubt tliatn groa>) denl,of course gold has from, time 1<) kimo been exposod, in y»o stono, and, if the ontiro, proccnebt from platoßjtbo^es aiul blankotings do not yield frpm IGdw-ta to orio. ounce, it will honooforlli bo a difficult matter indeed , ; tp. hnpH-n whttt can bo constituted payable stono from, iUappt'awuico before passing through, tho bntlory. ; Anofchen contrnqt fon driving, fifty feet has been let to Mutdooti und ]>arly. and thp w.ork i», hpvr being proceeded, with.