OUR MINES

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 10 May 1878, Page 2

OUR MINES

MURRAY CREEK. (^fiiom; oyn aiinin^ nEpp»Tjm.) ( WEALTH OF "NATIONS, WjjpNBSDAY, Bth MA^. Tho driyinp; of tho main tunnol on tho ra.cp v^as commenced by wages men, but aoopr.du>R to tho amount of work douo during tho Gpat oi,c;ht or ton, days ifc was dooidod to lot it by contraofc. A, tondor for,, tho samp, has now been accepted at 7s 6d per foot. Messrs Harris and party havo now but littl.o more to do to iomploto tljo worJeinß out of tho old, loyo), but somo miHundorstanding, ap poors to hayo arison with reforonco to tho taking out of ttyo fltonp rppo.ntly diaoovoro4 in tho JBJntor« prisp ground, and it ia to bo hoped that thodirpotors and, contractors will, oomo to a Batiofaotory arriUißomont in plnop of in« volving themselves in costly litigation. By means of tho water in Lnnlcoy's Crook ton stamps wroro kopfc going till Monday, last, but tho battory is sijoppod afc tho proflon!;. I loam from tho gonoral mana* gpr.thnfc a strong body of stono was mot with in tho intormpdiato, Entorpriso tunnol on Saturday. last, but at prosont nothing dcOnito, can bo fiaid as to it« oxtont ov gonornl character. Tho hands in tho lower tunnel aro pushing forward their work with all possible npcod as also tho men ongogod in tho shaft. KEEP-IT-PAUK It is fully cxpootod that in about sire weeks tho wholo of the iilono from tho good block will bo taken out from tho prcnsiit level, whether ike dijrcoloi'U will than oporrtto on somo of tho poorer olouo lmu not yot been decided. During tho lost fortnight nothing whatever bun boon done in tho sliuft, if I run correctly iv« formed lihoro ia seventy foot of water in if. at. tli o present time. fr TNT3Ei?KNDR.yT. Tho sjvjciliod distawco of the contract, namely, 870 feet has now bouu «omplotod>

but thcMiitm- jiuKv wiH .lo'iMU'.d f.onUiiUn drivinrr mil, l (.In.- ro 'f i>i int.orncolinl. 'Hip work of uvo.ry day ie now lonkod for.wnrd to with iuipiuie ii)terc:it, ;ukl the slrikinß of tho lodo in this lunnol will in n great meftfluro romovq the deproosion that baa existed in mining maltfii's, especially in this purt of the diatrict for somo limo pnst,. Tho sliarel^oldcrs in this raino hnvo froquontly been commen,fled for tboir pluck and onorgy and nortiunly to tnko into oon« nidoration t!.\nt tbo cxponso ,of lost undor. talcing has principally been borno by working n^on, and persons in an Imrablo posiMon of ciiroum^stanoos, \yhato,voi; bonefl,t thoy may hftrcaftor 4 o nvod it will lmvo boon well, moritod, That tho roo/ will bp mot with on this lpvol thoro nppo.arsi to bp no doubt, and as soon ng it ia disolosod I flhall visit tho mino, and, rp.oord its tr,uo , charnctjcr. VULCAN. Twp mon arp employed driving uprth. Tbo work of tho tramway is gradually, drawing to a, oloijo. .Tho wbolo of tho lino is woll formed, nil culverts and bridges comploto and tho groator portion of tho rails laid and b.allastod. Tho weather of 1 tho past fcrtni#b,t has caused much delay. Tho wholo will, howcTor,, bo cpmplotcd , thin month. "YEN US. Tho landslip that occurred soino few dnys ago, parrying away a portion of tho Floooo trajmvay has sp far boon removed and repairs oflooted to pnublo pnishing operations to bo procepded with again, Tho yiold an far aa yot ascortaiuod is about 12 dwt*.