OUR MINES

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 5, 24 May 1878, Page 2

OUR MINES

MTOIUY cheek, (rno_{ oun MiNlNq nßflOßTisu.) KEEP-IT-DAIIK Wbiwiwday, 2sni> Max, In aU probability tho wholo of tho stono on tho present lavol will bo tahcn out by tho cud qf noxt month, As tho workings aro now situfttod so near the surface it cannot bo ojppclod that stone can bo brought forward so roadily as in tip maro solid part of tho ground, it is thoroforo oxpoctod that tho company will bo ablo to dispenso | with tho uso of fivo moro atomP s « w bich , will be roadily aocoptod by tbo NU Desporandnm Company. Affnira in oonncc tion with tho work of tho trial shaft continue in « very .satisfactory manner, Tho contractors nvor thnt they cannot possibly continue tho work until tho now tunnel has been completod owing to tho quantity of water thoro is to contend with { doubtloss at tho usual monthly meeting of direotors somo definite courso will bo adopted, The driving in tho lowor lunno' is rathor harder than it baa boon QX some timo past. ENERGETIC*, in tbo now lc*cl hag beon driven on for sixty foot, showing twonty foot of atono in tha south faco, and abont six foot north. TfIOTOKIA* The block of stone recently intersected in tbo middle tunnel bus no-* boon driven on for a distanco of sixty foet- Tbo faco on Monday lust presented a much improved nppoiranoo than *\hcu tbo Lode wop first met with, tbo b.vou.e being cleaner and hotter formed. The reef ia fully two foot thick. [REVIVAL. Two men nro omployed in this, company's ground, ond have dnring the. Jnst fortnight been engaged in timbering the old workings whore thore is übout flltoe.u iochos of atone exposed) A shaft is lo be Commenced this week on tho sum'?. PERSEVERANCE. Ihfi oontraotors hnvo now about th r ■■ toon chains mpro of tho raila to lay and ballast whioh will thon complcto tho wbo o. of tho tramway. The work so far has been e^ooutod in a vor 7 creditable manner, and may \fp considered ono ol tho best lines in th,o district^ j PJFK&VIX. ! Ifbo new low tunnel ia now in ono hundred foot, threo. hundred foot moro will hnvo to be driven to reach, tho lino of roe „ Although tho dislan,co perpendicular from thp. old level is one hundred and ton foot, in, tho event of the roof keeping the snrao ijorkings: the prospnt lovol will command two hundred foot of backs* QO^DE;K MEASURE, ', Thia. oompany lyta jjust completed lh,roo h'indrcd. foot, of a tunnel^ and aro now going to, Q^ton.d tha. *\m aw>tb#r G,fty fost.. Although, the, ibovo item* of uw>ing news contain little, or no injtoro&t it will -till bo sepn that from, tbo. Energetic, to the head) of Murray Creek,, a distance of oyer three nwlqa, tftpw. or loss, h nds in almost every onp. ofi tho claims nro om,pfoyod cithor in prosppoting. or constructing worka of a preliminary rn^tujo.. At the present timo thoro. ia nothing of striking importnuoo to rcoordi. The. I^orsoycsanoo Will shortly have a thorough, trial and from thp amount of stono alroady exposed a yield of $, dwts will leavo a small profit sufftoiciit tohtstify permanent oporations being caipijod on for a vory lengthened poriod, nud without further expense for a ' vory considerable, timo to oome, tho prot sent lovol commanding noarly ono hundred' and sovonty foot oS' backs, and tho. roof in places being, as muck as nino. feet thick. Tho stopo is certainly not rich, but whothor. payablo will vory soon bp known.. Iho roof' that tho. Pliponix Company ar* driyipg for is shown underfoot ia tho old lovol for over ono hundred feet., Th 0 quality of tho stono. leaves no doubt as to ita being highly payable if propec facilities for working aro, obtained, thoro is thore« • forp every, likelihood thnt hy tho oloso of tlio prosont yoar Murray. Crook will bear a far moro busy nspoot than, it has done for many years past. t_j.„. _.„ -.._..- m THE ELECTION. Wednesday Inst, tho polling day for tho Gonoral Assembly passed off vory quietly, and was unmarked by nny incident of an. Qxcitipg or investing nalujrc.

rbo supporters of Mr Reeves woro vory industrious and to tbeir exertions is almost wholly due the great m-tj irity of votes whioh tb-t gentleman polled throughout the Inangahua. Towards evening a littlo Dxoitmcnt wns felt as to the result, and for somo time before tho numbors wore posted up a largo crowd of persons congregated i in front of tbp Court House, and imps- i tipntly nwaitod tbo result. Later in tho i ovening the returns from Black's Point, Bontman's, and Littlo Grey carno to hnnd, making tho returns from tho whole of Inongahun. Reeves, 182 j Barrowman, 69 5 and Harrison. 82. L*»tor still in tho i night, and op the following morning . other returns reached Keefton, giving < Reeves tho majority oi 09. The follow J ing nro the return* M y ot t0 ' lnn< *.

Returns from tho following places havo yot to come in (but it is not expected that thoy will affect tho result).— tho Arnold, No Town Nelson Cros'k, Moonlight. Half-Ounce, Waipuna, and Sevonteonmilo Beach. Tho majoritv for Mr Reoves ia, so far as is now known, 99 ovor Mr Harrison, and }78 ovor Mr Barrowraan. "■a. 1 , "J.**-!.— : .'.-. iJH Ll*. RUSSIAN fcQSPES DURING THE WAR.. ' Official returns sta'o that tim Russinn losses in killed and wounded during tho late, war amounted to 89,301*. oflicors and men. Among thoso wero ten gonor_l_ killed and eleven wounded,.. Ono Prince of tbo. Impcrinl, family and thiryfou* mombcra of tho. higher nobility of Russia fell on tho Hold of battle.. Of th,o wounded 30.824. aro already perfectly rccovorcd, «nd 10,000 more will, it is, er x peotod, bp ablo to leuvc. the hospitals during the pe^t fp,w we^lfs, 121, men were | risonora i in tho hands of the T'»rka when the arm.istico was concluded, Tho proportion o/ killed and wounded to. tho total numbor eogij^god was very Urge i ono out ol; evory six men wlio wont into aotion being *i,th<jr injured or left dfi&d on tbo l\eld of bntjtlo. In tbo gieat action of tbo Liitc EnGcr«u > iin ) vyar lh,o proportion • oi' killed end wounded to men engaged W»s vory nearly the same ' K both one* ni.\th in the battles «.*( yVorili and , SpichpcOJU and one-eight i,u the battle ot Vionvil.de or Mars- a- lour. At Gnvveio.tte tlv proportion \\&s onjy ono-elovcnth, and a,t Weisscmbcrg ono^twclftlju In some of lbo earlier b.ittl.os, of tlio present century*, lu wovcr, tbo hwos wore far heavier in proportion to, tho numbers engaged ; ; amounting to o;jp-tbird of tho oui ire forces engage J at Salamanca, • Borodino, aud l/.ylnu, to, one-fourth at ■ Marengo, and to oncxfiftU at IjViodland. Further, tho returns show that ono oujt of ovory eleven founded njpn received into the Russian hospitals, died from the effect 8 of the injuries received. Dgyring tbo wholo campaign, it in added, only two. mon wero punished with deaths ono for the crimo of desertion, the other for robbery, accompanied whh'viohmco. On lbo other hand, 20,000 reward woro given in tho form of decorations, promotions, or rewards of money tho Bth, corpa, which so long held und defended tho Shipka Pass, rccoiving tho gcoatoat proportion.— Homo News

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